Memory Challenge Holiday

Memory Challenge - Holiday Edition

I love pulling out seasonal and holiday games each year when the time rolls around. Images in Memory Challenge Holiday Edition, include 50 seasonal and Christmas sets. Snowball fights, sledding, hot cocoa, carolers, fruit cake, Christmas cookies, Christmas tree, and snowmen are just a few of the sets you will be making.

The Memory Challenge line includes challenge cards with special directions that elevate the traditional memory game to a new level. This Holiday Edition version includes Naughty and Nice challenge cards that feature special directions for each player who turns one over. Naughty cards force another player to lose a turn, mix up five cards at the end of his turn, and steal a match from another player. Nice cards include peek at surrounding cards, take another turn, and turn over four cards to remain visible for the rest of the game and/or until each is taken as part of a set. 

Set up:

Mix all cards and place them in a grid on the table. The cards are a little thicker than regular playing cards, so they are easier to grasp and turn. 

Play:

Players take turns. Turn over two cards. If they match, take them off the grid and take another turn. As long as you turn up matches, keep playing. Once you turn up a mismatch, turn the cards back over in their original position and your turn is over. Continue until all matches have been claimed. The person with the most matches at the end is the winner. 

Make sure that all players can see each card that is turned over before it is turned back. This is a fun Christmas game that I have given as a gift also, as it is only around $10 at the time of this writing.

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. 

Check out other Christmas games I have blogged about by clicking here. 

Try this:

• Turn several cards face up to start and leave them up until they are taken as part of a set. This will make a long game shorter.
• Prompt the individual to remember the locations and always turn the cards back over in their present locations to end his turn.
• Start with fewer sets and work your way up to 50. Fifty sets is a lot.
• Play alone to help develop concentration and memory skills. Count the number of plays it takes you to finish or time yourself. Play again and try to beat that number.
• Play teams. One member turns over one card, the other team member turns over the second card to make the match.
• Turn the cards all face up and make sets. Start with fewer cards if 100 is too many to look at.
• Take the 50 sets, putting one of each set into one of two piles. Turn one pile of 50 face up on the table. Hand the individual one card at a time from the remaining 50 and ask him to find the matching card on the table.
• Mix the cards before setting up the game, making sure some are upside down or facing a side. Ask the individual setting up the grid to turn each card in-hand to right it while building the grid.
• Work on visual discrimination, visual memory, spatial relations, figure ground, eye-hand coordination, manual dexterity, in-hand manipulation, socialization skills, process skills, executive functioning skills, play and leisure exploration and participation

In the box: 100 picture cards, 10 Naughty or Nice cards

If you are interested in purchasing this game or just want more information, click on the image below.