Pre-writing skills- brain development

Ajani is now able to identify a circle he also calls O a circle .He is now able to do a five piece puzzle with knobs . He got a three piece knob puzzle when he was nine months old, it had a circle, triangle and a square. He was able to just play with the pieces for a while tying to put them in place this took him nine months before he was able to put the pieces in with his had (wrist muscles being steady).It takes a while to develop and strengthen those muscles in the wrist and fingers. Notice when a baby learns to say wave bye-bye they have not control of the wrist it flops about and as time goes on it gets steadier. that is the same thing with putting in puzzle pieces, use of fine motor . Your baby eye muscles are also developing and  learning how to identify shapes not only on the puzzle piece but on the board. This is why it is important to give  provide  tools  that will allow  these fine muscles to develop. Many babies get pre-school  and  needs occupational therapy when it could have been avoided. You must provide a variety of experiences that will allow these fine muscles to develop. If your baby wrist muscles are not developed they will not be able to write.
Any activity that your baby is experiencing she is learning a variety of skills and developing the brain
Puzzles(the cerebellum )
Cognitive(
Problem solving(frontal lobe -responsible for planning, motivation, logical thinking  a portion of the cortex)
Reasoning(Broca,s area)
Persistence
Frustration
Self-discipline(learning how to sit)
How to ask for help
Self -esteem
Self-confidence
Vocabulary(you may say let's put the red circle in )
Sentence structure
Language development(The broca's  area)
Do not allow your baby to experience too much frustration you should know when to jump in. The objective is to build self-confidence and self-esteem .