3 year old doing jigsaws meant for 6 year olds

[PetitFilou1]

Not my 3 year old but my friend's ds. He apparently does them for hours - he is a very reserved little boy and doesn't make friends easily but is really into his jigsaws. Is this that unusual/should she be encouraging him with it? Just out of interest really. She is a very high flying professional and would never get the chance to go on here so I thought I'd ask on her behalf....

dd could do 60-100 pieces at 3, she'd get loads out and do them all ! It didn't last once she discovered other diversions though. If I were her I'd be looking for similar activities such as Lego models with instructions to broaden his interests a bit, perhaps sitting with him to do them and chatting along, and encourage play potentially more sociable and imaginative.

sounds like he has good concentration at the moment..and a lovely quiet and peaceful activity

good practice fpr reading etc

my 4ds does jigsaws for 2 yr olds !

dd2 is like this.

dd3 seems to be going the same way.

God...we don't have many puzzles in our house ....

will buy some next week....

My daughter burnt her left hand when she was 2 and 1/4 (left handed) so couldn't do much for few weeks. She got into puzzles and went from 2 pieces to 100 pieces in that space of time. She was obsessed with them for weeks.

I found the best place for cheap puzzles was charity shops.
It did stop , but she is not the type to be inside if she can help it, but she also loved lego from a young age.

jigsaws, (any level for any age) are great an encourage spatial awareness, Mine both went through phases and loved them still.