A tasty twist to a familiar memory game. Place all the doughnuts frosting side down, mix them up and start searching for matching pairs. Be the first to match the most pairs and you win! These 12 doughnuts feature a removable frosting patterns that can be connected for countless matching games. Includes doughnut box for storage.

Age: 2-5
Specifications: Each doughnut measures 2.5" in diameter and is 1" thick.
UPC: 765023072044
CShopper ID: LER7205

Special Needs Applications - Key Features and Benefits

Cognitive:

• Fun and entertaining way to practice memory and recall.
• Can be played at an easier level increasing difficulty gradually which allows children to play at their own challenging level and progress as their ability and frustration level directs.
• Quick game from start to finish and conducive to repetitive play.
• Rules are simple and the sequence of steps is few, increasing a child's ability to comprehend the game and execute its actions.
• Incorporates doughnuts into pretend play encouraging the development of imagination.
• Conducive to patterning and mimicking.
• Visually appealing allowing for imaginative play and counting skills

Communicative:

• Can be played with two children, providing opportunities to learn and practice turn taking, patience, and appropriate game etiquette.
• Enough doughnuts that children can parallel play and slowly transition to cooperative play.
• Provides an opportunity for verbal instruction û children have to auditorily process the question being asked, think of the answer and sequence the steps to provide the answer verbally and physically. (E.g. Can you find the pink icing?)
• Conducive to games with verbal questions and verbal answers, such as Tell me which doughnut is different? Why? Open-ended questions encourage children to give lengthier answers than simple yes and no questions.

Physical:

• Hole in the center of the doughnuts enables children who may have limited finger dexterity and control, to easily hook their finger inside to aid in grasping and picking up.
• Doughnut shapes provide practice reaching, grasping, releasing and counting by having the playmate/caregiver hold a pencil for the child to place the doughnuts one by one on the pencil. Also aids eye-hand coordination.

Sensory:

• Visually appealing icing is high contrast. This helps children with visual impairments better discriminate among the doughnuts.
• Conducive to game playing and learning about same and different, which provides a skill for life. (nickels/pennies and red light vs. green light ).
• Size of doughnuts is good for children who have tight muscle tone to open their hands and grasp the doughnuts securely.

Prepared By: National Lekotek Center