This is the third in our series of pre-school literacy games for you to play at home with your child.  Although these games are ideal for nursery age children, your reception age child will also enjoy them.  View Part One and Part Two.

Game Three: Bingo!

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Bingo’s not just for grannies, you know!  Young children love it, and literacy and numeracy are built in naturally.  This might just be our favourite literacy game.

Objective:to cross off six letters before the other players.

Number of players: Three, four…twenty-seven?  Lots of people can play this game.

How to play:  Each player has six letters (it’s often easier for you to write these yourself, especially if your child doesn’t know all the letters).  You could easily cut our Better Tuition Five Minute Phonics Noughts and Crosses game into groups of six letters.  One person is the caller: the caller reads letters aloud and the players cross off those in front of them.  The winner is the first person to cross off six letters and shout ‘Bingo!’

Extra help: You can also play Bingo with numbers, to help secure number recognition.

You will find some helpful advice on making sure your child is reading-ready for school here on our blog.  You should also visit our useful links page for English for some great websites to visit.

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