http://kiddley.com/2006/10/19/make-a-game-of-memory/ Every Day Ideas for You and Your Kids Fri, 02 Jan 2009 02:45:26 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://kiddley.com/2006/10/19/make-a-game-of-memory/comment-page-1/#comment-1420 Ticia Thu, 19 Oct 2006 20:34:25 +0000 http://kiddley.com/2006/10/19/make-a-game-of-memory/#comment-1420 Another you could use is stickers. This is also a great way to work on skills (sight words, or math facts). I made so many memory games when I was teaching. We'd do two sets of their sight words, or a math problem and the answer. The ideas are endless. Another you could use is stickers. This is also a great way to work on skills (sight words, or math facts). I made so many memory games when I was teaching. We’d do two sets of their sight words, or a math problem and the answer. The ideas are endless.

]]> http://kiddley.com/2006/10/19/make-a-game-of-memory/comment-page-1/#comment-1419 Lady S Thu, 19 Oct 2006 20:20:56 +0000 http://kiddley.com/2006/10/19/make-a-game-of-memory/#comment-1419 So great! We play Memory games at school in my Literacy Block. We match capital and lower case letters, word pairs with their contractions, opposites, and pictures with words. The kids have a lot of fun. So great! We play Memory games at school in my Literacy Block. We match capital and lower case letters, word pairs with their contractions, opposites, and pictures with words. The kids have a lot of fun.

]]> http://kiddley.com/2006/10/19/make-a-game-of-memory/comment-page-1/#comment-1417 Candlestring Thu, 19 Oct 2006 18:54:52 +0000 http://kiddley.com/2006/10/19/make-a-game-of-memory/#comment-1417 At our house we made a nice game of memory using two matching sheets of stickers and the aluminium lids from frozen juice cans. The lids stack nicely in one direction, so it helps if you put the stickers on the same side of each lid. One of our games has Thomas the Tank Engine characters, and one has generic pictures of cars and trucks. At our house we made a nice game of memory using two matching sheets of stickers and the aluminium lids from frozen juice cans. The lids stack nicely in one direction, so it helps if you put the stickers on the same side of each lid. One of our games has Thomas the Tank Engine characters, and one has generic pictures of cars and trucks.

]]> http://kiddley.com/2006/10/19/make-a-game-of-memory/comment-page-1/#comment-1415 Eden Thu, 19 Oct 2006 15:24:53 +0000 http://kiddley.com/2006/10/19/make-a-game-of-memory/#comment-1415 Quick question: to make homemade cards more durable, I can only think of laminating, which could be expensive. Felt is a great idea (previous comment) -- are there other materials that might be able to take more wear (paper, cardstock, etc. aren't going to last long in our house)? I have a three year old who loves her Blue's Clues Memory game and a 10 month old who loves to chew the cards. The ideas here for making one's own game are very inspiring. Quick question: to make homemade cards more durable, I can only think of laminating, which could be expensive. Felt is a great idea (previous comment) — are there other materials that might be able to take more wear (paper, cardstock, etc. aren’t going to last long in our house)? I have a three year old who loves her Blue’s Clues Memory game and a 10 month old who loves to chew the cards. The ideas here for making one’s own game are very inspiring.

]]> http://kiddley.com/2006/10/19/make-a-game-of-memory/comment-page-1/#comment-1406 Michelle Thu, 19 Oct 2006 04:58:41 +0000 http://kiddley.com/2006/10/19/make-a-game-of-memory/#comment-1406 Can I add one more idea? You can also use felt and fabric, cutting matching rectangles of images from novelty fabrics and either stitching, fusing, or even fabric gluing them onto felt or fabric and batting. Then they're washable, virtually indestructible, and younger-sibling-friendly. Can I add one more idea? You can also use felt and fabric, cutting matching rectangles of images from novelty fabrics and either stitching, fusing, or even fabric gluing them onto felt or fabric and batting. Then they’re washable, virtually indestructible, and younger-sibling-friendly.

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