2.5y–4.2y10 minFree playArtFamily time
Sound-to-Letter Bingo
A simple homemade bingo game using letters and a few familiar words to support phoneme–grapheme correspondence through playful listening and matching.
What you'll need
Essentials
- paper and marker
- 6-9 small counters (buttons, bottle caps, cereal pieces)
- a flat surface (table or floor)
Nice to have
- crayons to decorate the bingo card
- a small bag to pull letters from (or you can point)
Movement level: false
What you'll do
The 4-step guide, with what to look for at each step, is for signed-in parents.
What it practices
- Recognises rhythm in spoken words.Observable behaviour from Development Matters
- Joins in with repeated refrains and anticipates key events and phrases in rhymes and stories.Observable behaviour from Development Matters
- Beginning to be aware of the way stories are structured.Observable behaviour from Development Matters
Where it comes from
- Source
- Development Matters in the EYFS (DfE, 2012)
- Original guidance
- “Play games like word letter bingo to develop children’s phoneme-grapheme correspondence.”
- License
- Open Government Licence v3.0
- Attribution
- © Crown Copyright 2012 (Development Matters in the EYFS, DfE)