8 Classic Memory Games Forgotten by Time That Can Help Students Excel

1. Concentration (Matching Pairs): This involves laying out pairs of cards face down and challenging players to remember their locations to make matches.

2. Simon: This electronic game presents a sequence of lights and sounds that players must remember and repeat. It helps with auditory and sequential memory.

3. Mystery Date: A board game where players try to match clues to determine who their mystery date is. It combines memory with social play and deductive reasoning.

4. Game of Cootie: While seemingly more about construction, remembering which body parts to add to your Cootie bug and in what order can subtly enhance memory skills.

5. Mastermind: This code-breaking game requires players to remember the feedback given on their guesses to deduce a hidden color pattern, combining logic with memory.

6. Dark Tower: An electronic-mechanical hybrid board game from the 80s where players had to remember paths and events triggered by a central tower.

7. Telepathy: A game that often involves recalling and associating words or ideas based on clues from another player, boosting associative memory.

8. Memory Tray Game (Kim's Game): This classic game involves placing various objects on a tray, allowing players to view them briefly, and then covering the tray.