Here's the latest puzzle that we just completed. Sarah received this for a "white elephant" gift back at Christmas time. Sarah and I worked on it about equally and Eva and Jessica put in pieces here and there when they had the inclination. This was a 500 piece puzzle with the thick pieces that are so much easier to put together than some of the new puzzles with thinner pieces.This particular puzzle was made by www.sunsout.com which has many other wonderful puzzles including some from Utah artist, James Christensen.
The link below goes to an article from the Harvard Health Publications talking about the benefits of encouragement while doing jigsaw puzzles. It does point out that encouragement is more beneficial than instruction as far as completing the puzzles. The jigsaw puzzle section comes under "cultivate social support." So jigsaw puzzles can help prevent memory loss and promote self-confidence. We've found it's better to have success with a good quality puzzle with fewer pieces and then work up to puzzles with more pieces. Sometimes there's a feeling to be over ambitious and we've ended up with a puzzle that just collects dust rather than collecting connected pieces.
https://www.health.harvard.edu/newsweek/Preventing_memory_loss.htm
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