My children adore match games – from preschool all the way up to my first grader!
Besides the fact that they’re just plain fun, matching games have so much educational benefit. They are a frequent flyer during our homeschool week.
Note that this post was originally published in July 2012. I would say it is long past time for an overhaul! I left most of the original post intact, however, I updated the free printable match game. You can download it at the bottom of this post! Enjoy!
➡ Browse through all of the match game packets here at Mama’s Learning Corner! Transportation, Beginning Sounds, The Orchestra, and more.
Free Match Game Packet – Fruit!
Today’s free printable match game features fruit!
→ This match game packet can be used with children ranging from Preschool to 2nd or 3rd grade. I give you a list of practical ideas for using this with a variety of ages. I hate to print an activity and then only use it a handful of times!
When you’re finished with it this year, just tuck it away in a ziploc bag and revisit it next spring and use the next level of difficulty.
→ There are 16 colored matches of fruit for your child to match: apples, bananas, cherries, watermelon, and more.
Each card includes the name of the item. You can take this opportunity to talk about beginning or ending sounds with a preschooler or early reader.
→ This new set also has a set of 16 black and white matches, if you’d like to save on colored printer ink.
→ One of my favorite features of this new set is ‘All About Fruit’ page.
I’ve included detailed suggestions for how to use this in various settings, so make sure to take a look at those if your stuck for ideas.
➡ Looking for more ideas for studying fruits and vegetables? Take a look through all of the Fruits and Vegetables worksheets and printable activities. Bingo games, K and 1st Grade themed packets, 3-part cards, and more.
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Good information. Lucky me I ran across your site by accident (stumbleupon).
I’ve saved it for later!
Yay, Marguerite! Love SU! Thanks for stopping by 🙂
Thank you so much for these games! I will proudly use them with my young students.
I hope your little ones love the games, Linda! Thanks for stopping by today. 🙂
Many thanks and greetings from Sweden!
You’re so welcome, Linda! So glad you stopped by today!
I find it so sad that today’s children don’t know anything at all about the old nursery rhymes or stories. Do you think that you can print a story from, say Mother Goose, and matching cards so that the children can match the characters and, as an alternate game, mix the cards with those from 2 or 3 stories and have the child pick out the characters for a particular story?
Amazing feed, very helpful sources, thank you very much for sharing!!
Thank you so much for free printable. Very useful for my 3 yr old to learn colors, recognize letters, beginning sounds, matching cards and play a game. Excited!
I’m thrilled that you can use them! They are fun. 🙂
Lauren