Although we had a television growing up, it was still an era where kids played outside, read books, and worked on jigsaw puzzles or paint-by-number kits. Today, everything kids do seems to be online. They read books online, listen to music online and now they can even complete jigsaw puzzles online. Best of all, they can do this entirely for free.
JigZone.com is a website stocked with online jigsaw puzzles. No registration is required in order to use the site either, which is a huge plus in my book. You can click on the special puzzle of the day, or browse for puzzles through the categories listed on the left-hand side of the screen. Once you find a puzzle you like, click on it.
The puzzle will appear already broken up into puzzle pieces. You have to arrange these pieces to fit and form the original picture that you chose. What I like about this website is that you can choose which type puzzle pieces you want, and how many pieces you want the puzzle broken down into. My favorite is to pick the 51 piece crazy, but you can pick up to 247 pieces.
Another feature of this website is the timer. You can see the fastest time that the puzzle was completed, the average time it takes to complete that particular puzzle, and how long it took you to finish the puzzle. You can even rate each particular puzzle at the bottom of the page after you complete it.
I like to compete and this website also allows me to do that. You can share your puzzle times with your friends, who in turn can complete the same puzzles to see if they can beat your time.