| Most adults are familiar with the game of bingo - | | | | K-12, and for teaching older students. The game can |
| we've came across the game at some points in our | | | | be adapted to almost any subject including English |
| lives. It is true that many us of think of it as a game | | | | and Reading, English as a Second Language (ESL), |
| played in church and community halls in funding raising | | | | Foreign Languages (including Spanish, French, German |
| efforts, or by groups of seniors as a relaxing way of | | | | and Italian), Math, Science, History and more. The |
| passing the time, but one thing you may not know is | | | | main way that the game is adapted to each of these |
| that bingo is becoming increasingly popular in | | | | situations is by using custom bingo cards printed with |
| education. | | | | items appropriate to the lesson, and by modifying the |
| Many teachers have come to the conclusion that | | | | game play mechanics. In a K-12 reading class for |
| bingo is well suited to classroom use, because it is | | | | example, students might just be required to |
| easy for students to learn and play, does not require | | | | recognize sight words, in a math class the students |
| expensive specialist materials, does not make a big | | | | might be required to write in the answers to math |
| mess, and is highly adaptable to teaching different | | | | problems into the squares rather than simply cross |
| subjects, different lesson plans, and different age | | | | off squares, and in a foreign language class the bingo |
| groups. When organized by enthusiastic teacher, | | | | cards could be printed in one language but the calss |
| bingo can indeed be both fun and educational. | | | | made in another (for example, bingo cards printed |
| As hinted at previously, bingo can be used in a | | | | with Spanish vocabulary - and students need to |
| variety of educational environments, including teaching | | | | match up these words to bingo calls made in English). |