Summer Beach Memory Game for Preschoolers
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Summer is here, and since going to the beach is a favorite activity, this is a great chance to give your preschoolers this FREE, fun, and educational Summer Beach Memory Game.
The Summer Beach Memory Game includes three pages, nine cards each, and you can find it at the end of this post, so be sure to grab it.
Summer Beach Memory Game
One activity preschoolers love is playing memory games. These types of activities bring a lot of fun to your classroom or home, give your children an opportunity for a friendly competition, are easy to prepare, and are very educational because they help children pay attention to details to recognize the pairs of cards, improving their visual discrimination, concentration, one-to-one correspondence, focus, and memory skills, which are very useful for their integral development.
For this Summer Beach Memory Game to serve its purpose, I suggest avoiding frustration and failure by considering your students’ level of maturity and pairing children at a similar level, as well as the number of cards each pair can handle. You don’t have to use all of them. Just remember to always use one pair of each card.
If your preschoolers have been exposed to other memory games, they’ll probably be able to work independently. However, for new students or children who are not familiar with these types of games your guidance.
How to Prepare the Summer Beach Memory Game
To get this Summer Beach Memory Game ready, you will need these materials:
- FREE Summer Beach Memory Game printable, found at the end of this post.
- printer
- White cardstock
- Scissors
- Laminator
- Laminator pouches
Print two sets of each page using white cardstock. Then cut out and laminate each tile to protect it and make it last longer. That way, you can store the game in a pencil case or a Ziploc bag to protect it and use it year after year.
How to Play the Summer Beach Memory Game
To start, lay out the cards face down in rows and columns so your preschoolers can only see the backside, and invite them to join you for a matching game!
Keep it simple and start by playing like a traditional memory game: children take turns selecting two cards to turn over, trying to make a match. If a match is made, then the preschooler gets to keep the set of cards. If not, then the cards have to be turned back over, and the next preschooler takes the turn.
Books About The Beach
If you have read some of my articles, you probably know I am big on using storybooks for everything, and I wanted to include some of my favorite books about summer.
You can find these books at your local library and used bookstore, but if you want to purchase some to add to your collection, you can use my Amazon links by clicking the pictures you want; that will take you directly to them to save time.
- Biscuit’s Day First at the Beach by Alissa Satin Capucilli. This book invites children to join this puppy on his first trip to the beach, to make sand castles, collect seashells, and play in the ocean.
- Pete the Cat at the Beach by James Dean. This groovy cat finds shells and builds sand castles at the beach. But when it gets too hot, he’s afraid of the only way to cool off—jumping into the ocean.
- What Lives in a Shell? by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld. This clear, appealing book is a fascinating exploration of the many creatures that make a home in a shell, with beautifully accurate illustrations of the many types of shells, inside and out.
- At the Beach by Shira Evans. With this book, children will learn all about the beach and the animals that live there, and be introduced to new words and concepts that help them expand their understanding of the world.
Pin It for Later
I know how busy we can be sometimes; therefore, if you don’t have time right now to download and print the freebie, just pin it to your Math or Summer Pinterest board for later.
Don’t forget to grab your free Summer Beach Memory Game printable by clicking on the link below!
Then check out other FREE memory games to expand your activity collection and help your preschoolers have fun while learning.
- Easter Memory Game
- Mother’s Day Memory Game
- St. Patrick’s Day Memory Game
- Teddy Bear Day Memory Game
- Valentine’s Day Memory Game
I hope you and your preschoolers enjoy this free activity.
Be happy, safe, and creative. I wish you well.
Love,
P.S. Please let me know if you like this game. My goal is to help you in any way I can, and I don’t like anything better than to post something that you might find useful, and your feedback will help me do that.
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