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EDU 122 - Children, Learning, & Material Culture
Alison Stuermer, Bridget Lee, Metztli Muratalla, & Annalia Castrejon
Meet Allison!
Meet Allison!
Allison is a little 2-year-old girl from Los Angeles, CA who enjoys playing with puzzles! She is a middle child, with two sisters. For this project, our team observed Allison's solitary play session with multiple puzzles to examine her problem-solving skills and overall learning process. She illustrates her investigative skills enthusiastically, alongside her motor abilities and memorization of patterns. Her mother is also present for this interactive play and at times helps foster her understanding.
Our Puzzles
This is a seven-piece wooden puzzle set with an aquatic theme. It contains three different colored fish (pink, yellow and orange), one shark (blue), one turtle (green), and one octopus (purple). Each piece fits into corresponding wells in the wooden base.
This is a 15 piece geometric puzzle set. It includes four basic shapes that stack inside of each other: a pentagon, square, triangle, rectangle, and circle. It also incorporates five colors, including orange, yellow, blue, green, and pink. Differing shades of these colors correspond to their particular position in the puzzle.
Artifact Profile
Puzzles are not only entertaining for children but also an opportunity to support cognitive and motor development! They typically come in different arrays of colors, shapes, and difficulty. With this in mind, children are expected to assess these differences, form connections, and develop strategies to fit each piece where it "belongs." This is challenging for developing young minds in particular and facilitates recognition of patterns within each set, ultimately enhancing hand-eye coordination and memory as well. Puzzles can be an individual activity or a group assessment, depending on the assistance needed.
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