By: Lauren Gray, Head of Reference
Share the gift of history this holiday season.
Day 4: The Memory Game
(Part of the 12 Days of Archives DIY Series)
While 2020 is a year that most of us would rather forget, it’s no secret that improved memory can aid in stress reduction, enhanced concentration, and better organizational skills. With school disrupted this year, we’re doing what we can to ensure our children use their brains more than their video game expertise. The Memory Game not only challenges our retention skills, but it’s fun for the whole family! All you need is a printer, a pair of scissors, and a flat space to play on.
To play Memory, pick at least five images from our website (add more for higher age levels) and print out two copies of each image. Make sure you can’t see the photo through the back. Mix up the images and place all of them face-down on a table. You can have as many players as you want, but we prefer 2-4. The object of the game is to collect the most matching cards. Take turns flipping up two cards at a time to find a matching pair. See if you can remember where each card is on the board. It’s harder than you think!
For more fun, read about each image on our website while you’re playing – a history game counts as homework…right?
Here are our favorite combinations:
Although we’re not as concerned about pests spreading Covid-19 in 2020, catching flies could still be a fun game for your bored youngsters this holiday season. (Plus, you’ll save on your Orkin bill.)
Mr. G. Hopper is the Oliver Twist of grasshoppers – but don’t feel too sorry for the poor fellow, his extended family of Hoppers devastated Kansas farmers during the late 19th century.
We swear we aren’t bug crazy, but studying all of these grasshopper images surely counts as science class too, right? Two bugs, one game?
Miss Abel, Kansas’ own resident space monkey, was born in Independence in 1957. Study hard, children, and you too can be a space ape!