Create Your Own Jigsaw

Create Your Own Jigsaw is a free, NQF-aligned Quiet & Table Games activity for ages 5 to 10. It includes a learning intention, a materials list, step-by-step instructions and framework links.

Learning intention

This experience supports children to solve problems and to make meaning from images.

You'll need

• Blank puzzle pieces or paper and card
• Textas and paints
• Scissors

How to do it

1. Children draw or paint a design on a blank puzzle or piece of card.
2. If using card, an educator helps cut it into puzzle pieces.
3. Children mix up the pieces and reassemble their own puzzle.
4. Swap puzzles with a friend to solve each other's.

Curriculum links

MTOP

• 4.2 Children and young people develop a range of learning and thinking skills and processes such as problem solving, inquiry, experimentation, hypothesising, researching and investigating
• 5.2 Children and young people engage with and gain meaning from a range of visual images and texts

NQS

• 1.2.3 Child directed learning - Each child's agency is promoted, enabling them to make choices and decisions that influence events and their world.

Frequently asked questions

What NQF outcomes does Create Your Own Jigsaw support?

Create Your Own Jigsaw is mapped to MTOP 4.2, MTOP 5.2, NQS 1.2.3. Each framework link is quoted in full on this page.

What age group is Create Your Own Jigsaw for?

This activity suits ages 5–10.

What do I need for Create Your Own Jigsaw?

You will need Blank puzzle pieces or paper and card, Textas and paints and Scissors.

How long does Create Your Own Jigsaw take?

Allow about 20–30 min.