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I absolutely love playing memory games with my kids. While they always seem to cheat a tad bit, or I let them win, they are always so fun! This Printable Safari Memory Game is even more fun because these animals are so darn cute!
Safari Memory Game
This Printable Safari Memory game are more than just a game with some animals on them. Memory games are incredible for helping with the developmental skills that all children need.
- Short Term Memory
- Classification
- Critical Thinking
- Attention To Detail
- Visual Discrimination (Spotting the differences or connecting similarities)
Children will not even realize they are strengthening skills, though, because memory games are SO FUN!
What Is Included:
The animals included in this memory game are:
- Giraffe
- Aligator
- Elephant
- Zebra
- Snake
- Monkey
- Tiger
- Hippo
- Lion
- Cheetah
- Rhino
- Water Buffalo
There are also non-animal objects you can include in this game. Those are:
- A Compass
- A Jeep
- Tree
- Map Of Africa
Prepping & Using This Activity
First, the game needs to be printed and cut.
You can play from this point, but I would suggest laminating the cards. This will prevent the cards from being bent or ripped, which we know can easily happen with little kids!
Now it’s time to play!
Shuffle the cards and put them out on a surface facing down in even rows. For instance, 4 by 4 or 5 by 5.
The children are only allowed to turn over 2 cards at a time. The goal is to remember where the cards were that were previously turned over. Hence the name memory game!
Once you find a matching pair pick them up and move on to the next two.
We often talk about the pictures on the memory cards.
When matches are found, we talk about why they are similar. If two cards are turned over that don’t match, we talk about why they are not the same.
You may also like our Dinosaur Matching Game!
This set also includes a few color pages. The animals included in that are elephant, monkey, lion, and hippo. Children can continue the safari theme from the memory game with these color pages.
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