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Book Bingo: a reading bingo card for kids
A 5 by 5 card of kinds of books (a true book, a fairy tale, a book about a pet, a book that happens at night). Read one that fits a square and it gets a stamp. The middle square is free.
The rules
What counts. One book for one square. Tap the square first, then the book: Peabody shows the stories that fit it. A book from somewhere else can fill a square too.
The finish. Five in a row is a Bingo, and the card is ready to print. All 25 squares earns the certificate.
Who it is for. Readers 6 to 14 who like to choose: the squares push gently towards kinds of books a child might not pick alone.
How the tracker works
- Pick your animal. Brothers and sisters each pick their own, up to six on one device, and nobody types a name.
- Tap Log a book and tap the book: a Peabody story at your level, a book from one of Peabody's kids' lists, a book from a series, or, with a grown-up, a book from somewhere else.
- Watch the picture fill. Read on more than one day in a row and the dots show your streak.
- Print the chart or your log at any time. The certificate lights up at the finish line, and only there.
Everything is kept on this device. Nothing a child logs is sent anywhere: Peabody counts that a book was logged in this challenge, and nothing about the book or the reader. Just want paper? The bingo card prints on its own.
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Running this with a class or a club? Print the class wall chart (thirty readers, ten squares each) for the classroom version; the leaders' page has the sign-up sheet and the class log. Need a book? What should I read next asks three questions.