Free matching game for kids: Pair Hunt

What Pair Hunt trains

Pair Hunt trains memory for where things are, plus quick recall of facts. At higher levels a child has to remember a card's place and also know that 7 + 5 belongs with 12.

Why it matters for a grade-3 child

Grade 3 is the year of times tables and sight words. Matching 3 × 4 with 12 or the word "rocket" with its picture is quiet, repeated practice of exactly those facts, wrapped in a game kids already love.

How to play

1. In early levels, peek: all the cards show for a moment.
2. Flip two cards. If they match, they stay face up.
3. If not, they turn back. Remember where they were and find all the pairs.

Bip reads every instruction aloud and shows a 3-second demo first, so children who don’t read yet can play too.

How it adapts to your child

Pair Hunt has levels from 1 to 100. Two right answers in a row make it a little harder; one mistake makes it a bit easier. That keeps your child at about 80% success: hard, but I can do it.

• Level 1 2 pairs, with a long peek at the start.
• Level 12 4 pairs and a shorter peek.
• Level 20 6 pairs and no more peeking.
• Level 32 Math matches appear: 3 × 4 goes with 12.
• Level 50 Bigger times tables and sums like 7 + 5.
• Level 60 10 pairs, and word ↔ picture matches (words are read aloud).
• Level 100 Up to 15 pairs.

Every picture card is read aloud when flipped, so children who don't read yet can still play the picture levels.