Matching Skills – Animals, Opposites, Shapes, Objects, and Faces! Cut out the cards for fun matching games!

We all love the old classic game Concentration. If some of you forgot the game or maybe even called it something it. A game that is a series of 20 cards. There are 10 pairs of exact matching cards. You start the game by shuffling the cards (face down) and arranging them into rows and columns. Players then take turns turning over 2 cards at a time. If the cards they turn over are a match they get a point and get an extra turn. This game requires you not only to pay attention to your play, but they play of your opponent. While some people think of this classic game as just a fun way to pass time, it is a great activity for improving our concentration and memory skills. You will also find that given enough repetition, like anything else, we get better at it. Being able to clearly match objects is the first progression we need students to make before they can move on to sorting and classifying objects. This also leads them to compare and contrast events, characters, and situations in a written environment. Mastering matching skills lays the foundation for a great deal of learning and this activity will definitely help you and your students along with it.

Is that a gorilla or an orangutan? What is paired with a megaphone? What's the opposite of sad? Your students will be able to tell you after playing these matching games. Twenty-three pages with five different types of matches to make! Pair the animal pictures with the correct name, match pairs of associated objects, find the right sized shapes, place opposite words together, and put silly faces back together. We recommend laminating each card. Idea: Once students have mastered the matching, have them use the cards to make up stories. "The raccoon is happy because he got square glasses."



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Printable Matching File Folder Games

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Animal Match Directions

Match the animal on the left with its correct name on the right.

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orangutan, horse, panda, gorilla, hyena

Page 1 of 2. Contains five animal picture cards and five matching cards with the animal names.

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Polar bear, parrot, rhinoceros, rabbit, raccoon

Page 2 of 2. Contains five animal picture cards and five matching cards with the animal names.

Shape Making Directions

Students match cut-out shapes with the corresponding dotted-line shapes.

Bubbles

Some are tiny; some are large. Seven circular shapes for students to match. Use with the “Bubbles Palette" page.

Rectangular Windows

What's outside the windows? Match the shapes and make up a story. Use with the “Rectangular Windows Palette" page.

Triangle Shards

Match the cut-out triangles with the corresponding dotted triangles. Use with the “Triangle Shards Palette" page.

Bubbles Pallete

Dotted-line bubbles to be cut out and used in conjunction with the shapes on the "Bubbles" page.

Rectangular Windows Pallete

Dotted-line rectangles to be used with the shapes on the "Rectangular Windows" page.

Triangle Shards Pallete

Dotted-line triangles to be used with the shapes on the "Triangle Shards" page.

Match the Frames Directions

Page 1 of 5. Match the frames that contain items that belong together.

Red Frames

Page 2 of 5. Contains four objects that must be matched with those on the "Navy Frames" page.

Thick Frames

Page 3 of 5. Contains four objects that must be matched with those on the "Thicker Frames" page.

Navy Frames

Page 4 of 5. Contains four objects that must be matched with those on the "Red Frames" page.

Thicker Frames

Page 5 of 5. Contains four objects that must be matched with those on the "Thick Frames" page.

Finding Opposites Directions

Page 1 of 5. Students must match 18 pairs of adjectives and prepositions.

slow, hot, in, high, down, good, dark, black, fast

Page 2 of 5. 9 word cards to cut out and match with opposites on page 4 of 5.

easy, tall, left, open, little, clean, happy, full, heavy

Page 3 of 5. 9 more word cards to cut out and match with opposites on page 5 of 5.

fast, cold, out, low, up, bad, light, white, slow

Page 4 of 5. 9 word cards to cut out and match with opposites on page 2 of 5.

tough, short, right, close, big, dirty, sad, empty, light

Page 5 of 5. 9 word cards to cut out and match with opposites on page 3 of 5.

Split Faced Directions

Students are to match each half of the eight different faces.

Split Faced Cartoons

Color and cut out the faces. Cut the faces down the dotted line. Mount the left side of the faces in a folder. Place the remaining pieces in a plastic pocket or baggy.

Mad Faces

Four more faces to color, cut, and match. We recommend laminating each card.