Memory Games

LoveEeyore · January 2013

When do they grow into/out of Memory matching games. We have 3 and my kids(5, 3, 3) have never really been into them. Store or donate?

stever · January 2013

I'd keep and reintroduce them to your 3 yo's. I hadn't got any yet because I assumed DS, who's 3.5, was too young, but my dad got him some animal memory cards a few months ago and DS loves them. Sometimes Wink

neverblushed · January 2013

I have one kid -- DD -- who ADORES memory/matching games and one kid -- DS --who is just "meh" about them.

I started my DD on easy matching games at about age 2. A good Memory game to start with is by FP, called "Turtle Picnic." It involved 8 different fruits in 4 colors, so there was some flexibility in how you could play the game, making it quick and easy for a really small kid or more interesting for an older preschooler.

When she was too old for Turtle Picnic, I used the I Spy Go Fish cards to play Memory/Matching games. These were great for an older preschooler/school aged kid. No sense buying a separate card game.

Now my 12 y/o is into architecture, and my mom got her a grown-up memory game that consists of FIFTY pairs of abstract designs by Frank Lloyd Wright. They're gorgeous and make for a REALLY challenging matching/memory game! If the two of us play, it takes about 40 minutes to an hour to match all 100 cards. So, I'd say you never really outgrow this game. I still enjoy playing it with her.

74dragonfly · January 2013

My DD got into them closer to 4.

LoveEeyore · January 2013

Thanks all; to storage it goes! I guess I recall doing it with a regular deck of cards as a preteen.

LoveEeyore · January 2013

neverblushed:
I have one kid -- DD -- who ADORES memory/matching games and one kid -- DS --who is just "meh" about them.
I started my DD on easy matching games at about age 2. A good Memory game to start with is by FP, called "Turtle Picnic." It involved 8 different fruits in 4 colors, so there was some flexibility in how you could play the game, making it quick and easy for a really small kid or more interesting for an older preschooler.
When she was too old for Turtle Picnic, I used the I Spy Go Fish cards to play Memory/Matching games. These were great for an older preschooler/school aged kid. No sense buying a separate card game.
Now my 12 y/o is into architecture, and my mom got her a grown-up memory game that consists of FIFTY pairs of abstract designs by Frank Lloyd Wright. They're gorgeous and make for a REALLY challenging matching/memory game! If the two of us play, it takes about 40 minutes to an hour to match all 100 cards. So, I'd say you never really outgrow this game. I still enjoy playing it with her.

THe Wright game sounds amazing!