Set of 26 ABC playing card pairs and 2 wildcards. Each pair of cards has the sign depicting the letter on one side and a matching letter on the other.

The Easy to Learn and Simple to Teach method helps you and your children:

• Increases visual skills and observation skills.
• Learn through play
• Build SEE and ASL vocabulary – the alphabet is the same in ASL and SEE (Signing Exact English)

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• The goal of Old Maid is to form and discard pairs of cards and not to be left with the odd card (a wildcard such as a Teacher, Fish, Witch, Grandpa or Grandma) at the end.
• Use the “odd” card as the “Old Maid”.
• Shuffle the playing cards and deal them out to the children one at a time until all of the cards have been dealt.
• Each child matches then removes all pairs from their hand and places them face down in front of them.
• You lead. Spread out your cards and the first child on your left draws a card from your hand. If the child has a match or pair they remove that pair from their hand and place it in front of them.
• The child then offers their cards to the player on their left. Play proceeds in this way until all cards have been paired except one – The “Old Maid” card, which cannot be paired - and the player who has that card is the winner.