Learning with Card Games
We love to play card games in speech-language class to practice our speech sounds or learn new vocabulary.  You can make your own cards at home by using index cards.  For speech sound practice, you can use words that have your target sound and make two cards for each word.   For vocabulary practice, you can put a word on one card and a matching definition on another card.  I suggest a minimum of 15 pairs of cards (30 cards altogether) for each game.  Here are some of the games we play with speech cards to practice our skills: 

Memory:
This is the classic game of Memory in which you turn all the cards face down and lay them out in rows.  Take turns flipping two cards over and saying what's on the face side.  If you turn over two cards that match, you get to keep them as a match.  The person at the end of the game with the most matches wins.

Pick 4 Memory:
This is a fun twist to the classic game of Memory.  Turn all the cards face down and lay them out in rows. Take turns flipping the cards over, four at a time, and saying what's on the face side. If you turn over two cards that match, you get to keep them as a match and turn the other unmatching cards over. The person at the end of the game with the most matches wins.

Lucky:
Shuffle the cards and deal all the cards out between the players.  (It doesn't matter if they don't divide out equally.)  Each players cards are stacked face down in front of him/her.  Each person takes a turn flipping over the top card from his/her stack and playing it in front of him/her, saying what's on the card.  If it matches a card that another player has already turned over, the player that played the card first gets the matching card to count as a set and gets to go again.  Play continues clockwise until all cards have been matched.  The player at the end of the game with the most matches is the winner.

Pick Up:
This game is played exactly like the game of Lucky above, except that the cards are not dealt out.  They are mixed up and placed face down in a pile in the center.  Each player takes a turn drawing and card and saying what is on it.  Play continues until cards are matched.  The player at the end of the game with the most matches is the winner. 

Parents, keep in mind that these are great games to also play with spelling words and sight words from the regular classroom.  Also try playing them with addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts by putting the problem on one card and the answer on the matching card.  Learning with flashcards really can be fun if you turn it into a game.