
Environmental Print Bingo
Spot Me If You Can!
Beginner
Create a bingo card with your child by cutting out environmental print from packages found at home on their toys/books/movies/favourite foods.
Tip: Use the bingo card and together search around your home for various environmental prints. For example, the Disney logo on a DVD could be pointed out, so put a sticker or a stamp of the Disney logo on their bingo card.
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Intermediate
Create a bingo card with environmental print from businesses and street signs in the neighbourhood.
Tip: When walking or driving, bring along your bingo card. If for example you see a stop sign, have your child put a sticker, stamp, or drawing of the stop sign on their bingo card.
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Experienced
Create a bingo card with common environmental print images.
Tip: Allow for enough space below each image for your child to write what the logo represents. For example, an image of the Golden Arches would indicate the word McDonalds.
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Why is this important?
Early exposure to familiar and common environmental print, words, and symbols is an introduction to written language.
Reference: Giles, R. M., & Tunks, K. W. (2010). Children Write Their World: Environmental Print as a Teaching Tool. Dimensions of Early Childhood, v38 n3, 23–30.