Kudala-dala kwilizwe lamathoyizi; kwakukho le nto yokudlala incinci intle ebizwa- iphazili yesilwanyana somthi iphazili! Le yiphazili eyoyikekayo yabantwana ukubazisa ngezilwanyana ezahlukeneyo. Izinto zokudlala zoMthi zenza ezi phazili, kwaye ziqaqambile kwaye ziyonwabisa kakhulu ukudibanisa. Kwelinye icala, zinobuhlobo nendalo kwiNdawo; kwenza umhlaba wethu ucoceke kwaye ukhuseleke.
Kuba abantwana bathanda izilwanyana ngenene, zininzi iindidi ngeendidi! (unika amagama ahambelanayo nezibizo kunye neempawu.) Zihonjiswe ngemifanekiso yamahlosi, iingonyama, iindlovu namaqwarhashe, la ngamajita. Oku kunceda abantwana babe nomfanekiso-ngqondweni wendlela izilwanyana ezikhangeleka ngayo kwimimandla eyahlukeneyo yehlabathi njengoko bedlala ngezi puzzles. Bafunda yonke into ukususela kwimilo yezilwanyana ukusa kwinto ezenza zibe nombala othile kwanamalungu akhulileyo emizimba yazo. Ayizizo eziphazili zokuzonwabisa kuphela ukudlala nazo, kodwa zinokunceda ukuqinisa ulungelelwaniso lwezandla zabantwana kunye nokuqondwa kwepateni! Iintsana ezininzi, umzekelo, zinokufunda ukuqengqeleka ixesha elide ngaphambi kokuba zigqibe ukuphakama komntwana kwaye ziqale ukudibanisa ukuqengqeleka kunye nokuHlala (ngeenyanga ezi-6-10; Largo & Molinari 2012).
Umthi ofundisayo weplanga omile iphazili yejigsaw eyonwabisayo, nayo! Iphazili inemibala emininzi, kwaye iqhekeza ngalinye livuyisa ukujonga nokusebenza ngalo. Nangona iziqwenga zinomngeni omncinci, abantwana baqhubeka bezama ukugqiba iipuzzle kuba bathanda imibala eqaqambileyo nenemibala. Ziiphazili ezisebenzisanayo, okuthetha ukuba abantwana banokuchitha ixesha elide becinga ukuba zeziphi iziqwenga eziya phi kwaye zidibana njani zonke.
Kulula kuthi ukuba sithenge izinto zokudlala kwezi ntsuku zonke zenziwe ngeplastiki, kodwa hayi njengokuba iithoyi zilungile zinobuhlobo kokusingqongileyo ngale ndlela bekuyiyo. I-TreeToys ibeka ukubaluleka okukhulu ekuqinisekiseni ukuba amahlathi ethu kunye nezilwanyana zasehlathini zihlala ngolonwabo emva koko. Umthi abawusebenzisayo uvela kumahlathi angaqhelekanga alawulwa ngokwendalo kwaye adlale imvakalelo yendalo. Ngale ndlela, la mahlathi ayahoywa ukuze akwazi ukuqhubeka ekhula kwaye ahlalise izilwanyana.
Yonke imathiriyeli enye yendalo, eyoyikekayo! Zonke iziqwenga zethu zephazili zenziwe ngesandla ngobukhulu, ezenza ukuba nganye ibe yodwa kwaye yodwa. Oku kuthetha ukuba yonke iphazili yahlukile). Lo ngumsebenzi onzima ngokwenene, ngoko banokuthatha ukunxiba okukhulu kwaye basebenzise ngaphandle kokuphuka lula. Njengoko abantwana bephuma kwiphazili, banokuyigcina njengenxalenye yengqokelela yabo yokudlala, bayinike umntakwabo omncinci okanye bayeke ukuthenga kwizizukulwana ezizayo. Oku kuthetha ukuba iipuzzle zinokonwatyiswa ngabantwana abaninzi kwiminyaka ezayo!
Inxalenye eyonwabisayo ayikokusombulula nje iphazili kodwa nokufunda ukucinga ngobuchule kunye nokusombulula iingxaki. Ekugqibeleni udibanisa iziqwenga ngokuchanekileyo kwaye uyazingca ngento ayifezileyo! Ukunika umbono wokuphumelela kwakha ukuzithemba kubo kwaye kukhulisa amandla abo okusombulula iingxaki ngendlela enethemba.
Enye yezona zinto zinkulu malunga ne-a iiphazili zeplanga zejigsaw kukuba iwela yonke imiqobo kwaye izizukulwana zihlala zidlala nazo. Yinto yokudlala engaphelelwa lixesha enokuthi kwabelwana ngayo nezizukulwana kwaye yonwabele ukutyhubela iminyaka, ixabisa iinkumbulo ezimnandi. Izinto zokudlala: Ezi kusenokuba nzima ngabantwana ukuba bahlukane nazo, njengoko besenza umanyano olungokweemvakalelo nezinto zabo zokudlala yaye baya kuzifuna ubomi babo bonke.