{"product_id":"wooden-jeep-puzzle-vocabulary-visual-attention","title":"Wooden Jeep Puzzle – Vocabulary \u0026 Visual Attention Tool","description":"\u003cp\u003eA layered plywood jeep that comes apart into puzzle pieces and goes back together inside its frame. What makes it useful is not the assembly — it is everything you can talk about while the pieces are out on the table.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMost puzzles give a child one task: find where this goes. This one gives you a vocabulary lesson, a memory game and a storytelling exercise using the same set of pieces, which is why speech and language therapists reach for material like this rather than a picture book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThree ways to work with it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family: var(--font-heading-family); font-weight: var(--font-heading-weight);\"\u003eLook what's inside.\u003c\/span\u003e Name the parts of the vehicle together — steering wheel, engine, battery, suspension, fuel tank, headlights — and say what each one does. Then look at what the jeep carries: first aid kit, canister, shovel, fire extinguisher, brush, spare tyre. Ask why a driver needs each. A child who can explain the purpose of a thing remembers its name.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family: var(--font-heading-family); font-weight: var(--font-heading-weight);\"\u003eCar mechanic.\u003c\/span\u003e Where do people repair cars, and what is that person called? Take all the pieces out and let the child \"fix\" the jeep by fitting every piece back into the frame. Framing the task as a job rather than a puzzle keeps a reluctant child at the table.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family: var(--font-heading-family); font-weight: var(--font-heading-weight);\"\u003eRoad stories.\u003c\/span\u003e Split the pieces between you. Take turns placing one and adding a single sentence to a story about where the jeep is going. This is narrative practice — sequencing, cause and effect, holding a thread — and it is the hardest of the three.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat it develops\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVocabulary and naming, narrative language, visual attention and perception, working memory, hand-eye coordination, and the fine motor control of placing a piece precisely into its recess.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePuzzle size: 32,5 × 23 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: painted plywood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFor adult-led work: assembling the frame suits a child from around three, the naming games from three to four, storytelling from four\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA tool for sessions at the table with you, not something to hand over and walk away from. Speech therapists, occupational therapists and special educators use material like this with children who have language delays, ASD or ADHD.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"CleverKidsNL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54523297857873,"sku":null,"price":31.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0885\/1475\/6945\/files\/5d184f6d2373a56db19deaf03718cc04.jpg?v=1786229338","url":"https:\/\/clever-kids-nl.nl\/products\/wooden-jeep-puzzle-vocabulary-visual-attention","provider":"CleverKidsNL","version":"1.0","type":"link"}