Memory Card Game
Memory Card Game
Supporting the development of number recognition and executive function skills through a simple memory game.
Materials Required
- Memory cards (link to free printable memory cards below)
Alternative: make some cards yourself using paper and textas. Draw numerals and then draw on another card with a corresponding amount of object e.g. 8 and 8 butterflies, 2 and 2 watermelon slices
Play experience profile
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Age:
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Min Playtime5 - 15 Minutes
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Skills
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Energy LevelQuiet Play
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Messiness Rating
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EYLF Outcomes
Play Experience Preparation
Before playing, decide if you and your child will play by finding pairs of picture cards, pairs of number cards, or for an additional challenge matching the picture card to the corresponding number card - Shuffle the cards and arrange them face down in a columns and rows (keep the arrangement neat to support your child's recall ability).Experience Steps
- If the numeral matches the number of objects on the picture card, take another turn
- Continue taking turns to turn over cards until all the pairs have been matched.
- Take turns with your child turning over two cards.
- Count how many pairs each player has collected to determine who has the most pairs.
What to talk about, or questions to ask during the experience
- Positional language: next to, on top, near, below e.g. "The matching card is one below this card"
- How many watermelon slices do you see?
- Let's count all the rainbows
- I wonder what that number is?
Build on this...
- Support your child's one-to-one correspondence by encouraging them to use a finger to count the objects on the cards.
- Make the game more challenging by adding more cards into the array.
- Use the cards to measure objects around the home. How many cards fit the length of your kitchen table? e.g. "the table is 15 cards long"
- Pull cards out of a hat and collect the corresponding number of objects from around your home.
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Following this sedentary activity move onto the next experience by moving like one of the images on the cards e.g. move to the kitchen like a race car, jump to the bathroom like a frog.
EYLF Outcomes
The Early Years Learning Framework has been designed for use by early childhood educators working in partnership with families, children’s first and most influential educators.
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The Early Years Learning Framework has been designed for use by early childhood educators working in partnership with families, children’s first and most influential educators. View PDF
- Children develop a range of skills and processes such as problem solving, inquiry, experimentation, hypothesising, researching and investigating
- Children begin to understand how symbols and pattern systems work
EYLF Principle
Principle 3: High expectations and equity. Children progress well when they, their parents and educators hold high expectations for their achievement in learning.
EYLF Practice
Practice: Intentional teaching. Intentional teaching is deliberate, purposeful and thoughtful. They use strategies such as modelling and demonstrating, open questioning, speculating, explaining, engaging in shared thinking and problem solving to extend children’s thinking and learning.
Follow link to access free, printable, memory cards: https://www.playandlearntogether.com.au/assets/downloads/Play-and-Learn-Together---Memory-Cards.pdf
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