Comment on the pictures and your strategies while you play. But there are plenty of things you can do to make it into a language stimulation game. The memory game can be played in complete silence, which does absolutely nothing to improve speech or language skills, although it can still be a good exercise in short-term memory, visual scanning, spatial perception, attention, and turn-taking.

As players become more accustomed to playing, and more confident with their ability, you can increase the number of card pairs. The game continues until all pairs are found and removed, and the player with the most matches is the winner.įor younger players and those who struggle with short-term memory, you can play with fewer cards (with some kids-and adults with dementia-I start with as few as two pairs).

The player whose turn it is exposes first one card, then a second if the two cards match, the player removes the pair and places them on a 'match pile', then takes another turn if the two cards do not match, they are turned face down again and it is the next player's turn. The game begins with players placing some or all of the pairs of cards face down on a table (without first looking at them).

Playing the Memory game involves finding pairs of identical objects. Recommended age: 3-6 years, but I’ve used it with preschool through geriatric Availability: discount stores, toy and game stores, online

The original memory card matching game