Farm animal bingo for preschool: printable sound game

Farm animal bingo for preschool: printable sound game tips

• Make each sound twice, slowly, before you say the animal's name. The pause gives children time to link a moo or a baa to the picture, and saying the name afterward confirms the match for anyone who guessed wrong.
• Babies are the tricky squares, because a lamb and a sheep make the same sound. Call them with a hint, such as a tiny baa and the words 'the sheep's baby', and let children choose between the two pictures. That small decision is where the vocabulary sticks.
• The farm objects have no sound of their own, so give each one a short clue instead: 'the farmer drives me through the field' for the tractor, 'the cows drink from me' for the water trough, 'I carry eggs from the henhouse' for the egg basket.
• Once the group knows the sounds, hand the calling to a child. Doing the rooster's crow or the donkey's hee-haw in front of the class is a big moment for a four-year-old, and everyone else gets to guess along.
• Mark squares with small farm toys or animal crackers instead of chips. Setting a plastic horse on the horse picture gives restless hands a job and repeats the name one more time.

Best for

Ages

3 to 6 years, preschool and kindergarten

Group size

4 to 20 children, with one adult caller per group of about 8

Duration

10 to 15 minutes for one card, 20 to 25 minutes for a full set of rounds