Memory Match is simply a nicer version of your standard memory game, allowing children to improve on short-term, visual and abstract memory forms and avoid some of the painful set up/clean up of a card memory games. Using a well-crafted wooden board and circular chips, players can insert one of eight different matching games. This memory game allows students of all ages to reinforce colors, upper and lowercase letters, numbers, and animal patterns in addition to working on their short-term memory skills. In addition, it looks attractive and interesting on a coffee table. The only drawbacks are that it is expensive relative to card memory games and children with visual weaknesses might find some (not all) of the boards too challenging.

• 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

• Visual Discrimination
• Requires scanning in multiple places for words, objects or numbers
• Visually distracting with too many pictures, problems or moving objects
• Requires recall of text information without audio or visual reinforcement

Kid O Memory Match 36

More dots for a greater challenge; four games involve nature (matching animal tracks) and the others are more abstract (matching upper case and lower case letters).

• Product Measures: 11.5" x 11.5" x 2"

• Recommended Ages: 5 - 99 years

ABOUT KID O

We believe children have the most fun when they're discovering new things.

For them, playing is learning. That's why all Kid O products are thoughtfully designed with lots of opportunities to explore built right in. Our toys engage and stimulate children again and again with a rich variety of shapes, colors, and sizes - so the possibilities for open- ended, creative play are limitless. And when children's play is powered by their own imaginations, they develop skills they'll use for a lifetime.

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