Jogo Behaviour Support Blog
Getting to Know You Bingo Thursday, 12 June 2014
Getting To Know You
Bingo
This game is a quick, simple
game for getting to a new class/form to get to know each other. It is great to use at the beginning of new
academic year or during transitions.
Objectives:
To
enable the children to get to know other pupils in a fun way.
Materials needed:
- Getting to know you bingo boards
- Felt tips pens
- Space to move about
- Small prizes for the winners
How to Play:
Each child has a Getting to
Know You Bingo board. Ask the children
to move around the room, chatting to the other pupils and finding people who
can relate to the bingo squares. They
need to collect a different name for each bingo square.
The winners are the first to fill their squares:
- Four corner squares
- Fill a line
- A full house
- The person who can point to all the children they have on their board.
Variation:
For younger children, you
could use pictures for the squares.
Benefits of playing this game:- Develops children’s self-regulation skills
- Develops working together skills
- Develops their language and communication skills
- Develops relationships and social skills
- Develops gross motor skills
- Develops sharing and waiting skills
- It is fun, cheap, highly beneficial and simple.