How it works
Get to know you bingo for kids is a find someone who game: 96 squares, such as can whistle and has slept in a blanket fort. Classmates sign the square that fits them, and four signatures in a line win.
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How classmate bingo works
Use it with a class, club or party where everyone already belongs. Give each child a card and a pencil. They walk the room, ask the questions and collect a signature in each square from someone it fits: one signature per person per card, and nobody signs their own. First full row, column or diagonal wins.
Get to know you bingo for students, by age
All 96 squares suit ages 9 to 12. For ages 6 to 8, the teacher picks Quick finds, ages 6 to 8 or Likes and favorites, ages 6 to 8 in Ready-made list: 24 short-worded squares each, plenty for the 4 × 4 card. Set How many cards to the class size, up to 60, and print.
- Play student bingo in the first week of school, before seats and friend groups have settled.
- A teacher can press Enter after any square and type one that fits several children: knows our class song, not is new this year.
- For a no-pencil version, press Call the game and read each square aloud: everyone it fits stands up.
Questions and answers
What are good human bingo questions for students?
Ones any child can answer yes to without giving away anything private: can whistle, can draw a star, has read a whole book series. This list leaves out family, money, addresses, bodies, religion, crushes and phones, so no child is put on the spot.
How many squares can one classmate sign?
One per card. On the 4 × 4 card a line then takes four different classmates, so everyone moves. With fewer than 10 children, allow two signatures each, or switch Grid to 3 × 3, where the free center reads Sign it yourself.
Is there a student bingo ice breaker PDF?
Yes, through your browser. Press Print 4 cards (the button follows your count) and choose Save as PDF in the print window. Every card in the set goes into one file, one to a page, with room in each square for a name.
Can a teacher start from a blank card?
Yes. Press Empty the list, then the print button, for blank 4 × 4 cards to fill in by hand. To write every square yourself, type 16 or more lines, one per square, never a child's name. Number cards are on the bingo card generator.