Year-End Number Bingo 1 to 20

💡 About this activity

🎯 Learning objectives

• Recognize written numbers from 1 to 20.
• Find the called number on a bingo card.
• Take turns while playing the game.

🧺 What you need

• Printed activity
• Child-safe scissors
• A bowl or box for the calling cards
• Colored pencils or crayons

👣 How to do it

1. Cut out the two bingo cards and the 20 calling cards.
2. Fold the calling cards and put them in the bowl. Give each player a bingo card and a pencil or crayon.
3. Show the cards and explain that the first player to complete a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal line wins.
4. Draw a calling card, say the number, and show how to find and mark it on a bingo card.
5. Keep drawing one card at a time. Each player looks for the number and marks it if it appears on their card.
6. When someone completes a line, check the marked numbers against the calling cards that have been drawn.
7. After the game, talk about which numbers were easiest or hardest to find.

🍎 Teaching suggestions

• Say the number and show the calling card so children can compare them.
• If a child needs help, look for the number together, one row at a time.
• Invite children to take turns drawing cards and celebrate everyone's effort.
• Talk about where you see numbers in everyday life, such as on calendars and doors.

🔀 Variations

💬 Talk about it

• How did you find that number on your card?
• Which numbers were easiest to recognize? Why?
• Where have you seen any of these numbers before?
• What helped you wait for your turn?

👀 What to look for

• Notice whether the child recognizes numbers that are called or shown.
• Check whether the child finds and marks the matching number on their card.
• Observe how the child takes turns and follows the game.