Set the three images in front of your child and encourage your child to pick the two that are the same. Using a memory game like The Things That Go, select two images that are exactly the same and a third that’s obviously different.In photo: Things That Move Memory Game from The Investigator Play Kit Playing “memory” with the cards face down is a complex challenge your child most likely won’t be ready for yet, but you can use parts of the game to introduce matching now. Here are a few fun ways to practice matching with memory games: You can practice matching with memory games, with your own photos, or with repeating images in books. Somewhere around 30 months, your child may be able to match identical or similar pictures of objects.
