Test your memory

Once the game is made, invite them to:

To follow the rules of the traditional matching-pairs game (the equivalent of Ravensburger's Memory© game) based on these illustrations inspired by the short film Lost Property by Åsa Lucander. The rules are set out on cards numbered 1 to 4. Depending on the age of the students, reduce the number of pairs (4x4, 4x5, 4x6 or 5x6).

To test their memory from the animated film. Place the students in pairs and ask them to keep only one copy of each of the 18 different images in front of them. After viewing, ask them to try to place them in the order in which the matching images appear on screen. Compare the different suggestions and see whether the class can agree. Check by watching the film again.

Help them see how giving meaning to information makes it easier to remember. Mix one of the sets of 18 illustrations and go through them one at a time, keeping the pack in the same order, and ask the students to memorise that order. Then collectively check how the cards are memorized (note how many cards were correctly remembered with this method before the first mistake). Repeat the operation after shuffling the deck, telling a story as you go that features each card as it is turned over. When we try again to remember the order and content of the cards, we will see that memorization is significantly better. The excellent game “Dream on” by Alexandre Droit makes this activity especially fun, cooperative and wonderfully addictive.