Key learning objective
Communication, language and literacy
Resources
Home-made bingo cards, coloured counters, marker pens, soft material bag, letters of the alphabet
Step by step
* Make bingo cards with five rows and four columns. Shade ten random boxes with a black marker pen. Write a selection of letters of the alphabet in the other ten boxes, remembering to use lower-case letters.
* Write each letter of the alphabet (lower-case) on small individual pieces of card. Place these pieces of card or lower-case magnetic letters in the soft material bag.
* Give each child in the group a bingo card.
* Explain the rules of the game so that they understand if the letter pulled from the bag is on their bingo card, they should cover it with a counter.
* Encourage the children to call 'Line!' or 'House!'
* Invite the children to take turns at being the 'caller' when they become confident with the game.