Matching Game / Memory Game

1. Each white card features little colored chicks in the corner.
2. Spread the cards out on the floor or table, ensuring they’re not touching.
3. Players take turns flipping over two cards.
4. If the chicks on the cards are the same color, the player keeps the cards and has another turn.
5. If the chicks are different colors, the cards are turned back over and the next player has a turn.
6. The player who collects the cards must say the card’s vocabulary aloud (nouns, verbs, sight words) or ask the card’s question (for Q&A cards), with the next player or the teacher answering.
7. Continue until all the cards are collected.
8. The player with the most cards wins.

Snap

1. Notice the blue, yellow, pink, and green writing at the top of each white card.
2. Deal out all the cards evenly among the players.
3. Players take turns quickly placing one card on one of the two decks on the table.
4. If the colors of the cards match on both decks, the first player to say ‘snap’ collects the cards from both decks.
5. The successful player must read the collected cards’ vocabulary aloud (for Nouns, Verbs, and Sight Word packs) or read the question for the group (for Q&A packs). If unsuccessful, the card goes back into play.
6. If a player calls ‘snap’ and the cards don’t match, they must deal out one card to each player as a punishment.
7. Players sit out if they run out of cards.
8. Play continues until one player collects all the cards and wins.
9. For added challenge or consistency, colored chicks in the corner of each card can also trigger a ‘snap’ if their colors match.

Slapjack

1. Notice the blue, yellow, pink, and green writing at the top of each white card.
2. Deal the cards evenly among players.
3. Players take turns placing a card face up on top of the deck.
4. If the color of the writing on the new card matches the preceding card, the first player to slap the deck collects all the cards.
5. The successful player must read the collected cards’ vocabulary aloud (for Nouns, Verbs, and Sight Word packs) or read the question for the group (for Q&A packs). If unsuccessful, the card goes back into play.
6. If a player slaps the deck and the cards don’t match, they must deal out one card to each player as a punishment.
7. Players sit out if they run out of cards.
8. Play continues until one player collects all the cards and wins.
9. For added challenge and consistency, colored chicks in the corner of each card can also trigger a slap if their colors match.

Rock Paper Scissors

1. Notice the ‘rock, paper, scissors’ hand gestures in the corner of each white card.
2. Deal cards out to players evenly.
3. Two players choose one card each and reveal them simultaneously on the count of three.
4. Rock defeats scissors, scissors defeat paper, and paper defeats rock.
5. In case of a draw, players return the cards to their hands and choose two new cards for the next round.
6. When a player wins, they take both cards and ask the defeated player a question from the card (for Q&A cards) or read the vocabulary aloud (for verb, noun, and sight word cards). If the winning player fails to read the card correctly, they return it to the defeated player.
7. Play continues with each player taking turns.
8. The first player to collect all the cards wins.