Puzzle Patch · puzzles and problem solving
Meet Knobby
"Hmm. Let me try another way."
Heirloom potato
Knobby is thoughtful, a little quirky and never gives up. Knobby helps kids practice solving problems: seeing how shapes fit, spotting what's different and trying again.
What Knobby teaches
Knobby helps kids solve problems.
Problem solving
Figuring out a plan, one step at a time.
Shapes that fit
Turning and flipping pieces until they click.
Spot the difference
Looking closely to find what changed.
Trying again
If one way doesn't work, try another.
Tots With Thoughts
Knobby's Puzzle Pages
A coloring book
What puzzle is Knobby thinking about?
Knobby's coloring book · coming soon
Knobby's Puzzle Pages
Mazes, matches and find-it fun to color.
- Mazes, spot the difference and dot-to-dots
- Puzzles that grow a little harder page by page
- Bold, easy lines for ages 3 to 6
Big questions from Knobby
Ask one at bedtime. See where it goes.
What's missing from this picture?
How many ways can you make a square?
What would you do if the first way didn't work?
Try it together
The cut-up picture
A five-minute activity for grown-ups and kids, with things you already have at home.
Real potato fact: Heirloom potatoes are old varieties that growers have saved and passed along for many, many years.
- Pick an old drawing or a magazine page.
- A grown-up cuts it into four to six big pieces.
- Your child puts it back together. Then swap and try each other's.