I recently bought my toddler niece a wooden alphabet puzzle, happily recalling the time I spent with my own kids fitting the “A” shape into the cutout with the picture of an apple.

The letters slot into a wooden board with the names of the fonts inscribed under each. ... The designers originally created the Font Alphabet Puzzle for their young daughter.

Whether made of cardboard or sculpted out of wood, jigsaw puzzles test skills like spatial reasoning and can help to stave off anxiety. They can also be works of art in their own right.

Toy Wood Alphabet Puzzle — 27pc. FAO Schwarz. Learning the alphabet should be fun, and with this colorful animal alphabet board, your kids will be asking to practice their ABCs.