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Picture puzzles

This activity adds an educational use to the traditional collage project. After children make their picture puzzles, players use their visual memories to recall as much of each other's pictures as possible. Children also develop writing skills since they must also write descriptions of what they can remember.

What this activity will develop:
Listening, language and art skills

What you'll need:

• Magazines
• Scissors
• Glue
• Watch or clock with a second hand
• Pencils
• Paper

Players:
Timekeeper
2 to 30 players

What to do:

1. Each player gets a magazine, scissors, paper and glue. The players cut pictures out of the magazines and glue them on the paper. The players should write their names on the back on the paper.

2. When all of the picture puzzles are completed, the timekeeper collects the puzzles. The timekeeper then puts someone else's puzzle face-down in front of each player.

3. When the timekeeper gives the signal, the players turn the puzzles over and look at them carefully for one minute.

4. When the timekeeper says stop, the players turn the puzzles face down again.

5. The players then have three minutes to write down everything they remember seeing on the puzzles.

6. After three minutes are up, the players give the puzzles back to the people who made them, along with the lists to be checked.

7. The player with the most correct answers is the winner.

 

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