Life Cycle Puzzle is an educational game for children from Minisko. 

The practical wooden kit comes in a puzzle format with 6 diverse sets of life cycles. Each consists of 4 basic circles of life. The goal is to place the wooden elements in a chronological order, based on the growth progression over time.

Children work with the following themes of the life cycle puzzle:

Frog life cycle – an amphibian
Butterfly reproduction cycle – an insect
Bean life cycle – a plant
Cycle of apple tree
Sunflower growing cycle – a plant
Chicken lifecycle – a bird

Increasing child development with lifecycles:

Knowledge about nature. By working with the Minisko’s set, it brings awareness to children about the world around them and connects them with nature. Teaching children about stages of life is a perfect way to help them understand about the birth, patterns of growth, transformation, reproduction and adult stages.

What we love about this set is that it delivers a basic and straight-forward illustrative explanation, which is perfect during an introductory phase. Explaining about life cycles is an important milestone for children. We help them to learn how to respect and care for those around them. Moreover, by educating kids with such a biology puzzle, we lay down a good visual foundation to talk about the end of life, thereby exploring and possibly stirring new emotions that might come along.

Cognitively beneficial play with the lifecycle puzzle. Apart from promoting fine-motor skills, by assembling the puzzle pieces together, kids get to explore a complex topic. Playfully, yet structured. They need to process differences and similarities of totally different living things. Amphibians vs. birds, apple trees vs. butterflies. Children learn to associate, relate contexts, sort and combine. The activity fosters their logical reasoning, they learn to apply their critical thinking skills. Children build their own frames of references, to which one day they return, we can only hope with success! 😉

Particular focus on sustainable biology toys learning experience

Play with wooden educational toys has a sensorial value. They have a natural grainy texture that little hands like to feel. Be it smoothness or roughness, bumps or rounded corners on the wood. Wood changes temperature, children feel it. The raw sent is pleasing to smell, “transmitting” kids closer to nature. Such unique tactile play transforms learning experiences more effectively into memory compartments. And when needed, chances for the brain to retrieve blocks of images and facts from the life cycle puzzle will be easier.

The set is hand made, ethically produced and will last a lifetime.

Give a memorable experience to children as a part of their learning momentum about lifecycle stages of animals, plants and insects with this lovely drawn collection from Minisko.

Age: 3-10 years
The eco-friendly set includes: 24 plywood puzzle pieces with 6 life cycles
Language: English, German
Dimensions: 5 x 20 cm (1 row of 1 circle of life)