Do you use floor puzzles 🧩 in your auditory verbal sessions or lessons for children that are deaf and hard of hearing?
Well-chosen puzzles are fun, challenging, and provide a catalyst for listening and language. Choose a puzzle that offers a rich vocabulary and corresponds to a theme Work together and narrate what you are thinking.
Talk about:
🧩 the similarities between the pieces. Kids learn how things can fit into categories.
🧩 the differences while noting details in a complex picture.
🧩 Memory. I wonder where the train puzzle piece is that completes the scene? Do you remember....?
🧩 Puzzle-solving strategies that build confidence. Kids love the sense of accomplishment.