Cognitive development
Memory game
Suggested age: Ages 4 to 10
Find all the pairs. How good is your memory?
Choose the difficulty
For parents and caregivers
How the memory game supports your child’s development
The memory game is one of the most complete childhood classics: it is easy to understand, adapts to every age and can be played again and again. Here we explain which skills it trains, how to support your child while they play and how to keep practicing at home without screens.
How to play
The cards start face down. Your child flips two at a time looking for pairs of Mora characters: if they match, they stay face up; if not, they flip back. The goal is to find all the pairs in as few moves as possible. Levels go from 8 to 32 cards, so the game grows with your child.
What they are learning
Remembering where each card was strengthens visual memory and working memory. It also trains sustained attention: staying focused until the end. And since they won’t always get it right, they practice something just as important: making a mistake, taking a breath and trying again with a plan, instead of tapping cards at random.
Ideas to keep going at home
- Play with real cards on the table and take turns: saying out loud "Blu was here" helps you remember.
- Before leaving a place, ask what they remember was there: colors, objects, people.
- Raise the difficulty little by little: start with a few pairs and add more once it feels easy.
- Ask what strategy they used; putting how they think into words is learning too.
Connection to the books
Every card is a character or object from the Mora books: Blu, Sandi, Titi, Ina, Arby and Fram, each with their own story about money, emotions, habits or finding their calling. When your child finds a pair, ask if they remember who that character is and what they learned in their story.
Discover the booksA tip from Mora: play together for a short while, 5 to 10 minutes, and talk when you finish. Screens work best as a starting point for family conversations rather than as a solo activity: real learning happens in the conversation, which is the heart of the Mora method.