Grades K–1
Uppercase and Lowercase Memory Match
Memory cards that pair each uppercase letter with its lowercase partner, including the tricky ones: b, d, g and q.
Classroom activity · Matching and memory games
Character Memory Match
Sixteen cut-apart memory cards with eight of Kevin’s characters. Print on card stock for a game that lasts.
- Grade level
- Grades K–1
- Time
- About 15 minutes
- Answer key
- Not needed: answers vary
- Kids practice
- Memory, Matching, Taking turns
What kids do
“Cut out the 16 cards. Mix them up face down. Take turns turning over two cards. Find a match and you keep it!”
Printed on the sheet:
- How to play: cut out the cards and mix them up face down. Take turns flipping two. A match? Keep it and go again. The player with the most pairs wins.
Teacher tip
Talk about each character’s name and book as kids find the matches.
How to use it
- Print on card stock so cards do not show through.
- Teach the memory game routine: flip two, keep matches, then it is the next player’s turn.
- Use it as a center, an early finisher choice, an indoor recess activity or a sub day page.
Watch for
Cards that show through the paper. Print on card stock or color the backs.
Talk about it
- How did you remember where the cards were?
- What strategy did you use?
Take it further
Have kids make new cards for the game.
US Letter, prints well in black and white. Free for home and classroom use: print as many copies as you need.
More matching and memory games
Grades 1–2
Rhyming Words Memory Match
Eight rhyming pairs on cut-apart cards: read both words out loud to check for a match.
Grades 2–3
Compound Word Match
Join two small words to make a compound word: sun + flower, cup + cake, butter + fly. Then write it out.
Grades 2–3
Contractions Memory Match
Match two words to their contraction (do not and don’t, we are and we’re) in a cut-apart memory game.
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