The Early Years - Helping Our Children Succeed

Memory - You need: cardboard, marker, Dolch Word Lists and at least two
players.
Memory involves placing all the cards face down, then taking turns to turn
two over. If the first player finds two that match, they can keep those two cards and
have another go. If they do not match, the cards are turned back over and it
is someone else's turn. You can make the cards up using almost anything. For
example, use both small and capital letters and then have them match. Or use words
from the Dolch Word Lists. Only use a few at first, then when the children know
them well, add a couple more. Continue to slowly build up the number of words. Or
you can use it to match pictures with words, example, the colors or numbers.
Snap - You need: the cards you made for Memory and at least two players.
Deal the cards out equally between all the players. Each person takes a turn
to put a card on a central pile face up so it can be seen. When a card is laid directly
on top of a matching card, the first person to put their hand on top of the pile and
yell "snap" gets to add the whole pile to the cards in their hand. The aim of the game
is to have all the cards. Build it up the same way you do for Memory.
Make up sentences - You need: the cards you made for Memory, paper, pen
or pencil and require only one person.
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