No.33
Nature Bingo
Japanese name: 自然ビンゴ
Materials
- 3 × 3 bingo sheets
- Writing tools
- Firm writing boards
How to play
- An adult checks the actual site and prepares nine prompts, such as a round leaf, birdsong or something moving in the wind.
- Give each group a bingo sheet and agree on the boundary, return time and things not to touch. Preschool children walk with an adult.
- Stay together and mark squares when you find matching objects or phenomena. Collecting them is unnecessary.
- Complete a horizontal, vertical or diagonal line for bingo. You may keep looking afterward, but everyone must return on time.
- Share one discovery each, check the headcount and finish. You need not rank groups by speed or number of completed lines.
Ways to adapt
Preschool children: a 2 × 2 sheet. Older primary school children: 3 × 3 to 4 × 4 sheets.