Blackboard Memory - Flashcards

Use 8-10 flashcards and word cards for this activity. Stick the flashcards in jumbled order on one side of the blackboard, facing inwards so that children can’t see the pictures, and number them. Do the same with the word cards on the other side of the blackboard. Invite one child to choose a flashcard e.g. Number two, please! and, as you turn it round to show the picture, to say what it is e.g. (It’s a) hat. Then invite the same child to choose a word card in the same way. If the flashcard and word card chosen by the child match, remove them from the blackboard. If not, turn them both round so that they are in exactly the same position but facing inwards again. The game proceeds with different children taking turns to choose a flashcard and word card in the same way, trying to match them from memory until they are all removed from the blackboard.