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Leaf Matching & Visual Discrimination Games

By Karen Cox | Affiliate Disclosure | Filed Under: Forest Theme, Science Center Ideas

These printable Leaf Visual Discrimination Games help kids practice the skills needed to distinguish between similar letters and numbers in Pre-K, Preschool, and Kindergarten.

Leaf Visual Discrimination Printables

Visual discrimination skills are so important for young children because it helps them to be able to identify letters and numbers. This skill helps children distinguish between similar letter shapes such as p, q, b, d, as well as similar numbers and shapes.

These are free downloadable printables.

Look here for more Visual Discrimination Printables! Find more Fall Activities here.

Leaf Matching Cards

Leaf Matching Cards Printable

Prepare the Sets

To prepare the sets, print them onto card stock paper (download button is below), and laminate if you choose. You will need to print it twice, so that there is a set to match.

What to Do

Children will spread out the cards and find the leaves that are exactly the same. I added these cards to our Science Center because these are photographs of real leaves and children are using observational skills to notice differences in nature.

Download the Printable Leaf Matching Cards:

Download: Leaf Matching Cards

Note: This is a free printable, just click to download.

Leaf Same and Different Game

Leaf Same and Different Game

Prepare the Set

To prepare the sets, print the cards onto card stock paper (download button is below), and laminate if you choose. Cut the cards apart: there are four cards per sheet. I recommend cutting the cards apart, because leaving all of them on one mat would be visually confusing for children.

What to Do

Each card has four pictures: 3 pictures are the same and 1 picture is different. Children will choose a card and carefully look at each picture. They will find the picture that is different and mark it with a manipulative. The cards have varying levels of difficulty. For beginners, start with the cards on the first page.

There are lots of options for manipulatives to use for marking the answer on the cards.

Manipulatives to use:

  • Clothespins
  • Plastic chips
  • Unifix cubes
  • Marker caps
  • Table scatter
  • Mini erasers
  • Flat floral marbles

Download the Printable Leaf Same and Different Game:

Download: Leaf Same and Different

Note: This is a free printable, just click to download.

You might also like these Fall Activities …

Five Little Leaves Rhyme: Pocket Chart, Books
Fall Slide & Count Game
Forest 10 Frame Game

Post originally published on Oct 7, 2008. Updated.

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19 Comments Tagged With: Fall Activities for Pre-K, Science Printables, Visual Discrimination Printables

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  1. Karina Vernon says

    January 16, 2011 at 3:18 pm

    You really have some helpful tips. Thanks ;0) I am not very creative, but I LOVE doing this kind of stuff with my 3 &5 yr old boys. I also share with their teachers.

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  2. Jan Schilling says

    August 19, 2012 at 1:46 pm

    Hi, Karen! I would love to print these out, but at twice the size, for my little students with attention/ vision issues. Do you, by chance have a way to print them at 2 per page instead of 4? Thanks!

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    • Crin says

      November 6, 2018 at 11:15 am

      There should be a way of adjusting the size in your print settings. I have just done it, setting the paper source to A3 and the Zoom to 141. Of course, you need an A3 printer to do it this way.

      Reply
  3. Bonita says

    September 21, 2012 at 7:20 am

    Just letting you know that I linked to this post in a unit study I wrote about autumn leaves: http://www.zujava.com/leaf-study

    Reply
  4. Aprille says

    October 21, 2012 at 4:50 pm

    thanks for the printable. going to be using this with my son this week!

    Reply
  5. b. foley says

    September 12, 2013 at 3:22 pm

    Thanks for the very usable printables. 🙂

    Reply
  6. pamilla says

    September 30, 2013 at 12:30 pm

    is it possible for you to upload the leaf matching cards. they look beautiful and I would so like to have them for my little
    ones.

    Reply
    • Karen Cox says

      October 2, 2013 at 9:58 pm

      They are uploaded – you just need to click the green button.

      Reply
  7. KarenG says

    January 19, 2014 at 11:03 pm

    Wow…just found your site and I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE all of these materials you’ve made with real pictures. Thank you so much!!! My class will adore them all!

    Reply
    • Karen Cox says

      January 20, 2014 at 2:00 pm

      Thank you, Karen!

      Reply
  8. Jill Deinken says

    October 1, 2014 at 11:03 am

    THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! Your printables are things I have been trying to develop & I am not as savvy at publisher/word/whatever as you are! You have saved me hundreds of hours and lots of headaches! I am a children’s librarian and we are working hard to become a center for literacy and your word cards are perfect for our writing table. I had created some but they aren’t nearly as good as yours.

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    • Karen Cox says

      October 1, 2014 at 7:55 pm

      Thank you, Jill! I recommend using PowerPoint to create printables! It’s much easier to use and move things around.

      Reply
  9. Dora Rosa says

    October 4, 2014 at 6:00 pm

    Thank you for this and all the other ideas; I love each of them and I definitely will try some!

    Reply
  10. Elizabeth Vang says

    April 20, 2015 at 5:31 pm

    Thanks you very for sharing. It saves me a lot of time.

    Elizabeth Vang

    Reply
  11. Gerlinde Green says

    August 14, 2018 at 8:20 am

    Karen,
    Wow! Your material is wonderful. The graphics exceptional!
    Thank you so very much for making this material available! The children in my classroom enjoy working with it tremendously!

    Reply
  12. Sharon McDonald says

    September 6, 2018 at 8:36 pm

    Love it! I hope your school year is off to a great start!
    Sharon

    Reply
  13. AbigailMarie says

    September 6, 2018 at 10:53 pm

    Wow these are great printables! My preschool children will love these!

    Reply
  14. Faye says

    September 8, 2018 at 3:30 pm

    Awesome vibrant leaf activities to add to my fall theme in my home daycare.

    Reply
  15. Carmen says

    September 13, 2018 at 4:11 pm

    Thank You.

    Reply

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