Number and Color Bingo
A good table game
project which, once made up, needs little perception as well as math skills.
Objectives
Children ages 4-5 years will be able to recognize numerals
1-5 Cog. IIIC
and they will be able to recognize 4 colors: red, yellow, blue, green Lang. IB
Children participating will be able to visually discriminate number/color slot
and practice visual perception.
Materials
Color-number Bingo
cards; 6" square tagboard with 5 numerals across top with 4 colored gummed
circles under each number. Matching cards with colored circle and a number
written inside it. Raisins, popcorn, cereal or cracker pieces in individual
cups, 1 cup per player.
Procedures
1. Pass out a bingo card to each child. Let children take turns
choosing (from a hat) a bingo circle and announcing the color-numeral
combination (e.g., 4-green). Have each child put finger on the numeral (4),
look down the row for the color (green) and put a food marker on it.
2. Whenever a player gets 4 markers in a row, it's a Bingo for those players
who can then count out and eat the markers on his/her board. The others keep
playing, getting Bingos and starting all over or giving their boards to others who
wish to play.
3. As the children become familiar with the game (or for older children), make
elaborations such as having the caller clap, jump, tap, wink whistle the number
(s)he draws, or giving a riddle for the color, such as "It's 4 and the
color of the sky". Variation Make Bingo cards with same format except use 5 colors instead of 4. This way all boards will not always have a 5-Green, for example, and children will not have a color-# spot on their board for every single turn. |