CONCENTRATION Game
Supplies: Forty 4 x 8 pieces of construction paper or Bristol board, marker, tape
Writing the numbers as large as possible, number 20 of the cards from 1 to 20. These are the cover up cards.
Take the remaining 20 cards and divide them into two sets of 10. Pick a topic (ie animals, colours, letters of the alphabet etc) and write 10 of these words on the first set of 10. Now take the 2nd set of 10 and write the same set of 10 words. Arrange the Concentration Board as follows: Tape the topic cards face up on the wall or on some sort of board, in 5 rows of 4 cards each, mixing them up so that pairs are not right next to each other. Place a numbered card over each topic card, keeping the numbers in order. Tape these into position.
Choose two teams and select a helper from each team. Ask a question, and pick a child to answer it. If the answer is correct, the child who answered the question gets a chance to try to make a match. He calls out two numbers between 1 and 20. The teacher lifts the numbered cards, revealing the topic cards below. If the two cards match, the numbered card is removed and his team gets a point. If the lettered cards don’t match, cover them again with the top cards. Continue until all matches are made.
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