Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Region 02
Division of Nueva Vizcaya
District of Bagabag I
BAGABAG CENTRAL SCHOOL

SHAPE MEMORY GAME

STRUCTURED LEARNING EPISODE

A. Facilitator’s Guide

I. Rationale

One of the most exciting games in kindergarten is the Memory Game. It is a

great exercise to train children’s memory. It helps them memorize the locations of
different cards, thus reinforcing and boosting their visual memory storage capacity in
a playful way.

The Memory Game activity card will serve as a guide for kindergarten
teachers, kindergarten coordinators, and school heads facilitate the conduct of the
activity to the diverse set of kindergarten pupils.

II. Objective

At the end of the session, the participants are expected to conduct the Memory
Game correctly.
III. Description

Memory Game is a card game in which all of the cards are laid face down on a
surface and two cards are flipped face up over each turn. The object of the game is to
turn up pairs of matching cards.

IV. Participants / Target Audience

24 District Heads
24 Kindergarten Coordinators
24 School Heads
V. Duration:
Twenty (20) minutes

VI. Resources

 Equipment - Laptop & LCD Projector

 Materials - Cards
 B. Presentation Plan

TIME ACTIVITY COMMENTS/HINTS

10 mins. 1. Priming
 Have you tried playing a memory Participants will give their
game? answers.
 Cite examples of memory games.
 How is memory game done?
2. Activity

1.1. To play , you will need 6

pairs of cards
1.2. How to play

1.2.1. Facilitators lay the

cards on the table or
ground, face down.

1.2.2. Then, they will turn up Facilitator will demonstrate.

the two opposite cards at
a time.

1.2.3. When all cards are faced

up, facilitators allow the
players to concentrate
on the placement of
cards for 10 seconds.

1.2.4. Then, facilitators lay

two opposite cards faced
down two at a time.

1.2.5. The player turns up any

two cards (one at a time)
and keeps them if the
cards match. (For
instance, two squares)

1.2.6. When he turns up two

cards that do not match,
those cards are turned
face down again (in the
same position.

1.2.7. The player with the

most pairs at the end of
the game wins.
 ANALYSIS
2 mins  How did you win?

ABSTRACTION
3 mins  Discuss the different strategies in Participants will share their
winning the game. strategies.

APPLICATION
5 mins Show how to conduct “Memory Game”.
Play in groups.  Individual output will be
submitted for evaluation
purposes.

Prepared by:

HILDA D. ARAGON
ESP-II/ DKC

NOTED:
PHOEBE V. ACOJIDO, Ph.D.
EPS, Kindergarten & SPED