WengsWorld - Preparation for the activity at SAMH

For the activity with the clients at the Singapore Association for Mental Health YouthReach at Tiong Bahru this week, I will have to do it differently from the 'usual' competitions I organise, to take into consideration the attention level and the needs of the people taking part. Speed is definitely out, as many of the participants will likely not be regular puzzle makers. Poh Hee, my friend who heads the centre, has also advised that the entire puzzle needs to be broken down into something manageable for the participants, least they become distracted or discouraged.


With the above in mind, I have tweaked what I originally intended to do, which was to start with the entire puzzle and get everybody to do everything together (ie, sort, and make together). I have broken up the complete puzzle into several sections, so that the participants need not sort the pieces on the day and can go straight into the fixing part. Also, my number 2 suggested this which I thought was a very good suggestion, I have taken pictures of the various sections so that the participants can refer to the individual section pictures to know exactly which part of the puzzle they are fixing.

Here are some of the pictures of what I've done:

                                                           The complete puzzle


Working backwards.......

                                                 Breaking it up into smaller sections

                                                                One of the sections

                                                            Breaking up the section




First time for me doing a jigsaw activity with clients with mental health needs, so part of me is a bit anxious that it works out.