Sebby loves Thomas and Friends and will spend hours playing with his trains, but I am keen to work on his delayed speech and help him get his messages across as he often gets frustrated that we don’t understand what he wants.
I was sent the Ravensburger My First Memory Cards – Thomas and Friends, which is a set of 24 bright and colourful high-quality my first memory picture cards.
The cards feature lots of different images of Sebby’s favourite Thomas the Tank Engine characters which you have to pair and match up in this classic game.
The game play can be varied to suit different ages and abilities; for younger children like Sebby you can use fewer cards so it is easier for them to find and match their pair. I am using them differently at the moment though, as we are working on his speech and colours.
To start with I lay out the cards and asking him to find the character either by name or by colour which he is very good at, however, he does struggle to tell me the name and colour of the trains – they are all “green” or “train” at the moment. I am hoping that by getting these cards out for a short time on a daily basis that he will soon grasp the words we are trying to say.
The memory cards are made from very sturdy high-quality card, laminated on both sides with a colour print and if your little one is not a Thomas fan they also make In the Night Garden, Gruffalo, Sofia the First and Very Hungry Caterpillar sets too.
Oh picking these up and turning them over will be great for fine motor skills too, much needed for handwriting so you’re ticking that box as well as the speech. I love games like this. We played The Shopping List game and The Monster Game both from (I think) Orchard Toys for years and still do sometimes. Actually having said that The Shopping List Game was FABULOUS for Aaron’s speech as I used to make him say what he was putting in his basket and it’s nice easy practical words like “soup, milk, apples” etc….
L xx
We always loved playing memory – we had a few different sets. In fact we still play card games, and love all the different varieties! This looks lovely for little ones.
My kids love playing the memory game, Bugs would have loved these ones when he was a bit younger as he used to love Thomas x
These are such good value, as you’ve illustrated, you can use them to play different developmental games.
What great value for money they and I can imagine entertaining for hours!