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.