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Animal Matching Game

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Materials

2" x 3" (5 cm x 7.5 cm) cards (cut them from old manila file folders or from scrap cardstockavailable from copy shops)Stickers of animals, insects or birds, two of each (sets of stamps are free from the National

Wildlife Association if you subscribe to Ranger Rick or Your Big Backyard)

Instructions

1. Center one sticker on each card.

2. Separate the cards into two decks, so one of each picture is in each deck. Then mix or shuffle each deck separately.

3. Lay out cards from one of the decks in a row.

4. Draw cards from the other deck, matching them to the ones that are laid out.More to doGames: Play Concentration. Shuffle all the cards together and lay them face down in rows. At each turn, players turn over cards, hoping to find a match. Players remove matched cards. If the turned cards don't match, they are turned face down in the same place. The idea is for players to remember the position of the cards.

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