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How brilliant is Evangeline?

We started getting some jigsaw puzzles a while back, maybe a month ago. Small ones, 24 - 36 pieces. Prior to this, we had done *no* puzzles with Evangeline at all. Like, not even peg puzzles because they're such a pain to keep track of, not having boxes or anything.

I showed the niecelings how to make a frame of the outer pieces first (an idea they really didn't get) and how to look at the box to figure out the puzzle (an idea they both glommed on to fast). They put together their puzzles. I didn't see either one use them for a couple of weeks. Then Evangeline started putting together the puzzles alone - but she'd done them before.

I brought up a new puzzle today, 30 pieces. She'd never seen it before. No help from me, she got it done in 15 minutes. Slow for an adult (one can only hope), but exactly where is that for a three and a half year old? Average? Slow? Super fast?

I don't want to go around feeling smug (because somehow her puzzle prowess is all me...?) until I know how smug to feel!