More than just matching
Use the SPARK Snowman Matching Cards to play numerous games that improve language skills while having fun.
~MATCH IT! Shuffle cards and place face side down on a flat surface. Players take turns selecting and turning 2 cards over on each turn. If they are the same and ‘match,’ the player keeps the set of cards. If they do not match, the cards are turned over, and the next player takes a turn. The player with the most card sets at the end of the game is the winner.
*For a lower level, use fewer cards.
This helps to improve the following:
- Working Memory Skills
- Visual Discrimination
- Improves Concentration
- Turn taking and Social Skills
~ ASK IT! Spread the SPARK Snowman Cards face up on the table. One person selects a SPARK Snowman Card by thinking about it, and the other players ask questions to guess which snowman was selected. Ask questions like “Does your snowman have star shaped buttons?” or “Does your snowman have mittens.” The Game continues until the correct card that was chosen is identified by opponents.
This helps to improve the following:
- Process of Elimination
- Formulating questions
- Discrimination
- Describing
~LINK IT! Select 2 different snowman cards. Describe and tell how they are the same and how they are different. Use descriptions like colors and shapes or specific features like mittens and types of smiles..
This improves skills such as but not limited to:
- Comparing and contrasting
- Describing
- Categorizing
- Associations
~USE IT! Use Snowman SPARK Cards when teaching children colors or descriptive words. Describe each snowman and expand sentences by adding words and descriptions. For example: Hat. Blue hat. A happy snowman with a blue hat. OR Scarf. Red scarf. Red scarf around the neck.
This improves skills such as but not limited to:
- Increasing Vocabulary
- Describing Skills
- Increasing Sentences
~REMEMBER IT! Use SPARK Snowman cards to improve memory skills by showing some snowman cards, memorizing the features and then turning them over face down. Choose from a selected amount of snowman cards (including the matches of the snowman cards that were originally examined and memorized) and tell which ones match the snowman cards that are face down.
This improves skills such as but not limited to:
- Concentration and word recall
- Working memory
- Making Associations
- Turn Taking