To download a template, right-click and select Save As. For an advanced child, you can increase the number of words you use, so it becomes more difficult to find matching cards. You can also make the game easier by using a smaller deck of cards with fewer word pairs. If a child is struggling with this game, you can read through all the word cards with them prior to the start of play to help refresh their recall of the words. Play continues until all the words are matched and there are no cards left unclaimed.

If a child is unable to read a word or reads a word incorrectly, give the child a bit of coaching to help them correct the mistake and learn the word. If the words do not match, the player turns the cards back over so the words are no longer showing, and the player to her right takes the next turn. If the words on the two overturned cards match, the player removes the pair, placing them by her side, and gets another turn. The child then picks a second card and also turns it over, reading the word on the second card. The child picks one card and turns it over so the word is visible, reading the word on the card. For example, a deck of 30 cards (15 word pairs) is best laid out in a 5×6 grid, 5 columns of 6 cards each. To set up the game, shuffle the cards and arrange them, face down, in a grid.