Bingo is our biggest Zoom hit! All age groups love it. The easiest possible version is to get members to write down 9 different numbers between 1-20 in a 3 by 3 grid and then play for a line, 4 corners and a full house.
I have been using this website https://myfreebingocards.com/occasions/fourth-of-july/edit to create my own Bingo cards. Normally I put a copy of 1 or 2 in the post along with our activities and then we play on Zoom. The website does let you create up to 30 different cards, either all together in a pdf for printing or as individual card for emailing out and best of all it is FREE for up to 30 different cards.
We have about 15 in a group so I always give the young people 2 cards each so we can have multiple games. I get them to circle if they hear the word but they could use buttons or bits of paper so that each game can be played repeatedly.
Here are some suggested cards to get you going – we find that the 3×3 grid with NO FREE SPACE is the best.
Juniors — Sports – simple(ish) words to read and a good quick game
Company or older Juniors – Scotland – cities and towns in Scotland – we are using this for St. Andrew’s Day.
Seniors – Survival – We have been using the BB resources on Survival and linking it into the money management etc. This one is all things they may need to spend money on if they live alone!
Company/Seniors – Climate Change – This has tricky vocabulary and concepts in and will make a good discussion afterwards too.
A VARIATION – Our older ones love to play ‘strip bingo’- before you panic we all keep clothes on and is about strips of paper!! On a strip of paper write 6 numbers 1-20 in a line. The caller calls numbers as normal BUT can and needs to call numbers more than once. The player tears off the bit of paper if the number is called BUT they can only tear t off when the number is at either end of the strip of paper. When they are waiting for one number they have to hold the strip in the air so that you know but check that they aren’t showing you the number. You can play the game with words too!
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