![]() ![]() This is a traditional birthday party game for us and we like to match the set of items we play with to the theme of the party. More memory game ideasĪnother fun memory game idea is to play ‘ what is missing?‘, using a collection of items and seeing who can remember what was there and what’s changed. Great skills to develop as you play a fun game and practise fair play and turn taking too. Playing this game helps your child to classify images, to remember and recall where each type of card is located and to form a mental map of the layout of the images. ![]() The game is over when all the pairs of images have been matched up and the winner is the person with the most pairs. Try to remember where each type of image is, so on your next go you can turn over a matching pair. If your two cards don’t match you have to turn them face down again. If you turn over a matching pair you get to keep them. Take it in turns to flip over two of the cards. To play the memory game, mix up all your picture pairs and then spread them out face downwards on the table or floor. Keep them all the same shape and size and make between five and fifteen pairs: a fewer number for younger children, more for older ones. Whatever images you chose, make several sets of matching pairs: two lions, two tigers, two bears and so on. My daughter created her set by drawing some animal pictures but you could also create a set using photos of family and friends, numbers, letters, or by using pieces of your children’s paintings or art work. You can base your set on any images you like. Here’s a fun idea for a memory game my daughter came up with to play with her sister, with some added suggestions for other ways to have fun with memory. There are so many practical applications of using your memory in life too – as you recall your shopping list or cook a meal without a recipe.Įncouraging your child to exercise their brain and develop their memory skills is an important thing we can do with them. Every time we count, read, spell or use our times tables we’re calling on knowledge we’ve memorized. Having a good memory is a great skill to have in life.
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