This task will be quite a challenge for the very young, because it is difficult for them to co-ordinate so many pieces of information and consider so many possibilities. You might want to start with a simpler problem - say just three names and faces.
 
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Begin by examining the faces and identifying the key characteristics, helping the children to realise that there are two alternatives for each feature: eyes, nose, mouth.  Read through the clues together.
 
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Give pairs of children a copy of the faces and clues and allow them some time to discuss and work on the problem.  Ask fast finishing pairs to try using the clues in a different order and check if they get the same solution.
 
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As a class, work through the clues. It might also be helpful to make some name labels (three for each name) that can be placed under possible faces as each clue is dealt with. For example, the first clue says that Will and Jill are smiling. There are three smiling faces, so until further clues eliminate a face, the names of Will and Jill should be placed under all three faces. The second clue, "Jill has big eyes", allows Jill's name to removed from the second and last faces in the row. And so on....
 
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Ask a few pairs to follow a similar procedure, showing how to work through the clues in a different order. Ask children who like further challenge, to invent their own similar problems, test them out on another pair, then offer the tasks to the rest of the class.
 
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