Three, four, five, and the numbers keep increasing at almost everyday. Amiratih at three years old is so crazy about puzzle even more than before. She does fourteen puzzles in a day everyday. Puzzles that are recommended for five years old and above. She could finish them in a short time. Those numbers do not include other puzzles that she does after the fourteen 2D puzzles; the 3D puzzles. At the beginning I was wondering about her huge interest in puzzles. What does it means? How is it going to effect her? After a few literature research, I begin to understand that loving puzzle means that she may have a strong abstract thinking. The ability to conceptualize ideas, unconstrained by time. This kind of thinker can generalize and understand that each concept can have multiple meanings. Such thinkers might see patterns beyond the obvious, and be able to use it to solve larger problems.
But at what age does that ability shows up ? In her case, it is already showing up. I start to develop an appreciation of where does her surprising behaviors and knowledges to deal with something or certain situation come from. In the meantime, I will let her love for puzzles grows and provide her with good and right puzzles. I will help develop her feeling of security that I will be there for her if she ever needs my assistance.
by : Laksmira Ratna Bayuardi
13 January 2010
