Once your kids start to fathom what cerca and lejos mean, your next step is to expand the concepts by helping them understand where they fit in the world (literally). The Smart Play USA Floor Map Puzzle by ingenio can help you do just that.
Along with cute symbols for each state, the puzzle includes Spanish names for many states and bodies of water. It is the perfect size – big enough to read easily, but won’t cover the dinner table.
My favorite part is that it’s quite difficult to put together. Trying the puzzle with my son meant testing my knowledge of the exact location of each U.S. state! This would be a great activity for older children to introduce younger ones to geography.
After my son and I completed the puzzle, we talked about it for the same amount of time it had taken us to put it together. I pointed out which states are home to all our friends and family members, and explained to him why there’s a caimán icon on the state of Florida. The best part about our discussion? It happened in Spanglish, because the puzzle is labeled in both languages.
If you want your kids to graduate from baby rompecabezas to more intricate ones, this is your chance!
The Giveaway!
This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to the winner: Lindsey Rose !
We’re giving away one Smart Play Ingenio USA Map Puzzle to one lucky winner.
To enter, leave us a comment telling us which U.S. state would you most like to travel to with your children and why?
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The states that we want to travel next year with our kids are Wyoming and Colorado Because we heard that their beautiful and also because we have family in both states. Thank you!
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The states which we would like to travel are Florida (to visit Disneyland) and Colorado to visit the Rocky Mountains,
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The state I would most like to take her is to Wyoming to see Yellowstone National Park.
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I would like to go to California with my family because it is warm and we could visit the ocean!
We would love to travel to Texas to visit my sons bisabuelita!
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We would most like to visit Oregon!
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Hola! Tenemos una familia de 8 hijos – 4 girls and 4 boys. When I was young, I went skiing many times, and I would love to be able to give my children that experience in Colorado. Another place we have fantasized about visiting is Yellowstone Park in Wyoming. Thank you for this opportunity to win this prize, as I think that many children these days are geographically challenged, and a puzzle is a great idea to get them to learn about our states.
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I would love to visit all of our national parks with my children! I did it with my parents as a child and it was unforgettable!
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I would love to take my kids to New York — I would love for them to see times square, a broadway show and the statue of liberty. New York is an amazing city and everyone should have the chance to at least visit it once in their lifetime.
I think I would like to travel to Maine, Seattle or Alaska for sight seeing. Most for cultural interaction, I would like to return to California and visit family in Arizona and Colorado.
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I would travel to South Dakota to visit the reservation and learn more about the Native Americans.
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I’d like to travel to Colorado with my kids, because I think it would be a beautiful state to visit
California, again, because my dad is there.
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I would like to travel to California with my kids to take them to see their cousins and grandpa.
florida..he wants to go to disney
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My 21 month old son loves puzzles, this would be a great educational addition to his minature collection.
South Dakota because Mount Rushmore is there!
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