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Today I’m sharing a free matching memory game for kids.

We love this transportation matching game for preschool!

Today I decided it was time to try a Memory game with my Two (almost three).  

Free Matching Memory Game

child playing matching transportation memory game

First I gave him the stack of cards.  He went through each picture and named it.  He needed help with quite a few: helicopter, submarine, zeppelin, and bus (it was a red double-decker that he thought was a fire truck).  What a great vocabulary-building activity!

matching transportation memory game

As he laid out the cards, he put them next to their matches without direction from me.

child playing matching transportation memory game

My Two has seen his older siblings play matching games, but this was his first go at it.  So we made it simple by using just four pairs of cards.  He knew that he needed to flip the cards over and keep them in their places in the grid.  He named each picture as he flipped — I decided we would follow that pattern for the rest of the game.

child playing matching transportation memory game

If you haven’t played a matching game with a preschooler lately, you might be surprised at how well their little memories work!  Sometimes my kids beat me even when I’m trying to win.  In this case I collected matches but also held back so that my Two could have success. He was so excited when he found a pair!  After the game was done we didn’t bother checking to see who’d won.  Instead, he immediately set out the cards to play again.   I kept adding cards until we were playing with about 16 total cards.

child playing matching transportation memory game

You can see that his layouts were a bit haphazard. 🙂 We played the game quite a few more times before it was time to head outdoors to the water table.

matching transportation memory game cards

Here’s a sample page from the download. You’ll receive 18 pairs of matching vehicles.  If you’d like a pattern on the back of the cards, print front to back.

matching memory transportation game cards

This is what will appear on the backs of the cards.

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  8. Kat Teacher

    Thanks for this! I was looking for a lovely clean setup for the memory card game for my beginner ESL students, I was thinking about pasting a background to the other cards, but of course! Print the design on the back, awesome!

    thank you! 🙂
    Kat Teacher

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  11. Emily

    I really appreciate the Transportation Matching Game template! I’m the Early Literacy librarian at Cedaredge Library and am using them to go with my “On the Go” theme! I will also be visiting the local preschool and sharing the game with them, so thank you, thank you, thank you!

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  18. Savannah

    What fun! Thanks for sharing at the Homeschool Review. I hope you’ll return next week and I look forward to seeing all the fun and learning you accomplish in the next five days.
    -Savannah

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    • annageig

      Thanks, Dollie — Twitter is one of those things I’m on, but just haven’t made use of yet. I feel a little overwhelmed with social media at present. 🙂 My Twitter name is @measuredmom.

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