School Disguised as Gifts: Puzzles

I have always loved giving puzzles as gifts.  We have tubs of big wooden puzzles and boxes of puzzles.

When my kids were toddlers and preschoolers, Melissa and Doug puzzles like shapes, upper and lower case letters, numbers, hands and feet, vehicles, and animals were in huge rotation. 

As they got older, geography puzzles became more the thing (alongside our games!). I love this United States puzzle. I, long ago, blogged about The Global Puzzle and how happy I was with it and the customer service I received when we found a missing piece.  We love our GeoPuzzles, too.

Finally, we have enjoyed the big two sided Melissa and Doug Human Body puzzle as well as the Solar System puzzle as supplements to our science studies.

What are your favorite puzzles?