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Slowing down, having a conversation and sharpening your VR skills in one package!

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  What fun it is to sit down with a jigsaw. You become completely immersed within minutes.  I was given this Dickens jigsaw for Christmas and won't pretend to have recognised all the characters but I definitely sharpened my spatial skills.  The ISEB CPT and CAT4 tests rely on quick spatial and non-verbal reasoning. What better than having to grap a jigsaw piece, identifying where it fits into a pattern and experimenting with orientation for honing these tasks?   As a family:  Choose an accessible jigsaw for the group. Have a look below before settling on an image.  Try a map, a historial event, a famous piece of artwork or learn about an author.   Find a space which won't need to be swept away. Or, if you don't have anywhere, use a big tray. I use a Mahjong table!  Choose your strategy: edges first? Centre. Your call.  As you work, ponder outloud about the image you are building. For this one, I thought about: how grim the air of Vi...