Pairs from life and society
A Social Studies learning game for primary school, Grade 3 to Grade 6
Pairs from life and society: tool and job, month and season, map symbols, a historic site and its province, a scientist and their book.
The Android app is on Cafe Bazaar and Myket, Iran's app stores. Anywhere else, play the online version in any browser.
Job Pairs is part of the Nikipoo School app, alongside 85 other games. The game is in Persian.
A memory game with face-down cards. The child flips two cards and looks for matching pairs; the two sides of each pair are different from one another — word and meaning, number and count, tool and job — so memory and understanding work together.
Job Pairs is a memory game with face-down cards, but the two sides of each pair aren't identical: a job and its tool, a month and its season, a province and its capital, a historic site and its province, a scientist and their book. The child flips two cards; if they match, they stay open, and if not, they turn back after a moment. In grade 3 it's relatives, neighborhood services, and “from farm to table”; in grade 5, family economics and water resources; and in grade 6, dynasty and capital, and country and continent.
The child has to remember where each card was so they can return to it once its match turns up. Holding onto information like this for a short time is called “working memory” — the same ability used in multi-step problem solving and following a teacher's explanation in class.
Because the two sides of a pair differ, seeing the shape isn't enough; the child has to understand the relationship: a saw is a carpenter's tool, and the Zayandeh River is in Isfahan. Social knowledge turns into a web of connections this way, which is easier to recall than a memorized list.
The tool-and-workplace levels put the child face to face with the variety of jobs, from baker and tailor to doctor and pilot. Knowing the tools of a job makes the effort behind it easier to see, and the child understands that any job serving people has value.
A card without its match simply turns back, and next time the child comes to it knowing more. These returns teach the child to pause and recall instead of tapping over and over without thinking; a simple exercise for reining in haste and holding focus.
A tip for parentsMake a homemade deck of cards from cardboard: write “father's sister” on one and “aunt” on its match. Then take turns playing with family members. When the grown-ups take the game seriously too, the child gets to enjoy a friendly family competition.
Level titles are listed in the order the child plays them — from easy to hard, following the school textbook.
Grade 3104 levels
Grade 488 levels
Grade 5116 levels
Grade 6116 levels
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Open Nikipoo School — Job Pairs and 85 other games are waiting for you.
The Android app is on Cafe Bazaar and Myket, Iran's app stores. Anywhere else, play the online version in any browser.
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