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It's funny what you said about statistics Karen. My late mum was not a big fan of math, and mostly avoided it. However when she was back at the University of Victoria, in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, getting her bachelor's of early childhood education, she was required to take a math course, in this case,statistics. She absolutely loved that class, lol, much to her surprise!
-.- there no point on sponsoring things that will cost money -.- I get almost nothing is free but like how's that benefitting us. imma just stick to my books -.-
@@olivierlea3996 , gosh, thanks for letting all of us know how you feel. I know I'm not the only one who was anxiously awaiting your opinion on who Karen gets to sponsor her videos. Now I can finally rest easy.
@@louisejohnson6057??? I was just saying that I was excited about the thing she sponsored so I paused the video and went to check it out until I found I had to pay for it. Which sucks. Because it looks like a nice website but sucks that not everyone can have access to it.
How satisfying this must have been! When my sister and I were little kids, my Grandma had one of those classic "basket full of yarn and kittens" puzzles with an irregular edge. 1000 pieces. Way too difficult for kids our age. We'd start the puzzle on a weekend trip to Grandma's house, but never come close to finishing by the time we had to leave. And of course, then Grandma would pick it all up and put it back in the box when we left. We must have started that puzzle at least a dozen times over the years, and never got close to finishing it. Fast forward 30 years to a family reunion. My sister had somehow found a copy of the exact puzzle and brought it to the reunion. She said, "We are FINISHING this puzzle if we have to stay awake all weekend to do it!" We attacked it like people possessed, and finished it! Finally, after decades, we sat and admired the completed puzzle. My sister framed it and it hangs in her house to this day. Every time I visit her we admire the puzzle and reminisce over all the attempts we made at Grandma's house all those years ago. :)
It seems like the teacher found the perfect puzzle for the intended purpose, which was to keep students busy while the rest of the class finished tasks. The fact the same puzzle stayed unsolved meant it served its purpose the whole school year!
22:22 karen got 2nd place in a solo national jigsaw puzzle championship, but impressing her 8th grade peers was "the coolest she's ever been in her life" 😂lovely video!
When I was 12 my grandfather was admitted to the hospital for an emergency. I found a large puzzle in its box in the waiting room and I pulled it out and started working on it. All day people would come and go and help with the puzzle and I have this strong memory of that day and how that puzzle helped everyone keep their mind busy and off of worry for their loved ones, even if it was for a few brief moments.
Teacher grabs a random, vaguely educational, puzzle as a distractionary tool for when kids finish early to keep them from disrupting the class. Kid makes it her life mission to find that exact puzzle and solve it.
Her first nemesis defeated her. She trained and honed her craft for years only to return even stronger than her opponent ever thought possible. Finally being defeated. It's nice to see a hero's origin story reach a satisfying conclusion.
When I was in 2nd grade, we had this giant wooden disney puzzle that the entire class would do. Each child would have about 10 pieces each and the goal was to get all your pieces to connect by trading pieces with other kids. It promoted communication, problem solving, teamwork and concentration. Plus the teachers could have an extra break 😆 Those were my favourite days 😊
She did, and now she's serving a prison sentence for larceny... She'll be able to respond to your comment in 8 years (or 5 years if she has good behavior).
I have the same exact puzzle lying on my shelf for 2 years now since I was not able to solve it, glad that I saw you completed it, gave me a motivation to start all over again and conquer it once and for all ❤
And maybe remember that the image might be shifted slightly, so the edges might not be exactly as they appear on the box - that feels like it could make a big difference when trying to locate 'real' edge pieces. Good luck!
I still can't believe I finally found the puzzle! And that even now it was just as difficult as I remembered 😅 Do any of you have a puzzle like this that you want to get back to and try again one day?
Falcon 5000 pieces, "Moulin de la Galette" (Renoir). I did the chair and some of the girl's dress. Couldn't even finish the border for all the false fits. I still have it in my closet from decades ago. Apparently it's pretty rare.
Yes!! BetterCo Purple Succulents (aka The Glossy Nemesis) has been saved on a covered puzzle board in my basement for probably more than a year now… I started it once, gave up, started it again. It’s maybe a little more than half way done - which is why I can’t put it back in the box. The thought of starting over from scratch! It’s a difficult image to begin with; the dark color palette and high gloss finish of the pieces are complicating factors. At one point I thought I would need to solve it like a solid color puzzle, but that slowed progress down to a desperate crawl. Fortunately there have been very few false fits so that helps. Of any puzzle I’ve ever done this one has required the heaviest use of the included poster. A good percentage of the pieces in the puzzle are singletons that are in their approximate place on the board. At some point, when it is finally completed, I plan to bag it in quadrants. That way the next puzzler (myself or someone else) can decide what level of frustration they want to work through!
I had a Springbok puzzle from the 80s (that I found at a yard sale in the 90s) called Midnight Snack. It was a tall sandwich on a black background. I could have sworn it was a 1000 piece but I have only seen it around the internet in 500 piece, though it could have seemed bigger because I was just a kid, like 10-ish years old. I only got a bit of the top slice of bread and some of the table cloth done I think, then I gave up and eventually got rid of it in my teens. I kind of want to try it again and have been looking for it for ages at thrift stores with no luck. I have found it on ebay but shipping to Canada is ridiculous and makes it way overpriced. I may splurge eventually.
It would be so cool if this same type of puzzle existed for all other countries or subsections of continents (to scale) and Karen completed them all and pieced them together to make a full world map!
I would love to hear that teacher’s reaction to you solving the puzzle as well as your memories. I’m sure if they were that into puzzles, they would be glad to hear one of their students had such vivid memories of something they did for their students.
I also think that getting a puzzle that is not easily divided into pieces can be good for a group for another reason: if you are working on a section and someone else messes with that section while you are away, that might be really annoying, whereas, when there are no sections, especially with a difficult puzzle, any progress someone else makes is appreciated.
When my sons were taking piano lessons, Mrs. T the piano teacher, always had a 1000 piece puzzle available for parents to do. And she also had a 100 or 200 piece puzzle for younger children to do since lessons were half an hour and often both children were taking the lessons you’d be waiting there for an hour, and it was a wonderful way to pass the time and be able to hear your children during their lesson. It was a wonderful way to complete a group puzzle without even knowing the other people who are working on it. Loved it. Thanks, Mrs. T.❤
I sure hope you contact that teacher to let him know what he's meant to you, and how his puzzle became a 20-year quest! America needs more people like him. (And like you!)
A puzzle is never completed until the puzzler runs their hands over it. Idk why we do it, but we always do and it's basically mandatory in order for it to count as doing the puzzle
I completed a puzzle once only to discover it was missing a piece 😭As I was running my hands over the puzzle, I found the missing piece! It was on top of the puzzle and blended in so well I couldn't see it 🤣 So there is a purpose to running our hands over puzzles. 👍
It would be really cool for a puzzle company to release shape puzzles like this one of every country with their famous spots. All of them in the same scale so they fit eachother and you could get an absurdly huge puzzle of the world by conecting all of them (without the seas, but still really cool)
I work at a library and we always have a puzzle going for the group to work on in our break room! We solve them pretty fast-I think we have some great puzzlers on staff :)
Kudos to your middle school teacher who had students working on a really challenging puzzle as a reward for finishing early! Hours of engagement with just one puzzle of the United States of *America* very impressive!
Imagine how much harder it would have been if they added Alaska and Hawaii to the puzzle of America at scale! If you want to be pedantic (and sometimes I do) you had one solve on this and it took you 20 years, resulting in a TPP (time per piece) of about 7.3 days, so definitely your highest TPP score ever.
Awesome video! I have a feeling your teacher didn't necessarily want to replace the puzzle each week so a really challenging one that would last the year is a pretty great idea. Not only do the students get a dose of America-na while doing it, but they are constantly mentally stimulated. Was there ever an issue with talking while working on the puzzle when other ppl are still writing their test? Was it a bunch of hand signals when trying to communicate with the other puzzlers?
22:28 no its nooot!! 😂😂 we are so proud of everything u had and are currently doing, u have no idea. I wish I could live and see life the way u do. Your vibes and your energy it’s contagious 😊
My college had a puzzle out in an academic building for people to work on between classes (especially if you had a break between two classes in that building). I can remember so many days that I said "I will work on [assignment] in my break," but I'd sit down to puzzle for a few minutes and suddenly I'd be almost late to class.
The reasoning you had for doing this puzzle is why i watch your videos. Never loose your passion. It's amazing to see. Thank you for recording it for us.
It is so heartwarming to hear of teachers who enjoy what they do and pass on that passion to others. I think it would be great if you found that teacher and gifted him with a prized puzzle.
When I was in middle school in America, my teacher left out a puzzle in the classroom and I did end up solving it (most of the others weren't interested), but it was "Lost In A Jigsaw", which not only is a literal maze to assemble, but all the center pieces are the exact same interchangeable shape... and the edge pieces also all interchange with each other! There was a black and white cheat sheet, which was used heavily; but it was such a great puzzle that when I found it years later in high school I bought it! :)
There is something so genuine about you and the way you talked at the end about what a wonderful teacher you had after your little quip earlier in the video, that I at least thought was at best whimsical and in no way condescending. As for the puzzle itself. I would have gave up an hour into it but you nailed it.
That does look hard for 11-year-olds! The last time I did a puzzle with someone was when I visited a friend and her five-year-old got one out for the two of us to do. My friend was getting lunch ready and I was chatting to her as we did it, but evidently I was slowing things down because a little hand reached out and snagged all the pieces of moo-cow I was collecting, and snapped them into place. I had to pay attention after that. 🙂
I love your story about finding the piece that everyone had been looking for first time. There’s nothing more satisfying. This exact thing happened last week, but it was my 8 year old that walked in and found the annoying piece I’d been looking for to no avail. It was a lot of green foliage and I was on the verge of giving up until he came and helped! 🎉❤
When my parents were alive, and my entire family would gather for Christmas, there would always be a puzzle out to do (along with cards - we were all euchre fanatics). So there would regularly be 1 to 4 people gathered around a puzzle at once working on things. These memories remind me a lot of the multi-person puzzle competitions that you've featured.
Your teacher's word puzzle also reminded me of a (much simpler) word game I played with my students! One person writes a word, the next person needs to write a word that starts with the last letter of the previous word, and it continues in a chain. I was teaching outside of America, so it was a casual way for them to just think of as many words in English as they could. Once I played with a particularly advanced student and we managed to fill up a whole chalkboard from top to bottom, it was very cool.
I wonder if they have a version of this for Canada's map. That would be challenging with all the little islands up north. Enjoyed this puzzle of America and your middle school stories!
I was randomly recommended this channel despite having never watched a single puzzle content video before, and to the algorithm's credit, this has been shockingly entertaining. Your energy is extremely wholesome and infectious. I'm probably going to get recommended a lot more puzzle videos now that I've watched this one in it's entirety and I'm not mad about it.
We had some puzzle controversy at the bookstore I worked at. A puzzle was left in the staff room that was slooowly worked on for weeks. There were factions of puzzlers and non-puzzlers. But then it was finally solved, put away... and someone put out TWO PUZZLES in progress on the table. This was our only table to eat at in the staff room, and the non-puzzlers were furious, because now there was nowhere to eat, puzzles were getting mixed up and were never getting completed, and puzzlers were all up in non-puzzlers space looking for pieces. It was anarchy. Eventually, an anonymous someone (a non-puzzler, I'm sure) quietly packed up both puzzles, and they never reappeared.
Most difficult puzzle that our group tried to do was a herd of zebras puzzle. It stumped all of our group and we definitely have puzzle lovers in our group.
When my mom was battling cancer back in 2010, the cancer centers waiting room always had puzzles out for people to work on. The lab was in the same waiting room, so I spent a lot of time in that room for my own needs later on. I always sat and worked on the puzzles in there, so much fun! I wish I had a place to work on large puzzles, but there isn’t anywhere in my apartment I can feasibly block my cat from going.
A few years ago someone bought me a 4D Game of Thrones map puzzle, which was in three layers - a flat base layer showing the basic map, then a thicker raised layer on top of that for the areas of land, and then little models of the key buildings. The base layer alone was 1,000 pieces, and was all basically black, dark grey, white or beige, apart from some faint blue lines showing rivers. It took me FOREVER to complete and when you said 'Why does this country have so many mountains and trees?' I very much felt your pain!
Someone actually brought a puzzle up to work recently and put it in the break room for people to work on. It was a 1000 piece Hallmark puzzle so the quality wasn't great... There was several issues of false fits but the picture was nice. It was a watercolor of different plants in pots with an Emerson quote written across the middle. But it was a fun way to spend your breaks. It took a few weeks to solve because we could only work on it for a short time each day. America
nice job!! the highest count ive ever done was 2000 pieces. one with Pokemon and one that was a garden shopfront with lots of floral elements most of the puzzles i do are floral ones or vintage seed catalogues because i like to hang them in my room when im done like posters, and i just adore flowers of all kinds, real or just pictures! (i love bugs just as much which is good because flowers and bugs go hand in hand 😂)
Would love to see a series where you do puzzles that have defeated your subscribers. Mine was Ravensburger Field of Gold. I worked on my friends puzzle one whole afternoon and barely made a dent.
Wow, Karen does a puzzle I've actually done before! I believe I finished this one when I was a high schooler, and it was absolutely a challenge. I remember being annoyed by the piece shapes and weird edge pieces, but I think I solved it in a fairly similar order to how you did it here, dividing things up into lots of small sections starting with warmer colors, following the rivers, going in a somewhat west to east direction. I can't remember how long it took me to beat it, but I'm guessing it took me several weeks to over a month to complete. Congrats on finally solving this puzzle!
Your story about the teacher saying you couldn’t start with you reminds me of in Parks in Rec when the man at the hardware store asks Ron if he needs help and he says “I know more than you” 😂❤
Oh, its a ‘Bits and Pieces’ puzzle! I own quite a few puzzles by that company (probably because I live in the same section of America as their US HQ) and while the weird piece cuts always seem to throw me off, I do enjoy the rather unique shapes more than the standard puzzle ones. I just find it more satisfying? Idk how to explain it… XD
I'm glad you were able to find this puzzle, it looks like a lot of fun. :) I also wanted to recommend a puzzle type for you, it's not a hard one, but they make for cute, relaxing puzzles. They're called Wasgij by Jumao. What's neat about them is that the picture on the front of the box isn't the picture of the puzzle, but of what the puzzle is facing. I think you'd have a lot of fun with these, especially with how colourful they are.
That was a great idea of your teacher's to let the kids who finish their work put together a puzzle! Definitely going to keep this idea in my teacher toolbox.
So enjoyed this video! Loved hearing about your experience trying to solve it in middle school. My earliest clear memory of solving puzzles was when I was in 6th grade and asked for and got a 1000 pieces puzzle which I solved in a few days. It was not nearly as difficult as this one, but it felt so good to solve it on my own! Yes I agree that the teacher seemed to be talking down to y'all, but the other example you gave at the end warmed my heart! He truly looked puzzles, loved using all kinds of methods to encourage learning, and must have loved teaching middle school children! And how cool that the other kids thought you were cool to find that piece. It's so nice when others recognize your talent that never seems to get recognized. I can totally relate! As always, I love all your comments, strategy tips and the attention to detail you give to your videos! Thank you so much!
Damn Karen you're the best. I love at the end the suggestions you gave for good puzzles to leave out for groups. You're really trying to leave this world better than how you found it. I'm a teacher and MOST of us (side eyeing a couple narc teachers I've worked with but MOST MOST MOST are good/well-intentioned) are really just trying to do our best and we are aware we aren't perfect, so when there is good constructive feedback, we (or at least I) am happy learn and make adjustments to my teaching style or materials. There is a lot of teacher bashing on RUclips, which, I understand. Children now have a platform to air out their frustrations, and I get that there are some bad teachers out there, or that some people just don't mesh. But I love that you're actually giving answers. Not just like "ugh why tf did he pick THIS puzzle" (which you did say) but helpfully added "Hey teachers, here's some puzzles that would be easier, here is what makes them easier, here is what to look for in a good group puzzle." So thank you so much for teaching us and showing the solution to the problem.
My sister and I received from our grandparents the 1965 Rand McNally United States of AMERICA Map puzzle for Christmas 1965. It was fun doing it together.
I found this to be one of the most exciting puzzle designs you've covered on your channel. I wish there was a similar puzzle based on my country instead of America, with that much design and texture. It's so beautiful and so challenging!
Karen My GoSH!!!! Do you do all your own editing?! Seriously one of the BEST single person run channels out there. And you’re so entertaining. We were just watching with a cup of coffee for fun and ended up buying (and finishing) our first puzzle as adults. Hahahaha. You should have another channel for teaching people how to produce and edit. Cheers
this is pretty cool! I remember in one of my middle school years the homeroom teacher would have a puzzle out for us to do. The only people allowed to do it were the homeroom students, but we were usually able to do it for 15-20 minutes each day. Thats what got me so into puzzles!!
We keep a (usually 1000 piece) puzzle going at my aunt’s house. My 3 aunts and my cousin and I work it every Thursday with a lunch and anytime we stop by. Normally we like thrift store puzzles, I keep an eye out for old Springbok and Ravensburger. I just finished one that we gave up on as a group. It was from Hoyle and was called Imp-Possible. Only 500 or so pieces but the majority of the picture wasn’t on the box! All little outlined devils on a red background.
Thank you for showing some of this in real time rather than in time lapse. It gives me a more realistic sense of how fast you do puzzles. (Am enjoying your videos)
First of all i can't believe i am watching a lady making puzzles and i can't stop watching! Second of all that puzzle is freaking insane!! Love the vids, must have seen like 40 of ur vids by now! Wish you the best.
I remember my 4th grade teacher would have a puzzle in the classroom for us to work on. It was one of those old milton bradly puzzles from the 70s or 80s with a picture of a house or a mountain or trees or something on it. I remember thinking it was a 10,000 piece puzzle, but I realize that it was just a standard 1,000 piece puzzle. It seemed so big at the time since we only had 100 piece puzzles at home.
I used to work in an office (in America) where we usually had a jigsaw puzzle to work on during down time (waiting for a meeting, after work, etc.). Our biggest challenge was the 2000 piece Cinque Terre puzzle, and we were proud to have finished that.
Oh boy, that memory you shared of your 8th grade teacher brought up memories of my own childhood and adolescence… times when adults said something so obvious and so condescending that it stirred up a rage of indignation in my normally mild-mannered soul. In those moments I genuinely understood the impulse to “talk back” even though I was normally the politest child imaginable. Honestly, I think it would have been healthy to actually say one of those thoughts out loud - no doubt there would have been Consequences, because adults rarely like having the truth thrown in their face by someone half their size and a quarter of their age, but perhaps it would have been a salutary reminder for the grown-up in question that “though she be but little, she is fierce”!
only one round, the quickest wins, with no drink, food or sleep at the table, you must go away from the table for recreation for at least 5 mins every hour of your chosen time
I meet my husband when we both started working at an Irish restaurant, waiting tables. There was a 1000 piece puzzle that was out on one of the small tables by the front door that customers and staff alike would work on one summer. It was of Europe, in a very similar style to this one! He put in the last piece but admitted to me when we started dating that puzzles stress him out! 😂
This is pretty amazing - I went puzzle thrifting for the first time today (the day after you posted this video!) and actually ran across this one at my local thrift store for $6. The box is in pristine condition, but after watching this video, I passed on it - it is not my thing. :) It's super cool that you found it and assembled it after all these years! Congrats!
What a great puzzle. So many puzzles try to be difficult just for the heck of it and they often end up being frustrating and no fun at all. This has a nice image, a nice shape, lots of interesting piece shapes and still manages to be a challenge. ❤
I've never done this puzzle but when I was going through cancer treatments there was always a puzzle in the treatment center. If you felt like working on the puzzle while getting your chemo you could. It was a great way to past the time. I loved it. Some puzzles lasted multiple treatments and some were done quickly. America
Sophomore year of college this guy Evan bought a very large puzzle (5000 pieces maybe?) with a map of the world. It was kept on a piece of poster board in his suite, and anyone who ever hung out there worked on it at various points. Maybe 20 ppl total contributed, and it was completed over of a number of weeks.
Oh Karen, certainly you are today and every day cooler than ever. Look at you, competing in the top field in puzzling competitions, running a RUclips channel where you spread your love for puzzles and excite your audience and especially being able to professionally do, what you absolutely love. I can not imagine how one can become cooler than that!
Just discovered your channel while looking for a jigsaw competition. Watched all of those videos you did of it. Unbelievable talent on display! I've done jigsaws online for several years. A couple of months ago, I lost my mind and bought $150 worth of real puzzles from Puzzle Warehouse. Finally started the first one today, an easy 200 pieces abstract. Did not realize until I went to take a picture - it's a Ravensburger. No wonder it was such quality. Not like those drug store ones my mom and I did way back. Love your channel. I am already learning a lot. Thanks for your nice presentation. Subscribed and clicked notify. Sure am glad you finally got Lake Erie and Cleveland done. Was kinda worried there for a bit. (chuckle) Loved your middle school stories. Best from Cleveland, Ohio
I always put puzzles out for the students to work on when they finished their work. They worked some really hard puzzles. Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving.
My local library growing up would have a jigsaw puzzle out to work on. I loved going there and spending time on the puzzle. And I remember how exciting it was to come back and see more progress made after not going there to work on it for a day or two.
Last year when I taught a grade 2/3 split I made a bulletin-board sized reusable sudoku and set a new one each week! I think I’ll add a puzzle table next year - thank you for the inspiration!
23:31 You mention "false edge pieces" which look like edge pieces but aren't. I like that the piece for Minnesota's Northwest Angle looks like an interior piece but *is* an edge piece.
My residential orchestra course had a puzzle outside of the main rehearsal room so people could spend the breaks solving it together. It was a puzzle of the orchestra the previous year so it was also fun to spot people. With about 125 teenagers to young adults it took about 5 days to solve. (Of course not everyone was interested in the puzzle but a small group was very invested in it)
You are so delightfully nerdy!! My son taught me years ago that a nerd is just someone who really likes a thing, so there's nothing wrong with being one! So from one nerd to another, keep on nerding! Love you, love your content!!
wow, what a great teacher. we used to have puzzles at work before we were all sent home for 2 years ;) and now we are mostly remote. I did notice there was a puzzle on the table a few weeks ago but now we are being moved to a different floor so our company can get rid of 3 of the 10 floors we are on since mostly everyone only comes in a few days a week if at all. I had brought a bunch of 100 pieces puzzles from the $1 tree for this exact reason back in 2019 and gave them to 1 of the girls who sat closer to the table to put out when we finished 1. We will definitely have to continue the puzzles at the big desk. Great for just taking a break.
🧩🧩💚💚 My little boy and I love watching your videos and doing puzzles together. He recently went to his grandparents for a day visit and when they dropped him back off she told me he was a puzzle genius!! That he just started sorting all their puzzle pieces by shape and teaching her techniques, and he said well I watch Karenpuzzles with mommy 🎉😂❤🧩
Love this video! At first I was confused why she still couldn't sort out all the edges even though the puzzle had false edges...then I saw how many were false edges there were 😭 And a great strategy to sort by shape for this puzzle! So proud she was able to finish it!!!
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It's funny what you said about statistics Karen. My late mum was not a big fan of math, and mostly avoided it. However when she was back at the University of Victoria, in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, getting her bachelor's of early childhood education, she was required to take a math course, in this case,statistics. She absolutely loved that class, lol, much to her surprise!
-.- there no point on sponsoring things that will cost money -.- I get almost nothing is free but like how's that benefitting us. imma just stick to my books -.-
@@olivierlea3996 , gosh, thanks for letting all of us know how you feel. I know I'm not the only one who was anxiously awaiting your opinion on who Karen gets to sponsor her videos. Now I can finally rest easy.
@@louisejohnson6057??? I was just saying that I was excited about the thing she sponsored so I paused the video and went to check it out until I found I had to pay for it. Which sucks. Because it looks like a nice website but sucks that not everyone can have access to it.
How satisfying this must have been! When my sister and I were little kids, my Grandma had one of those classic "basket full of yarn and kittens" puzzles with an irregular edge. 1000 pieces. Way too difficult for kids our age. We'd start the puzzle on a weekend trip to Grandma's house, but never come close to finishing by the time we had to leave. And of course, then Grandma would pick it all up and put it back in the box when we left. We must have started that puzzle at least a dozen times over the years, and never got close to finishing it. Fast forward 30 years to a family reunion. My sister had somehow found a copy of the exact puzzle and brought it to the reunion. She said, "We are FINISHING this puzzle if we have to stay awake all weekend to do it!" We attacked it like people possessed, and finished it! Finally, after decades, we sat and admired the completed puzzle. My sister framed it and it hangs in her house to this day. Every time I visit her we admire the puzzle and reminisce over all the attempts we made at Grandma's house all those years ago. :)
This is too sweet.
@@bluemoon5766 ik!
Such a beautiful story!
So amazing
That is such an adorable memory 😭
I love how Karen is like “I needed a break from puzzling so I went to the other room and did a puzzle”
It seems like the teacher found the perfect puzzle for the intended purpose, which was to keep students busy while the rest of the class finished tasks. The fact the same puzzle stayed unsolved meant it served its purpose the whole school year!
As a teacher this was my thought. It was intended as an exercise of busyness not completion.
@@emmasavage9804 I'm reminded of the Terrible Trivium from "The Phantom Tollbooth." Anybody else read that book?
@@JohnDoe-ti2npIt was amazing.
@@JohnDoe-ti2np - One of my favorites.😊
22:22 karen got 2nd place in a solo national jigsaw puzzle championship, but impressing her 8th grade peers was "the coolest she's ever been in her life" 😂lovely video!
@@bebenut123 She clearly meant at all, she even said "it has all been downhill from there"
"I skipped two grades. I only mention it for story continuity."
Very nice timestamp 😍
"It's giving me flashbacks to 20 years ago" ...Me "2003 isn't 20 years....oh"
When I was 12 my grandfather was admitted to the hospital for an emergency. I found a large puzzle in its box in the waiting room and I pulled it out and started working on it. All day people would come and go and help with the puzzle and I have this strong memory of that day and how that puzzle helped everyone keep their mind busy and off of worry for their loved ones, even if it was for a few brief moments.
Only a couple of minutes in, I was imagining how amazed your middle school classmates would have been to see you work that puzzle like you did.
I think that they would watch her channel if they new about it.😊
Especially with them being 11 in front of a bunch of 13-14 year olds
Teacher grabs a random, vaguely educational, puzzle as a distractionary tool for when kids finish early to keep them from disrupting the class.
Kid makes it her life mission to find that exact puzzle and solve it.
Her first nemesis defeated her. She trained and honed her craft for years only to return even stronger than her opponent ever thought possible. Finally being defeated. It's nice to see a hero's origin story reach a satisfying conclusion.
Brilliant.
When I was in 2nd grade, we had this giant wooden disney puzzle that the entire class would do. Each child would have about 10 pieces each and the goal was to get all your pieces to connect by trading pieces with other kids. It promoted communication, problem solving, teamwork and concentration. Plus the teachers could have an extra break 😆
Those were my favourite days 😊
As a first grade teacher, I’m stealing this idea 😂
@@SunnyInSeconddid ya steal it?
She did, and now she's serving a prison sentence for larceny... She'll be able to respond to your comment in 8 years (or 5 years if she has good behavior).
I have the same exact puzzle lying on my shelf for 2 years now since I was not able to solve it, glad that I saw you completed it, gave me a motivation to start all over again and conquer it once and for all ❤
Wow, what a coincidence! You can do it!
Try the river technique! :P let us know if it helps!
And maybe remember that the image might be shifted slightly, so the edges might not be exactly as they appear on the box - that feels like it could make a big difference when trying to locate 'real' edge pieces. Good luck!
How did it go?
Hello. If you finished it, I would gladly buy it from you. I would love to try it out. 😊
I still can't believe I finally found the puzzle! And that even now it was just as difficult as I remembered 😅 Do any of you have a puzzle like this that you want to get back to and try again one day?
Falcon 5000 pieces, "Moulin de la Galette" (Renoir). I did the chair and some of the girl's dress. Couldn't even finish the border for all the false fits. I still have it in my closet from decades ago. Apparently it's pretty rare.
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Yes!! BetterCo Purple Succulents (aka The Glossy Nemesis) has been saved on a covered puzzle board in my basement for probably more than a year now… I started it once, gave up, started it again. It’s maybe a little more than half way done - which is why I can’t put it back in the box. The thought of starting over from scratch! It’s a difficult image to begin with; the dark color palette and high gloss finish of the pieces are complicating factors. At one point I thought I would need to solve it like a solid color puzzle, but that slowed progress down to a desperate crawl. Fortunately there have been very few false fits so that helps. Of any puzzle I’ve ever done this one has required the heaviest use of the included poster. A good percentage of the pieces in the puzzle are singletons that are in their approximate place on the board.
At some point, when it is finally completed, I plan to bag it in quadrants. That way the next puzzler (myself or someone else) can decide what level of frustration they want to work through!
Pomegranate: 1000 pc jigsaw of Norman Rockwell's 'The Connoisseur'. I could never finish it!
I had a Springbok puzzle from the 80s (that I found at a yard sale in the 90s) called Midnight Snack. It was a tall sandwich on a black background. I could have sworn it was a 1000 piece but I have only seen it around the internet in 500 piece, though it could have seemed bigger because I was just a kid, like 10-ish years old. I only got a bit of the top slice of bread and some of the table cloth done I think, then I gave up and eventually got rid of it in my teens. I kind of want to try it again and have been looking for it for ages at thrift stores with no luck. I have found it on ebay but shipping to Canada is ridiculous and makes it way overpriced. I may splurge eventually.
It would be so cool if this same type of puzzle existed for all other countries or subsections of continents (to scale) and Karen completed them all and pieced them together to make a full world map!
She's so cute talking about the coolest she's ever been in her life. Omg I love her
I would love to hear that teacher’s reaction to you solving the puzzle as well as your memories. I’m sure if they were that into puzzles, they would be glad to hear one of their students had such vivid memories of something they did for their students.
And probably to happy to hear one of the students have puzzles as a career.
Well your teacher wasn't stupid because if she put a simple puzzle she would have had kids screaming "We finished it" 😂
I also think that getting a puzzle that is not easily divided into pieces can be good for a group for another reason: if you are working on a section and someone else messes with that section while you are away, that might be really annoying, whereas, when there are no sections, especially with a difficult puzzle, any progress someone else makes is appreciated.
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And I was thinking he brought it to school because he couldn't do it! lol He was much smarter than that, based on all your wise comments.
When my sons were taking piano lessons, Mrs. T the piano teacher, always had a 1000 piece puzzle available for parents to do. And she also had a 100 or 200 piece puzzle for younger children to do since lessons were half an hour and often both children were taking the lessons you’d be waiting there for an hour, and it was a wonderful way to pass the time and be able to hear your children during their lesson. It was a wonderful way to complete a group puzzle without even knowing the other people who are working on it. Loved it. Thanks, Mrs. T.❤
I sure hope you contact that teacher to let him know what he's meant to you, and how his puzzle became a 20-year quest! America needs more people like him. (And like you!)
Elementary school Karen : I will make it my life mission to finish this puzzle.
Adult Karen : Sis, I got you.
A puzzle is never completed until the puzzler runs their hands over it. Idk why we do it, but we always do and it's basically mandatory in order for it to count as doing the puzzle
Yes! lmao
I completed a puzzle once only to discover it was missing a piece 😭As I was running my hands over the puzzle, I found the missing piece! It was on top of the puzzle and blended in so well I couldn't see it 🤣 So there is a purpose to running our hands over puzzles. 👍
It’s basically law now. At the very least, superstition. It’s good luck for the next puzzle we do.
I do the same thing with diamond paintings, you have to touch it all together
Feeling for holes.
It would be really cool for a puzzle company to release shape puzzles like this one of every country with their famous spots. All of them in the same scale so they fit eachother and you could get an absurdly huge puzzle of the world by conecting all of them (without the seas, but still really cool)
I work at a library and we always have a puzzle going for the group to work on in our break room! We solve them pretty fast-I think we have some great puzzlers on staff :)
Love that!
I am our church librarian and we have put out a puzzle a couple of times for people to work on. I need to put another one out again soon!
St Neots library , in England , always have a jigsaw puzzle, on a table , for borrowers to pop a few pieces in.
That might be my dream job lol
Kudos to your middle school teacher who had students working on a really challenging puzzle as a reward for finishing early! Hours of engagement with just one puzzle of the United States of *America* very impressive!
So, finally, we meet the Moriarty of Puzzles to Karen’s Sherlock. The deer stalking cap could come in handy though 😂
I literally looked for it for the beginning clip, and I couldn't find it after reorganizing my puzzle studio earlier this year 😭
@@KarenPuzzlesanother puzzle! "Where is the hat?!"
Imagine how much harder it would have been if they added Alaska and Hawaii to the puzzle of America at scale! If you want to be pedantic (and sometimes I do) you had one solve on this and it took you 20 years, resulting in a TPP (time per piece) of about 7.3 days, so definitely your highest TPP score ever.
Lol I don’t think I’ll ever beat that one!
Awesome video! I have a feeling your teacher didn't necessarily want to replace the puzzle each week so a really challenging one that would last the year is a pretty great idea. Not only do the students get a dose of America-na while doing it, but they are constantly mentally stimulated. Was there ever an issue with talking while working on the puzzle when other ppl are still writing their test? Was it a bunch of hand signals when trying to communicate with the other puzzlers?
There was only space for two people to work on it at once, and I think I worked on it more than anyone else. I don’t remember talking being an issue!
22:28 no its nooot!! 😂😂 we are so proud of everything u had and are currently doing, u have no idea. I wish I could live and see life the way u do. Your vibes and your energy it’s contagious 😊
As someone who is not from America, I love to see teachers who make it nicer for children to learn :D
Do they do that in your country?
My college had a puzzle out in an academic building for people to work on between classes (especially if you had a break between two classes in that building). I can remember so many days that I said "I will work on [assignment] in my break," but I'd sit down to puzzle for a few minutes and suddenly I'd be almost late to class.
The reasoning you had for doing this puzzle is why i watch your videos. Never loose your passion. It's amazing to see. Thank you for recording it for us.
It is so heartwarming to hear of teachers who enjoy what they do and pass on that passion to others. I think it would be great if you found that teacher and gifted him with a prized puzzle.
When I was in middle school in America, my teacher left out a puzzle in the classroom and I did end up solving it (most of the others weren't interested), but it was "Lost In A Jigsaw", which not only is a literal maze to assemble, but all the center pieces are the exact same interchangeable shape... and the edge pieces also all interchange with each other! There was a black and white cheat sheet, which was used heavily; but it was such a great puzzle that when I found it years later in high school I bought it! :)
That sounds like a cool puzzle for Karen to find and try.
@@teijaflink2226 wow, I just looked up that Lost in a Jigsaw puzzle... there's no way I could do it... but Karen can... she can do ANY puzzle!
There is something so genuine about you and the way you talked at the end about what a wonderful teacher you had after your little quip earlier in the video, that I at least thought was at best whimsical and in no way condescending.
As for the puzzle itself. I would have gave up an hour into it but you nailed it.
That does look hard for 11-year-olds! The last time I did a puzzle with someone was when I visited a friend and her five-year-old got one out for the two of us to do. My friend was getting lunch ready and I was chatting to her as we did it, but evidently I was slowing things down because a little hand reached out and snagged all the pieces of moo-cow I was collecting, and snapped them into place. I had to pay attention after that. 🙂
That kid is a natural puzzler!
I love your story about finding the piece that everyone had been looking for first time. There’s nothing more satisfying. This exact thing happened last week, but it was my 8 year old that walked in and found the annoying piece I’d been looking for to no avail. It was a lot of green foliage and I was on the verge of giving up until he came and helped! 🎉❤
Sometimes that's all it takes is someone looking at it with fresh eyes to see what your eyes are missing.
you had to do a whole investigation just to find the puzzle- The dedication this woman has is amazing!
When my parents were alive, and my entire family would gather for Christmas, there would always be a puzzle out to do (along with cards - we were all euchre fanatics). So there would regularly be 1 to 4 people gathered around a puzzle at once working on things. These memories remind me a lot of the multi-person puzzle competitions that you've featured.
Hmmm....indiana/ohio?
Your teacher's word puzzle also reminded me of a (much simpler) word game I played with my students! One person writes a word, the next person needs to write a word that starts with the last letter of the previous word, and it continues in a chain. I was teaching outside of America, so it was a casual way for them to just think of as many words in English as they could. Once I played with a particularly advanced student and we managed to fill up a whole chalkboard from top to bottom, it was very cool.
I wonder if they have a version of this for Canada's map. That would be challenging with all the little islands up north. Enjoyed this puzzle of America and your middle school stories!
I was randomly recommended this channel despite having never watched a single puzzle content video before, and to the algorithm's credit, this has been shockingly entertaining. Your energy is extremely wholesome and infectious. I'm probably going to get recommended a lot more puzzle videos now that I've watched this one in it's entirety and I'm not mad about it.
We had some puzzle controversy at the bookstore I worked at. A puzzle was left in the staff room that was slooowly worked on for weeks. There were factions of puzzlers and non-puzzlers. But then it was finally solved, put away... and someone put out TWO PUZZLES in progress on the table. This was our only table to eat at in the staff room, and the non-puzzlers were furious, because now there was nowhere to eat, puzzles were getting mixed up and were never getting completed, and puzzlers were all up in non-puzzlers space looking for pieces. It was anarchy. Eventually, an anonymous someone (a non-puzzler, I'm sure) quietly packed up both puzzles, and they never reappeared.
Most difficult puzzle that our group tried to do was a herd of zebras puzzle. It stumped all of our group and we definitely have puzzle lovers in our group.
When my mom was battling cancer back in 2010, the cancer centers waiting room always had puzzles out for people to work on. The lab was in the same waiting room, so I spent a lot of time in that room for my own needs later on. I always sat and worked on the puzzles in there, so much fun! I wish I had a place to work on large puzzles, but there isn’t anywhere in my apartment I can feasibly block my cat from going.
Love the story behind this puzzle! Never give up! Beautiful job!
Loved the middle school stories Karen!! What a hard puzzle that was, but you did it!! God Bless AMERICA
A few years ago someone bought me a 4D Game of Thrones map puzzle, which was in three layers - a flat base layer showing the basic map, then a thicker raised layer on top of that for the areas of land, and then little models of the key buildings. The base layer alone was 1,000 pieces, and was all basically black, dark grey, white or beige, apart from some faint blue lines showing rivers. It took me FOREVER to complete and when you said 'Why does this country have so many mountains and trees?' I very much felt your pain!
Someone actually brought a puzzle up to work recently and put it in the break room for people to work on. It was a 1000 piece Hallmark puzzle so the quality wasn't great... There was several issues of false fits but the picture was nice. It was a watercolor of different plants in pots with an Emerson quote written across the middle. But it was a fun way to spend your breaks. It took a few weeks to solve because we could only work on it for a short time each day. America
Finished the first 3000 piece puzzle i have ever done, this morning. Started beginning of the year. It is the zodiac puzzle from ravensburger.
Congrats!
nice job!! the highest count ive ever done was 2000 pieces. one with Pokemon and one that was a garden shopfront with lots of floral elements
most of the puzzles i do are floral ones or vintage seed catalogues because i like to hang them in my room when im done like posters, and i just adore flowers of all kinds, real or just pictures! (i love bugs just as much which is good because flowers and bugs go hand in hand 😂)
Would love to see a series where you do puzzles that have defeated your subscribers. Mine was Ravensburger Field of Gold. I worked on my friends puzzle one whole afternoon and barely made a dent.
This is a great idea
Wow, Karen does a puzzle I've actually done before! I believe I finished this one when I was a high schooler, and it was absolutely a challenge. I remember being annoyed by the piece shapes and weird edge pieces, but I think I solved it in a fairly similar order to how you did it here, dividing things up into lots of small sections starting with warmer colors, following the rivers, going in a somewhat west to east direction. I can't remember how long it took me to beat it, but I'm guessing it took me several weeks to over a month to complete. Congrats on finally solving this puzzle!
I love the fact that she became a world puzzle builder and she decided to track down a hard puzzle from when she was in middle school.
Your story about the teacher saying you couldn’t start with you reminds me of in Parks in Rec when the man at the hardware store asks Ron if he needs help and he says “I know more than you” 😂❤
Oh, its a ‘Bits and Pieces’ puzzle!
I own quite a few puzzles by that company (probably because I live in the same section of America as their US HQ) and while the weird piece cuts always seem to throw me off, I do enjoy the rather unique shapes more than the standard puzzle ones. I just find it more satisfying? Idk how to explain it… XD
I'm glad you were able to find this puzzle, it looks like a lot of fun. :) I also wanted to recommend a puzzle type for you, it's not a hard one, but they make for cute, relaxing puzzles. They're called Wasgij by Jumao. What's neat about them is that the picture on the front of the box isn't the picture of the puzzle, but of what the puzzle is facing. I think you'd have a lot of fun with these, especially with how colourful they are.
That was a great idea of your teacher's to let the kids who finish their work put together a puzzle! Definitely going to keep this idea in my teacher toolbox.
So enjoyed this video! Loved hearing about your experience trying to solve it in middle school. My earliest clear memory of solving puzzles was when I was in 6th grade and asked for and got a 1000 pieces puzzle which I solved in a few days. It was not nearly as difficult as this one, but it felt so good to solve it on my own! Yes I agree that the teacher seemed to be talking down to y'all, but the other example you gave at the end warmed my heart! He truly looked puzzles, loved using all kinds of methods to encourage learning, and must have loved teaching middle school children! And how cool that the other kids thought you were cool to find that piece. It's so nice when others recognize your talent that never seems to get recognized. I can totally relate! As always, I love all your comments, strategy tips and the attention to detail you give to your videos! Thank you so much!
Taking a break from puzzling to puzzle. I love that.
Damn Karen you're the best. I love at the end the suggestions you gave for good puzzles to leave out for groups. You're really trying to leave this world better than how you found it. I'm a teacher and MOST of us (side eyeing a couple narc teachers I've worked with but MOST MOST MOST are good/well-intentioned) are really just trying to do our best and we are aware we aren't perfect, so when there is good constructive feedback, we (or at least I) am happy learn and make adjustments to my teaching style or materials. There is a lot of teacher bashing on RUclips, which, I understand. Children now have a platform to air out their frustrations, and I get that there are some bad teachers out there, or that some people just don't mesh. But I love that you're actually giving answers. Not just like "ugh why tf did he pick THIS puzzle" (which you did say) but helpfully added "Hey teachers, here's some puzzles that would be easier, here is what makes them easier, here is what to look for in a good group puzzle." So thank you so much for teaching us and showing the solution to the problem.
My sister and I received from our grandparents the 1965 Rand McNally United States of AMERICA Map puzzle for Christmas 1965. It was fun doing it together.
I found this to be one of the most exciting puzzle designs you've covered on your channel. I wish there was a similar puzzle based on my country instead of America, with that much design and texture. It's so beautiful and so challenging!
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My GoSH!!!! Do you do all your own editing?! Seriously one of the BEST single person run channels out there. And you’re so entertaining. We were just watching with a cup of coffee for fun and ended up buying (and finishing) our first puzzle as adults. Hahahaha. You should have another channel for teaching people how to produce and edit.
Cheers
I feel like since the videos are so personal to me, it would be hard to hand off the editing. Thank you for such a nice comment ❤️
this is pretty cool! I remember in one of my middle school years the homeroom teacher would have a puzzle out for us to do. The only people allowed to do it were the homeroom students, but we were usually able to do it for 15-20 minutes each day. Thats what got me so into puzzles!!
I have been looking for group puzzles for my family reunion coming up this summer -- THANK YOU and congratulations on conquering this puzzle! 🎉
We keep a (usually 1000 piece) puzzle going at my aunt’s house. My 3 aunts and my cousin and I work it every Thursday with a lunch and anytime we stop by. Normally we like thrift store puzzles, I keep an eye out for old Springbok and Ravensburger. I just finished one that we gave up on as a group. It was from Hoyle and was called Imp-Possible. Only 500 or so pieces but the majority of the picture wasn’t on the box! All little outlined devils on a red background.
Thank you for showing some of this in real time rather than in time lapse. It gives me a more realistic sense of how fast you do puzzles. (Am enjoying your videos)
First of all i can't believe i am watching a lady making puzzles and i can't stop watching! Second of all that puzzle is freaking insane!! Love the vids, must have seen like 40 of ur vids by now! Wish you the best.
I remember my 4th grade teacher would have a puzzle in the classroom for us to work on. It was one of those old milton bradly puzzles from the 70s or 80s with a picture of a house or a mountain or trees or something on it. I remember thinking it was a 10,000 piece puzzle, but I realize that it was just a standard 1,000 piece puzzle. It seemed so big at the time since we only had 100 piece puzzles at home.
I used to work in an office (in America) where we usually had a jigsaw puzzle to work on during down time (waiting for a meeting, after work, etc.). Our biggest challenge was the 2000 piece Cinque Terre puzzle, and we were proud to have finished that.
Way to go! It is nice to finish what you start even if it take 20 years. I enjoyed this video,thanks.
“thats the coolest I’ve ever been, its been downhill from there” why do i somewhat relate to this 😭🤣🤣
Oh boy, that memory you shared of your 8th grade teacher brought up memories of my own childhood and adolescence… times when adults said something so obvious and so condescending that it stirred up a rage of indignation in my normally mild-mannered soul. In those moments I genuinely understood the impulse to “talk back” even though I was normally the politest child imaginable. Honestly, I think it would have been healthy to actually say one of those thoughts out loud - no doubt there would have been Consequences, because adults rarely like having the truth thrown in their face by someone half their size and a quarter of their age, but perhaps it would have been a salutary reminder for the grown-up in question that “though she be but little, she is fierce”!
Imagine this puzzle at a speed puzzling competition
only one round, the quickest wins, with no drink, food or sleep at the table, you must go away from the table for recreation for at least 5 mins every hour of your chosen time
I meet my husband when we both started working at an Irish restaurant, waiting tables. There was a 1000 piece puzzle that was out on one of the small tables by the front door that customers and staff alike would work on one summer. It was of Europe, in a very similar style to this one! He put in the last piece but admitted to me when we started dating that puzzles stress him out! 😂
I actually love these types of puzzles, the ones where the pieces are all weirdly shaped. Adds to the fun :)
This is pretty amazing - I went puzzle thrifting for the first time today (the day after you posted this video!) and actually ran across this one at my local thrift store for $6. The box is in pristine condition, but after watching this video, I passed on it - it is not my thing. :) It's super cool that you found it and assembled it after all these years! Congrats!
What a great puzzle. So many puzzles try to be difficult just for the heck of it and they often end up being frustrating and no fun at all. This has a nice image, a nice shape, lots of interesting piece shapes and still manages to be a challenge. ❤
I'm so happy for you that you found this puzzle again and could solve it! And thank you for sharing your memories with us 😊 *America*
I love that satisfying click of a puzzle piece being put in place. 😊
I've never done this puzzle but when I was going through cancer treatments there was always a puzzle in the treatment center. If you felt like working on the puzzle while getting your chemo you could. It was a great way to past the time. I loved it. Some puzzles lasted multiple treatments and some were done quickly.
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Sophomore year of college this guy Evan bought a very large puzzle (5000 pieces maybe?) with a map of the world. It was kept on a piece of poster board in his suite, and anyone who ever hung out there worked on it at various points. Maybe 20 ppl total contributed, and it was completed over of a number of weeks.
Oh Karen, certainly you are today and every day cooler than ever. Look at you, competing in the top field in puzzling competitions, running a RUclips channel where you spread your love for puzzles and excite your audience and especially being able to professionally do, what you absolutely love. I can not imagine how one can become cooler than that!
Just discovered your channel while looking for a jigsaw competition. Watched all of those videos you did of it. Unbelievable talent on display!
I've done jigsaws online for several years. A couple of months ago, I lost my mind and bought $150 worth of real puzzles from Puzzle Warehouse. Finally started the first one today, an easy 200 pieces abstract. Did not realize until I went to take a picture - it's a Ravensburger. No wonder it was such quality. Not like those drug store ones my mom and I did way back.
Love your channel. I am already learning a lot. Thanks for your nice presentation. Subscribed and clicked notify.
Sure am glad you finally got Lake Erie and Cleveland done. Was kinda worried there for a bit. (chuckle) Loved your middle school stories.
Best from Cleveland, Ohio
I love the closeups of fitting in pieces! So satisfying!🦌💌❤️🧩
I always put puzzles out for the students to work on when they finished their work. They worked some really hard puzzles. Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving.
29:43 When you come to the library, the amount of knowledge you're exposed to can change your life forever.
My local library growing up would have a jigsaw puzzle out to work on. I loved going there and spending time on the puzzle. And I remember how exciting it was to come back and see more progress made after not going there to work on it for a day or two.
My local library always has a puzzle out for anyone to just walk by and put pieces in. I love it. They also have puzzles you can check out.
Last year when I taught a grade 2/3 split I made a bulletin-board sized reusable sudoku and set a new one each week! I think I’ll add a puzzle table next year - thank you for the inspiration!
Ohmygosh I just found you and your puzzles. I love building, doing, filling in... solving or whatever...lol... puzzles.
23:31 You mention "false edge pieces" which look like edge pieces but aren't. I like that the piece for Minnesota's Northwest Angle looks like an interior piece but *is* an edge piece.
My residential orchestra course had a puzzle outside of the main rehearsal room so people could spend the breaks solving it together. It was a puzzle of the orchestra the previous year so it was also fun to spot people. With about 125 teenagers to young adults it took about 5 days to solve. (Of course not everyone was interested in the puzzle but a small group was very invested in it)
You are so delightfully nerdy!! My son taught me years ago that a nerd is just someone who really likes a thing, so there's nothing wrong with being one! So from one nerd to another, keep on nerding! Love you, love your content!!
An amazing teacher you had.
wow, what a great teacher. we used to have puzzles at work before we were all sent home for 2 years ;) and now we are mostly remote. I did notice there was a puzzle on the table a few weeks ago but now we are being moved to a different floor so our company can get rid of 3 of the 10 floors we are on since mostly everyone only comes in a few days a week if at all. I had brought a bunch of 100 pieces puzzles from the $1 tree for this exact reason back in 2019 and gave them to 1 of the girls who sat closer to the table to put out when we finished 1. We will definitely have to continue the puzzles at the big desk. Great for just taking a break.
🧩🧩💚💚 My little boy and I love watching your videos and doing puzzles together. He recently went to his grandparents for a day visit and when they dropped him back off she told me he was a puzzle genius!! That he just started sorting all their puzzle pieces by shape and teaching her techniques, and he said well I watch Karenpuzzles with mommy 🎉😂❤🧩
I am so impressed. And background music is so soothing.
Such a great idea for a classroom!
Love this video! At first I was confused why she still couldn't sort out all the edges even though the puzzle had false edges...then I saw how many were false edges there were 😭 And a great strategy to sort by shape for this puzzle! So proud she was able to finish it!!!
Girlie took a break from solving the puzzle, to watch tv and solve a different puzzle. I could never do puzzles that long