Practice that feels like a game
Bingo makes children read every word on their card again and again while they listen for the next one. It works for a whole class, a small group or a family game night.More word games
Try the word search maker, the crossword maker and sight word worksheets.Singapore curriculum links
- Primary 1–2The EL Syllabus 2020 builds beginning reading through quick, accurate word recognition.
- ListeningListening and Viewing is one of its six areas of language learning: bingo asks children to hear a word and find it in print.
- K1–K2For number bingo, the NEL Framework expects children to recognise numerals and number words.
The ready-made sight word lists on this maker (pre-primer and primer) are American lists. The Singapore EL syllabus does not set a fixed sight word list, so many teachers here type their own: words from the class reader, this week’s spelling list, or words from a current topic.
For maths, try number bond bingo. Call “7 and what make 10?” and put the missing parts on the cards, so children practise the bonds they use all through Primary 1.
Summarised in our own words from the MOE English Language Syllabus 2020 (Primary) and the Nurturing Early Learners Framework (2022).
