Animal Match

Flip cards. Find the pairs.

Find all 8 pairs.

Tap two cards to flip.

Fewer moves, more stars.

For parents

What this teaches

Animal Match is the classic memory game in 4×4 form: 16 face-down cards, 8 pairs, find them in as few moves as you can. No reading needed, so pre-readers can play unaided. Stars reward economical play — the same board can be a 16-move first run and a 12-move third run, and the gap is your child building visual-spatial memory in real time.

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Age: Best for ages 4-7

How to play

Tap Play to flip a fresh shuffled board.
Tap a card to flip it over.
Tap a second card. Match? It stays.
Find all 8 pairs to finish the run.

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