Get ready for the very best of the best preschool card games! When my little ones get to be about 3 or so, they get to start joining in on some of the board game and card game fun that happens around here (oh yes, it’s a wild home we have friends!)
Imperial Kids Click Case Go Fish Card Game 72351PATCH PRODUCTS-Imperial Kids: Go Fish! Something is fishy! Kids will learn picture matching and turn taking when they play this classic card game of collecting funny fish sets. This package contains thirty-six card and rules in a 6-3/4x2-1/2 inch plastic storage container. This online version of Go Fish was made by me. My name is Einar Egilsson and over there on the left is my current Facebook profile picture! This is the 8th card game I make, the other ones being Whist, Spades, Hearts, Solitaire, Idiot, Shithead and Crazy Eights. Go Fish might seem like a weird game to have a computer version of, but there were.
I really do love card games for preschoolers. They can be SO full of learning. Preschoolers can learn about taking turns, playing fair, being a good sport, and honesty. They can also learn some numeracy and literacy skills – all through the power of play.
I wrote a post a little while ago about a great card game to play with preschoolers that works on loads of math skills. You can find that post right here: Teaching Math to Preschoolers with Playing Cards!
School Zone - Go Fish Alphabet Game Cards - Ages 4 and Up, Preschool to First Grade, Uppercase and Lowercase Letters, ABCs, Word-Picture Recognition, Animals, Card Game, Matching, and More by School Zone and Joan Hoffman Jun 1, 1980 4.7 out of 5 stars 1,556. Play the popular and exciting card game classic, Go Fish! A card game for kids and grown-ups of all ages! The object of this single-player Go Fish card game is to form the most pairs of cards. Play against a gang of hilarious computer-controlled opponents. Compare your point totals with other card players around the world in the worldwide Go Fish leaderboard! The game features: - Single Game. The winner is the person who has collected the most sets of 4 cards. For a simpler version, collect pairs rather than 4 of a kind. Game plays and ends in the same manner as the standard game. Fish Out of Water Concentration. For a fun play-by-yourself game, shuffle the cards and lay all 48 cards face down randomly on a smooth surface.
Today I wanted to share with you a card game that will have your little three year old (or four year or any age for that matter) learning their letters and sounds by playing ABC Go Fish!
I have shared with you before the order I recommend for teaching children their letters. We play this game using those groupings of letters.
So, the first grouping of letters we teach is our child’s name letters. If we were working on that first group of letters, the name letters are the one’s we would play ABC Go Fish with.
The second group of letters are: s, a, t, i, p, and n. If we were working on the second group of letters, those are the letters we would play with.
You can grab your very own FREE printable pack all about the groupings of letters, why we teach them this way, and awesome activities to practice letters and sounds right here:
My nephew Carter now knows all of his name letters (woohoo!) He knows the lowercase letters, can match the uppercase letters to those lower case, and knows the sounds they make as well. So now we move on to the letters: s, a, t, i, p, n
Those are the letters we used for ABC Go Fish.
For this game, I cut a piece of paper into squares. I wrote one letter on each square of paper, writing two of each letters. So we had 2 ‘s’ squares, 2 ‘a’ squares, etc.
To make this a little bit simpler, and for the opportunity to offer a clue if needed, I chose to write each letter in a different colour. This way, if Carter could not recall what a “p” looked like, I could tell him that it was an orange letter.
The rules are very, very simple – as all preschool card games need to be:
Shuffle the cards and deal 3 cards to your preschooler and 3 to yourself.
Take turns asking, “Do you have a ….” (and select a letter from your hand to ask)
If a pair is found, lay those cards down.
The game is done when all the cards are paired up!
I like using only 3 cards at first as it makes it much more manageable for preschoolers. The cards are a bit tricky to hold, so you could open a hardcover book on the floor and lay the cards down on the floor behind the open book.
This card game is so easy to play and loads of fun. It is a wonderful beginner card game for preschoolers and a fabulous way to practise letters.
Think of all of the “Go Fish” versions we could create:
- sight words
- numbers
- addition questions matched with sums
- subtraction questions matched with sums
- compound words (“sand” would match with “wich”)
- capital cities
I can see this card game being a weekly feature in our homeschool!
I hope you are having a lovely day – thank you so much for reading. Please come back again soon!
xo
Sarah
OBJECTIVE: The objective of the game is to make more sets of four cards of the same rank, than your opponents.
NUMBER OF PLAYERS:2 – 6 players (Best with at least 3 people)
NUMBER OF CARDS: standard 52-card
RANK OF CARDS: A, K, Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2
TYPE OF GAME: Matching
AUDIENCE: Children
How to Deal:
If there are only two players in the game then each player is dealt seven cards. If there are 3-6 players in the game, then each player is dealt five cards. The leftover cards are placed face down and will serve as the draw pile.
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How to Play:
Select a person to go first. This person can be chosen at random in any manner of the players choosing. Player one starts by asking another random player for a particular card rank. Example, player one ask player four if they have any jacks in their hand. In order to ask for a card, you must have at least one of those cards in your hand. So if player one asks player four for jacks, player one must have a jack in hand, prior to asking. Player four is required to hand over all jacks in their hand to player one. If you receive a card from another player, you can continue asking that player for cards. If the player does not have the card asked for, then they will tell you to “Go Fish”.
How to Go Fish:
A player must draw a card from the deck pile when they do not receive the card they asked for from their opponent. If they happen to draw the exact card that they asked for, they must hold it up for other players to see, and then they may take another turn. If you draw a different card than the one asked for, then your turn is over and play moves to the player to your left.
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How to win:
Rules For Go Fish Card Game
As mentioned, the goal is to collect sets of four cards of the same rank, rank meaning the value of the card, ex. (8,8,8,8).
When four cards of the same rank are collected, this is called a book. When a player makes a book they must show it to the other players, then they may place it face down in front of them.
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The game continues until a player has made books out of all the cards in their hand, or the draw pile is emptied. The player that has collected the most books at this time, is the winner!