About the Planes What's Missing? Game
Aeroplanes, helicopters, hot air balloons and rockets â our planes memory game is a sky-high adventure. Perfect for transport-mad kids and budding aviators everywhere.
What's in the Planes deck
The full deck, so you know what to watch for â 12 pictures: âī¸ AeroplaneđŠī¸ Small PlaneđĢ TakeoffđŦ Landingđ HelicopterđĒ Parachuteđ Balloonđ¸ UFOđ°ī¸ Satelliteđ Rocketđ§ŗ SuitcaseđĢ Ticket
Study tip: link the first three â aeroplane, small plane and takeoff â into one ridiculous mental picture. Absurd images stick; lists don't. When a picture vanishes, replay the scene and ask what doesn't fit any more.
How to memorise a vehicle board
Build a traffic story. Line the vehicles up as if in a jam and give each a reason to be there â the fire engine first because of the smoke, the bus behind it because everyone stopped to watch. A one-sentence chain that links every card in order survives the memory test far better than twelve separate glances.
Sort by where they operate: sky, road, track, water, sand. Vehicles are a naturally classifiable deck, and classification is half of recall â when the ambulance goes missing, "emergency vehicles, road" is a much smaller haystack than the whole board.
How to Play
- Press Start and memorise every picture on the board.
- After a few seconds the board hides and one picture is removed.
- Pick the missing picture from the answer choices.
- Each correct answer adds a bigger board. Three misses ends the game.
Fun Facts About Planes
- The Wright Brothers made the first powered flight in 1903 â it lasted 12 seconds.
- The world's largest passenger plane, the Airbus A380, can carry over 850 people.
- Helicopters can fly backwards, sideways and hover in place.
- The fastest recorded airspeed for a commercial jet is over 1,350 km/h.
Vehicles deck questions
Are vehicle memory games good for kids who love cars?
They are the single easiest sell in the whole site for vehicle-mad children â the motivation is already there. Use the hard board to keep it challenging; enthusiasm usually outruns the extra pairs.
What strategy works for the big boards?
Sweep in rows like reading a page, and park each vehicle in its zone as you go. The discipline matters more on 12-pair boards than the mnemonic tricks.