This is a fast-paced game that really helps children develop their pattern awareness. You can help children build important social and team work skills, especially if you encourage them to help each other out with unknown vocabulary.

In the standard way of playing the game, the player who ‘spots’ a match, has to say the item that matches. With English learners they can say the word in their 1st language or point to the item, BUT they have to ask their classmates or teacher for the English before they can ‘win’ the card. With older or higher level learners, you can make it a rule so that they win points every time they use the English word on their first try.