The card game – memo "Cool Mix" – is a great option to have fun and usefully spend time:
- 50 colorful cards (25 pairs) with funny animals and interesting objects;
- 5 game variations: "Find the Pair", "What’s Missing?", "Remembering", "Card Lotto", "Disorder";
- a booklet with the rules of the game;
- excellent memory training.
Memo – an engaging game for the whole family! With it, a child will learn to match and compare images on cards, remembering their placement.
GAME 1. "FIND THE PAIR"
The cards are placed face down. Each player takes turns flipping two cards face up so that the other players can see what is depicted on them. If the images on the cards are the same, the player takes the cards for themselves and makes the next move. The player can continue the game as long as they find matching cards. If the images do not match, the turn passes to the next player. In this case, the player flips the cards back face down.
GAME 2. "WHAT’S MISSING?"
Select several unique cards from the deck. Place the cards in front of the players face up. Ask them to name what is depicted on the cards. If the children struggle, name the images yourself and ask the children to repeat after you. Give the players time (20–30 seconds) to remember what is shown on the cards. Next, ask the players to close their eyes, remove one card. When the players open their eyes, ask them to guess which card is missing. If the children quickly complete the task, make it more difficult: shuffle the remaining cards or increase their number.
GAME 3. "REMEMBERING"
Select 4-6 cards with different images from the deck. Set the others aside. First, take 2 cards with different but similar images, setting the rest aside for the next round of play. Show the child the image on one card for a few seconds, then remove it and show 2 images: the same one and a very similar one. The child must point to or name which image they saw at the beginning.
GAME 4. "CARD LOTTO"
Each player must select from 6 to 12 pairs of cards with identical images, totaling 12 or 24. Players place one card from each pair face down in front of themselves. The remaining cards are shuffled and placed in the center of the table face down between all players.
Each player takes turns drawing a card from the common stack. If it matches one of the cards lying in front of them, they place it face up in front of themselves, turning both cards face up. If the player does not have such a card, they return it to the common stack and shuffle the deck.
The game ends when one of the players picks a pair for each of their cards.
GAME 5. "DISORDER"
In this game, you will need additional items.
Gather about 11 or 12 bright simple items (toy, pen, pencil, bookmark, etc.). Arrange them on the table in a semicircle, placing the cards face down in the center, and shuffle.
Each player can flip any two cards in one turn. If the cards match, the player takes both cards for themselves and makes the next move. If the images on the flipped cards are different, the player makes a "memory mark" – placing these cards under the items or next to them and tries to remember that spot.
The game ends when all paired cards are found.
Game duration: from 15 minutes
Number of players: from 2 to 6
