Ideas for shared time

Matching-card puzzles for children

Turn over cards to reveal pictures and find matching pairs. Look closely as you try to remember where each picture appears.

In this matching-card puzzle, turn over hidden picture cards and look for two that show the same image. Each card can be opened again to check the picture.

Turn over a card

Open one card and take a look at its picture. Then turn another card and compare the two images. If they differ, turn them back and choose another card.

Look for a matching pair

When two cards show the same picture, you have found a pair. You can say what helped you recognize the match or try to remember where a picture appeared before.

Try another picture puzzle

Picture puzzles bring separate parts of an illustration together. Shape matching compares a form with its place, while tangram arranges geometric pieces into a composition.