Christmas Bingo

For grown-ups

Picture bingo for the last afternoon of term, a long car journey or the hour before relatives arrive. Print makes six different cards plus a sheet of calling cards to cut out, so a whole class can play at once without two children holding the same board. Caller mode turns a phone into the caller and reads each square aloud, which means a grown-up can run it from the kitchen. On screen a child plays a single card while Peabody calls. Easy is a three-by-three grid of pictures for children who cannot read; Hard is five by five with a free middle square; Super drops the pictures and uses words only. It practises matching, listening and, at Super, reading under a little pressure.