Syllable and compound word pelmanism

Pelmanism is a memory game.  It is where cards are laird face down and players take turns turning two cards face up.  If the pair of cards matches then the play keeps that pair; if not the cards are returned, face down to their original position.

Pelmanism activities are useful to rehearse spelling knowledge.  In the case of compound words it is a straightforward case of each card containing an individual word which when joined to its pair makes a compound word e.g. one card with green and another card with house forms the compound greenhouse.

In terms of syllable pelmanism create your cards from two syllable words.  Each card contains one syllable, the players turns two cards face up and checks to see whether the two syllables form one word.  An additional cue can come in the form of a worksheet which contains a list of the two syllable words in a column - it is quite useful to provide a picture as well, or just the picture.  When the learner finds a pair then they should copy the complete word into a second column on their worksheet.  In theory syllable pelmanism could also extend to three or more syllable words with players picking up a card for each syllable in the word.