Animal Match — Memory Match Game for Pre-Readers

Animal Match

For parents

What this teaches

Animal Match is the classic memory game across 10 levels: a 2×2 board for the first run, a 6×6 board with 18 pairs by the cap-stone, with a per-level countdown that fades in at level 4. No reading needed, so pre-readers can play unaided. The climb is real — your child builds visual-spatial memory in concrete steps, not by repeating one fixed board.

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Age: Best for ages 4-7

How to play

Tap Play to start at your saved level.
Tap a card to flip it over.
Tap a second card. Match? It stays.
Clear every pair before time runs out.

What to watch for

Re-running the same shuffle once is fine; if your child re-runs three times in a row to chase 3 stars, suggest a gap — memory consolidation needs space.

Concepts covered

short-term visual memory
pattern recognition (where was the lion?)
spatial mapping of a 4×4 grid
self-monitoring of move count