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Matching & Memory Games

Build early learning skills with matching and memory games for children from Kaplan. Explore engaging classroom games that support visual recognition, concentration, vocabulary, problem-solving, turn-taking, and social-emotional development. Ideal for preschool, elementary, child care, and small group settings, these educational games help children strengthen focus, confidence, communication, and critical thinking through play.

Shiny Dinosaur Memory Game
Item: 300473
Status: In Stock
$25.95
3 years & up. Foster valuable cognitive development through fun with the Shiny Dinosaur Memory Game! This game simultaneously teaches children about dinosaurs and develops their working memory, matching, and concentration skills. Children can play this game alone or with friends.
Hungry Bins: Learn to Recycle Memory Game
Item: 302324
Status: In Stock
$18.95
3 years & up. Hungry Bins is a fun sorting game that teaches kids how to recycle and compost. Children match everyday items to the correct bin-recycling, compost, or waste-using color-coded tokens for easy recognition. It's a playful way to build eco-awareness, sorting skills, and critical thinking. Great for classrooms, homeschooling, or at-home learning.
Respect the Earth Ecologic Puzzles
Item: 302325
Status: In Stock
$15.95
2 years & up. Recycle, use your bicycle, and eat organic. By changing their everyday actions, children can be environmental champions! While building 12 mini puzzles, children will have fun learning about little changes they can make in their daily lives to help their natural environment. On the red edged pieces, a group of diverse kids show common habits, but on the green edged pieces, they show habits to protect the earth!
Pete the Cat® I Love My Buttons Game
Item: 302419
Status: In Stock
$30.95
3 years & up. Pete the Cat has lost his buttons and he needs your help to get them back! In this fun and fast-paced game, players take turns spinning the spinner and using the Pete the Cat squeezer to collect matching buttons. Match the button's shape or color and place it on your Pete the Cat shirt game board. The first player to fill their shirt wins! As kids play, they'll build essential early learning skills like color recognition, shape identification, and matching-all while strengthening fine motor skills with the easy-to-use squeezer.
My First Match It®! Puzzle Set
Item: 31403P
Status: In Stock
$17.95 - $50.95
2 years & up. Introduce young children to their first matching puzzle. These simple 2-piece puzzles are easy to match and fun to play. Each puzzle is self-correcting as no two puzzle pieces are the same. The familiar themed puzzles help build language, cognitive, eye-hand coordination and fine motor skills. Each theme includes 15 puzzles to complete.
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Recycling Zone - Learn What Materials Can Be Recycled
Item: 70482
Status: In Stock
$44.95
3 years & up. Introduce conservation practices to your children with this descriptive Recycling Zone Learn What Materials Can Be Recycled. This poster promotes environmental awareness, community, and earth conscientiousness. Children will learn what common materials from their home can be recycled. For an after lesson game, divide your class into four teams, and have them discuss what should be recycled. Afterward, have them place the tiles under the correct zone. Includes one large board and 20 tiles.
Magic Drawing Board
Item: 301280
Status: In Stock
$18.95
2 years & up. Magnetic drawing boards can be a fun and engaging tool for children's education in a so many ways. Little learners can really shine creating cool artwork with included pen and stamps with no mess.  This portable drawing board is great for strengthening fine motor skills! Children can also practice writing letters and numbers.
Shadow Matching and Memory Game
Item: 70834
Status: In Stock
$44.95
$34.95
3 years & up. Strengthen memory, reasoning, and problem-solving skills with the Shadow Matching and Memory Game. This engaging game encouages children to match familiar objects to their corresponding shadows while building important cognitive and visual discrimination skills. As children compre shapes, identify silhouettes, and make visual connections, they develop critical thinking, concentration, memory retention, and observation skills through hands-on gameplay. The interactive matching format encourages children to think carefully about object characteristics and visual differences. Perfect for individual exploration or small-group learning, this game supports collaborative play, turn-taking, and communication skills. The set includes 2 double-sided boards and 36 matching tiles, perfect for use with 3-4 players.
Match It®! Early Math Skills
Item: 30610P
Status: In Stock
$14.95 - $46.95
3 years & up. Excellent and fun way to introduce early math skills. Each game has its own unique challenges, whether it is working on problem solving skills, memory, counting and number recognition, there is something for every child's level. The puzzle games include 20-30 self-correcting cards in different levels of play.
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Children of the World Memory Game
Item: 24850
Status: In Stock
$22.95
4 - 7 years. Improve memory skills by matching boys and girls from different countries, learn 36 ways to say "hello" and have lots of fun along the way! Featuring original characters and their friends from the popular singalong If You're Happy And You Know It!
I Spy Preschool Game
Item: 40762
Status: In Stock
$22.95
3 years & up. Beginners "read" pictures and advanced players read words to match riddles with picture answers! Riddles are self-correcting, and games are non-competitive. Includes rules for 5 ways to play to meet varying skill levels. Includes 12 game pieces for 1 to 4 players. Made in the USA.
Rhyming Fun-to-Know® Puzzles
Item: 19904
Status: In Stock
$15.95
3 years & up. Everybody loves a challenge! Help children build confidence and achieve success with fun 2-piece puzzles that hone their skills at their own pace. Only matching pieces fit together, so children can learn by trial and error. Present short and long vowel rhyming words with photo sound cues. Photos for real-life learning. Durable, 3" x 3" pieces come in a sturdy storage box. Includes 24 two-sided puzzles with self-checking design for 48 puzzles in all.
Seek-a-Boo™
Item: 31677
Status: In Stock
$29.95
18 months & up. "Where's the duck?" "Can you find the apple?" This fun, active game helps young children learn the names of colors, shapes, animals, foods, and more while seeking and finding each match. They will build vocabulary, boost memory skills, and find family fun with this perfect first matching game! Includes: 36 large, round "Seek Me" photo cards to scatter face down around the room, and 36 matching "Find Me" cards for a parent or teacher to call out. For 2 or more players.
Nature Feel and Find - 24 Pieces
Item: 37638
Status: In Stock
$54.95
3 years & up. Engage children's senses and strengthen their memory while playing this nature-inspired version of a classic matching game. Pieces representing flowers, spider webs, ladybugs, turtle shells, eggs, pine cones and other naturally occurring materials children already relate to the outdoors, allow for easy recognition and recall during play. Over-sized, wood cookie bases will naturally wear over time, revealing cause and effect behaviors and natural evolution to children. Set includes 24 pieces and canvas bag to use during playtime and after as storage.
Teddy Mix & Match Game
Item: 80612
Status: In Stock
$22.95
2 years & up. Match 12 different bears to each card measuring 3 1/2" wide by 5 1/2" height. The large, extra thick cards are perfect for little hands to work with as they hunt for the pair of bears. Easy rules make it ideal for even the youngest Teddy Bear fan.
Healthy Helpings MyPlate Game
Item: 63017
Status: In Stock
$21.95
4 years & up. Healthy habits abound in this nutritional game! The object of the game is to be the first to fill your plate with a balanced meal. Food cards with real-life photos are self-checking with the backs matching the food groups. Includes activity guide, 50 food cards, spinner, and 4 place mats. 2-4 players.
Memo-Saurs Game
Item: 29217
Status: In Stock
$11.95
3 years & up. Preschoolers will have fun and enhance their memory and matching skills. Realistic photos depict several different dinosaurs. Stores compactly inside its tubular box. Includes 40 pieces (20 pairs).
Friends & Neighbors: The Helping Game
Item: 63609
Status: In Stock
$23.95
3 years & up. Teach your children about the importance of compassion with this fun Friends & Neighbors: The Helping Game to Encourage Empathy and Cooperation. This matching game promotes working together and collaborative play. In playing the game and reading about the feelings and needs of the characters, children will begin to recognize feelings in others, the first step to building empathy. This game includes 4 game boards, tokens, a helping bag, a guide, and a story book. For 1-4 players.
Rhyme Time Early Literacy Magnets - Set of 30
Item: 63797
Status: In Stock
$25.95
3 years & up. Enhance early language development with these Rhyme Time Practice Early Literacy Magnets with Pictures. Each magnet contains an early vocabulary word with a corresponding image. Children will enjoy matching rhyming words on any magnetic surface. The set includes 30 magnets and a bag. Easel sold separately. Measures 3"L x 3"W.
Mommy & Me Animal Matching Game - 29 Pairs
Item: 67625
Status: In Stock
$34.95
18 months & up. Encourage children to answer questions, match items, and play a memory game with this Mommy & Me Matching Game. With this realistic photo set of round cards, children will soon be able to recognize which babies go with which mothers as they match these cards to each other. For extra learning have children identify the animals that might live in the same area. This set includes Farm, Safari, and American Wildlife animals. Includes 58 cards for 29 matching sets.
Peekaboo Soundboxes
Item: 63294
Status: In Stock
$39.95
3 years & up. Let's make some noise with these fun sound shakers! These sturdy wooden boxes are easy to grip. Have children shake the wooden cubes to hear each unique sound and find its match. To self-correct, simply look through the provided translucent-colored, acrylic base. These Peekaboo Soundboxes develop matching, concentration, fine motor, sensory, problem solving, and cognitive skills. The set includes 12 soundboxes with six unique sounds and a storage base.
Suuuper Size Memory Game - Wild Animals
Item: 147982
Status: Only 1 left
$35.95
2 years & up. Encourage matching, memory, concentration, and cognitive thinking with these wonderful super-sized cards complete with wild animal faces. With easy-to-follow rules and colorful illustrations, this is a great beginner game for young children. Start with two or three pairs and then add other animals as the child's skills progress. For extra learning, have children identify the animals as they match them. The included handy box with handle makes it easy to store the cards. Cards measure 6" x 6".
Bug-tastic Memory Match Game
Item: 28679
Status: Out of Stock
$19.95
3 years & up. Logic and reasoning skills are sure to be improved as children play the Bug-Tastic memory game. This set of memory cards contains a mixture of bugs and insects which will spark their interest and discussions about bugs and insects.
3D Feel & Find Shapes and Tile Matching Toy - 40 Pieces
Item: 40871
Status: Out of Stock
$34.95
3 years & up. With 20 matching wooden shapes and textured tiles, children can count, match, sort, and identify objects. Sort the geometric or object shapes for focused learning experiences. Deal out the tiles and children reach into the bag to feel and find the corresponding wooden shape. Includes geometric and object shapes. For visual or tactile play, independently or in groups. Includes cotton bag. 40 pieces.