The Penguins of Madagascar Memory Game

The Penguins of Madagascar Memory Game

The Penguins of Madagascar Memory Game is your typical 2-match memory game, except that it involves penguin flipping instead of card flipping. These are the same characters from the movie.

The penguins are plastic and on the bottom of each penguin is a picture of one of the characters from the movie. There are 12 sets of penguins (24 total).

Showing the bottom of one of the penguins. Each of the standing penguins have a picture on the bottom.

The game board is more lightweight than a typical playing board, feels more like cardboard, but it does the job. The game board has brown circles to show where to stand the penguins.

To read more about why memory games are so popular, read my post Memory Games. Why are They so Popular? This post also has links to the other memory games I have blogged about.  

Object:
Have the most penguins when the game ends.

Set up:
Stand all the penguins up so that you can't see the bottoms. Then set the game up by standing a penguin on each of the circles on the game board.

Play:
Players take turns. The rules of memory apply - Turn over two penguins at a time to find two that match. As each player turns over two penguins, they let everyone see the pictures on the bottoms. If they match, the player takes them and keep looking for matches until he misses. When it is a miss (miss-match), the player stands the penguins back in the same places where he found them and the next person plays. When all penguins have been matched and all penguins have been claimed, the game ends and the one with the most penguins wins. Some people play that each player only gets one match per turn, instead of a player playing until he misses.



Try this:

• Play with fewer sets for an easier game. Increase the number of sets as the player is able to remember more.
• Place the penguins, one at a time, in the individuals palm. Ask him to rotate the penguin in-hand to position it for placement on the game board.
• Stand one of each penguin set in front of the individual. Of the remaining pieces, show the person the bottom of one penguin and then stand it back up so that the player will have to remember what he saw. Ask him to turn over the penguins in front of him and find the match. Can he remember the original picture until he finds the match?
• Ask the individual to pick up two or three penguins at a time while setting up the board. Can he manipulate them and set them in place, one at a time, without dropping any?
• Work on visual memory, visual discrimination, figure ground, spatial relations, manual dexterity, in-hand manipulation, socialization skills, process skills, executive functioning skills, play and leisure exploration and participation

In the box: Game board, 24 plastic penguins
Ages 3+, 2+ players

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