Chick Artic Memory with a Freebie!

Do your kids like to play memory matching games?  Mine sure do.  Whether playing with vocabulary cards or articulation cards, memory is a classic game that goes a long way.  I do like to spice things up a little, instead of just playing the regular old matching.  Here are a few ways to change things up:

• Let the kids go fishing for the cards.  Attach paper clips to each card and a magnet to a stick with a string.
• Pick up the cards with a magnet wand.  Attach the paper clips, so they'll stick.
• Hide the cards in a large sensory bin.  Mine is filled with red beans and rice (Louisiana shout out!).  ;)  The kids love digging around in the bin, especially the little ones.
• Spread different sets of cards out on the floor for each student.  Let the kids race to see who can find all of their matches first.
• Everything is more fun with wild cards!  Turn your instruction card into a wild card and change the rules up (i.e. whoever finds the wild card wins, loses a turn, puts a card back, etc.).  I put a sticker over my instruction card to make it more fun.  

My new download is super cute and chickie themed!  It's made to be played like memory, so it's a great opportunity to try some of these new ways to play.  :)  Check it!

I just can't get enough of these cute Easter chicks.  :)  It'd also be a fun activity to play after reading There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Chick.

There are 18 pairs of cards for each sound (36 card in all).  The pairs that match contain the same chick picture but different target words.  I wanted to give my students more of a variety of words.  The target sounds include: /prevocalic r, vocalic r, s, l, k, f, sh, ch/.

And of course I added several wild cards to throw into the mix!  

Aren't they adorable?  You can grab this packet at my TPT store HERE.  You can also snag the K set for free!!  Just click the download preview button on the TPT page to download the freebie.  :)

**Oh, and comment below to enter for a chance to win a copy!  I'll pick a random commenter later on.