About the Police Memory Game
Flashing lights, loyal police dogs and detective work — the police deck is for every kid who wants to solve mysteries and help people. Investigate the board and crack the case of the missing pairs.
What's in the Police deck
The full deck, so you know exactly what you're up against — 12 cards, 6 pairs: 🚓 Police Car👮 Officer🚨 Flashing Light📋 Notebook🔦 Torch📻 Radio🐕🦺 Police Dog🏍️ Motorbike🚁 Helicopter🔍 Clue🦺 Hi-Vis Vest⭐ Badge
Study tip: link the first three — police car, officer and flashing light — into one ridiculous mental picture. Absurd images stick; lists don't. Then do the same for the next three, and the board will memorise itself.
How to memorise a jobs and heroes board
Give every job its tool and every tool its scene. The firefighter has the hose, the chef has the pan, the astronaut floats past the porthole — memorise the pairing, then the pairing's location. Tools-and-people is a natural two-column list, and two-column lists are the friendliest thing a memory can hold.
Then stage the day: who do you meet first in the morning, who at lunch, who last thing at night? A walk through an ordinary day touches most of a jobs deck, and the walk gives the board an order you can replay when you are hunting the missing paramedic.
Fun Facts About Police
- London's Metropolitan Police, founded in 1829, was one of the world's first modern police forces.
- Early British officers were nicknamed "Bobbies" after founder Sir Robert Peel.
- No two people have ever been found with the same fingerprints.
- Before radios, police officers used whistles to call for help.
How to Play
Tap any card to flip it over, revealing the police item image underneath. Tap a second card — if the two match, they stay face up and you keep going. If not, they flip back after a moment. Your goal is to match every pair in as few moves as possible.
Three difficulty levels are available: easy (6 pairs), medium (8 pairs) and hard (12 pairs). Switch between them any time with the difficulty buttons above the board. Start on easy if you're new, or jump straight to hard for a proper brain workout.
Jobs & Heroes deck questions
Do these decks work for "what do you want to be" age kids?
Perfectly — it is that exact age. Naming the jobs, the tools and the workplaces turns the game into a vocabulary lesson that feels like play, and the themed boards keep the fantasy jobs in too.
What is the hard part of a jobs board?
The uniforms. Several items share a colour scheme, so colour will mislead you — memorise each figure by what they are holding or doing instead.