Students will use their memory and matching skills in this fun game that can be played with one or two players. Set the difficulty by choosing 6, 8, 12 or 16 cards. There are 4 options for making matches: match pictures, words, pictures with words or pictures to words.
You can choose to display numbers on the front of the cards which helps when playing remotely with students.
This game requires that you choose a word list to play in the game. To search for word lists, click on Play in the menu bar at the top of the screen and then choose Word List from the Filter drop down.
Fun Ways to Play
Centers
Assign this game to students and they will be able to play it independently on devices in centers. Students can play on their own or they can take turns in pairs. To learn how to set up games for centers, please read the article entitled How to Setup Games for Students to Access in Class.
Online Learning
Turn on the game setting to display numbers on the cards and using your conferencing software such as Zoom for example, share your game screen with your student. Have your student say which two cards they want to choose while you control the game. You could also take turns and give your student mouse control so that they can interact with the game.
For more ideas on how to use the games with your students, please read the article Learn Many Ways to Use the Games with your Students.
How to Buy
The Memory Match games are included in our 1-Year Games Subscription which gives you access to over 200 games. Please visit our Store to learn more about what is included in the subscription.
How to Select a Memory Match Game on the Choose a Game Page
After you have selected a question set or word list on the Choose Questions page, you will be taken to the Choose a Game page. Click on the Game Type filter to open the list of game types and then choose Memory from the drop down list.
This will filter the game selection page to show all of the Memory games.
There are several fun themes for this game type including: Ocean, Penguins, Super Monsters, Pirates, Halloween, Christmas and more!
Understanding the Game Settings
The game settings allow you to customize the game in the following ways:
- Refine your choice of words to include in the game to meet the needs of your learners.
- Set the difficulty by choosing 6, 8, 12 or 16 cards
- Choose from 4 options for making matches: match pictures, words, pictures with words or pictures to words.
- Choose to show numbers on the front of cards to help communicate when teleconferencing.
- Set how long to wait before flipping the cards back over so you can give your students the time they need to read the card.
- Automatically say the word when a card is flipped if that word is in our audio library.
The Memory Match games setting page looks as shown in the image below. You can leave the settings on their default settings and simply play the game, or you can change them to meet your needs.
To learn about the other types of games, see the Game Types section of the Help Center.