Movement Bingo

Give family bingo night a new twist with this printable movement bingo game. Get in some exercise for the kids and yourself while you play this version of fitness bingo that everyone will enjoy. 

The kids love to play bingo. They take their personal boards, spot markers, and calling out a winning line so seriously. We have played many versions of bingo from fairy bingo to rocket bingo to Christmas bingo. Every single time we play, the kids just adore it. 

This was the same when I was a classroom teacher. Every time I pulled out some form of a bingo game, the students were just about 100% engaged and the air of the classroom instantly became a breath of fun. 

My only qualms with a bingo game is that it requires sitting for a longer period of time. This isn’t a problem, really, but I wanted to have a game on hand that got the kids moving more while playing their beloved bingo.

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More bingo games to love: 

• Winter Movement Bingo 
• Dance Bingo
• Halloween Movement Bingo

The goal of movement bingo is to get in a bit of exercise for kids and adults. Since everyone gets up to do the movement after each card is called, the game takes a little longer than regular bingo. That’s wonderful! When we played (twice in one day), the kids were laughing, chatty, and sweaty by the end. So was I!

Movement Bingo Skills

There are so many skills children are learning through movement bingo. 

• Matching. As you pick a call card, make sure everyone playing can see it. They can match the images on the call card with the one on their page.

• Two step directions. Since this game requires movement after each draw, players have to 1) find the match, 2) mark the match, and 3) do the movement. This is an excellent and tactile way to practice multi-step directions.

• Storytelling. Your kids will be familiar with some of these moves and want to tell you all about how they know them. For instance, the Butterfly got both my 6 year old and 4 year old talking about how they specifically learned to do it in gymnastics. 

• Body movement. Everyone is able to do these moves with different levels of skill. Letting your children practice how to move their bodies in these different ways in a safe environment gives them confidence to try something new and learn what they can do. 

• Reading. While each call card and game card has a visual of the movement, it also has the name written in the square. This is a great way for your readers to practice their literacy skills. 

• Turn taking. You can choose how you want to call each square with the call cards. When you let each player have a turn picking one, you add in some turn taking skills, which is always good for kids (and adults) to practice.

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How To Play

Once you have your game printed and read to go, you can play a few different ways. 

1. Every player picks their own bingo card to use. 

2. Put the call cards face down in a pile. (If you are neat and tidy like my husband and oldest daughter, you will have a pretty, lined-up stack. If you are a bit more free flow like me you will just have a pile.)

3. Choose if there will be one caller or if all the players will take turns. Pick a call card. 

4. Make sure everyone can see the call card so they can visually match it. 

5. Each player puts a spot marker on the movement if it is on their board. 

6. Each player does the move. You can choose here if everyone has to do the movement even if it is not on their card, or if you only do the movement if it is on your card. The kids were so excited about each movement that we all did each one no matter what. 

7. Continue to play until someone has 5 across, down, or diagonal and calls out, “Bingo!”

8. Play again! You can opt to play different variations of the game like 4 corners, black out, plus sign, or letter X.

How to Extend The Game

If traditional bingo is not quite enough for your crew, there are a few methods to change it up.

Option 1: Hide all the call cards around the house. Players have to find one call card at a time and match it to the bingo boards.

Option 2: Instead of calling out the picked call card, do it a bit like charades. The person who picked the card has to perform the move for the other players to guess before marking their boards.

Movement Bingo is also a square in the Summer Activity Bingo sheet, which you can download for free here.

What’s Included In Your Download

With your purchase and download of Movement Bingo, you get:

• 10 individual bingo cards
• 29 call cards spread on 3 pages

You will have lifetime access to Movement Bingo as you can simply save it to your computer. 

Supplies Needed

• White cardstock. You will need between 7-13 pages depending if you print two cards per page or use full pages.
• Color printer
• Laminator and laminating sheets. I highly recommend you laminate your bingo boards and call cards so you can play again and again. 
• Spot markers. I like these stones because you can see through them. You can also opt for a dry erase marker if you do laminate your cards. 
• Scissors

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