Rally Up! is a fast-paced card game in which players race to match cards with images that belong to the same category. Younger children will recognize and appreciate the 11 categories which include animals, candies, vehicles and monuments. Students who need support can use the reference card to identify the categories, and the game will reinforce categorization skills as players must continue to identify images that belong to the same category. The game relies heavily on processing speed and working memory as players race to be the first to scan the image on each card and identify the category. Depending on the players' ages and ability levels, adults might want to enlarge the reference cards, review each category before play begins or modify the rules if a child has difficulty recalling the category name. In general Rally Up is a good, quick game for that will be enjoyable for most students and offers good practice with processing speed, working memory, and reinforcement of categorization skills.

• Provides sufficient and varied types of practice problems to maximize understanding and generalization of the targeted skill/concept
• Manufacturer claims alignment with Common Core/Known Standards
• Presents educational concepts accurately
• Explains answers so students can learn from mistakes
• Better for teaching the skill to new or struggling learners
• Better for practicing or refreshing the skill
• Skills are practiced through authentic, meaningful problems (not just rote practice)

• Appropriate for a broad age range to use and enjoy
• Visually appealing to children in the target age range
• Adults would enjoy playing with a child
• For electronic games, gives positive or encouraging feedback
• Offers ongoing, progressive challenge
• Overall - Enjoyable. Given the option, students would choose this option

• Provides teaching guidance for adults to support the child and set appropriate goals
• Student should be able to use independently after first use
• Student graduates to the next level or topic only after meeting a benchmark
• Can effectively understand and monitor student's progress (email report or in product)
• Does not require excessive set-up time after first time use
• Can be fun as a single player game
• Multi-player game which fosters collaboration or cooperation
• Well-made for the cost
• For electronic games, can play without sound
• For electronic games, allows user to save work
• For electronic games, voice/sounds are appealing and pronounces words properly
• Provides options to play in languages other than English/Good for ELL
• Presents information in multiple formats (voice over, pictures and text, etc.)
• Overall - Easy to use

• Attention
• Directions may be confusing for students using independently
• Visually distracting with too many pictures, problems or moving objects
• General Information
• Organization
• Directions may be confusing for students using independently
• Requires remembering and completing a sequence of visual steps
• Processing Speed
• Requires scanning in multiple places for words, objects or numbers
• A player's success depends on speed
• Visual Discrimination
• Requires scanning in multiple places for words, objects or numbers
• Visually distracting with too many pictures, problems or moving objects
• Visual Memory
• Requires remembering and completing a sequence of visual steps
• Working Memory
• Requires scanning in multiple places for words, objects or numbers
• Directions may be confusing for students using independently
• Requires remembering and completing a sequence of visual steps

What happens when 110 exotically illustrated cards are shuffled, distributed, and then rhythmically turned face up on the table? Players will find themselves in a hullabaloo and will race to rally up 2 or more images belonging to the same family! Scan swiftly through the craziness to get these thingies back to where they belong!