Alphabet BINGO | Letter Recognition Game | Kindergarten Literacy Centre | Uppercase & Lowercase

Alphabet BINGO | Letter Recognition Game | Kindergarten Literacy Centre | Uppercase & Lowercase

Do your students love BINGO? It’s a familiar, hands-on way to practise finding and naming uppercase and lowercase letters.

It’s also easy to hand off. The game is simple enough to explain in a minute, so it works well for volunteers, co-op students or any other helping hands in your classroom. Just add chips and play.

Use it in literacy centres, in small groups, or as a no-fuss activity for helpers to run. It’s designed for Kindergarten (JK/SK) and also works for early Grade 1 review.

 

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How to play:

1. Give each student a mat (uppercase or lowercase, whichever suits them) and a few chips or counters.
2. Call a letter by pulling a letter manipulative or magnetic letter out of a bag, or by drawing a calling card.
3. Students find that letter on their mat and cover it with a chip.
4. Play until someone covers a row, or the whole mat if you’d like a longer game.

Playing a round together first helps students see how it works.

When I was in the classroom, I used letter manipulatives or magnetic letters pulled from a bag to call each letter. If you’d rather not gather your own, calling cards are included.

 

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What’s included:

• 8 uppercase BINGO mats
• 8 lowercase BINGO mats
• Every mat in both colour and black and white
• Letter calling cards
• 41-page printable PDF

Print on cardstock and laminate if you’d like to reuse the mats.

 

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Students practise

• Recognizing uppercase letters
• Recognizing lowercase letters
• Matching a called letter to the one on their mat

 

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Looking for more alphabet practice?

If your students enjoy BINGO, there are plenty of other hands-on ways to practise letters, and a few of them are free!

• See the Alphabet Centres Mega Bundle: 22 hands-on, fine-motor activities for letter recognition, letter formation and letter sounds, bundled for over 30% less than buying each one separately. It’s a good starting point if you’d like your alphabet centres planned in one place.
• Browse alphabet centre ideas for Kindergarten: A blog post full of simple centre ideas you can set up with familiar classroom materials, if you’d like to try a few before buying anything.
• Grab free Kindergarten resources: Over 100 free printables and activities, ready to download. Click the literacy tab and look under “alphabet” for alphabet freebies!

 

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I hope your students enjoy these!