Sand Play Bingo

[30 Minutes]

Create a summer version of this favorite game. Bingo is loved by all ages! The object of this game is to match three in a row horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.

You'll need:

• pieces of cardboard • index cards • ruler • pen, markers, and crayons • sea shells or pebbles

What to do:

1. If possible, print out these directions. Read them through with your child.
2. With your child, gather everything you'll need.
3. Together with your child, make "bingo" boards. Using the ruler, create a grid of nine sections on each piece of cardboard.
4. Invite your child to draw pictures of things you would see or use while playing in the sand (for example: shell, sun, sand toy, sand castle, bucket, shovel, umbrella, towel, sunglasses, waves).
5. Let your child draw the items randomly in the squares on the grid, using the same pictures in different places on each piece of cardboard.
6. Draw a picture of each item on an index card.

How to play:

1. The next time you go to the beach, take along the bingo game.
2. When it is time to play, hand out a bingo board to each player.
3. Shuffle the index cards. One person calls out the name of an item on a card. If you can find the real item on the beach, everyone gets to place a shell or pebble on the picture on his/her board.
4. Sand Bingo happens when someone gets three shells or pebbles in a row, diagonally, vertically, or horizontally.

Let's Talk: Ideas to Explore Together.

• What types of things do you find at the beach? Which items should we draw for our bingo board?
• Who would you like to be first, the caller of the player?