Family Literacy Bingo

1. Give each participant a Blank Bingo Card (see next page), or ask them to make their own.
2. Choose a theme, for example, kitchen, garden, etc. Ask participants to call out 16 words related to that theme, one word at a time.
3. Write each word on the board or a flipchart. At the same time, ask each participant to write the word in any of the boxes.
4. Call out the words at random. The first participant to get a straight line in any direction and call out “Bingo!” is the winner. You can play the game several times.
5. You can play this game using French or an Aboriginal language. You can use other topics like animals, the land, camping, community, literacy, etc. You can call the game another name, if that is more appropriate for your community.