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Vocabulary Bingo

Children mark words on their bingo card as teacher calls definitions or pictures.

⏱ 15-20 min⚡ Low energy👥 Whole class

• any lesson vocabulary

• numbers

• colours

• animals

• food

• classroom objects

• Bingo cards with vocabulary words (one per child)

• Counters or small pieces of paper

• Word or picture call cards for teacher

📋 How to Play

Give each child a bingo card with 9 vocabulary words in a 3x3 grid.
Give children counters to mark their cards.
Teacher calls a definition, shows a picture, or gives a clue — NOT the word itself.
For example: "It is a fruit. It is yellow. Monkeys love it!" — children mark BANANA.
Children mark the word on their card if they have it.
First child to mark a full row calls "BINGO!"
Verify by asking them to read back the three words in their winning row.
Play again to find a second and third winner.

✓Make different bingo cards so not everyone wins at the same time.

✓Use pictures instead of words on the cards for pre-readers.

✓Let children make their own bingo cards by writing 9 words they choose.

✓This is a perfect end-of-lesson vocabulary review activity.

→Call the word directly — simpler version for beginners.

→Children call back the definition before marking the word.

→Play in teams — team members share one card and discuss before marking.

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