Money BINGO

Money bingo - amounts less than $1.

 

Money Bingo shows groups of coins on the bingo card that match amount less than $1. Students count the coins when an amount is called and cover that square on their card if it matches.

I'm always on the lookout for games that can be played in more than one way and games that have to do with money, since I work with it so much. This one caught my eye because it says Play 6 Ways on the front of the box. A little misleading in my mind because it just means six different patterns you can use to win. In that case every bingo game plays at least six ways, and 5 x 5 cards many more.

This game is coins only (penny, nickle, dime, quarter), and does not show the different variations for fronts and backs that we have now. The coins are pictures of the real thing and are all printed head side only. Most of the coins overlap, some of the coins are almost wholly hidden, but show just enough to tell what they are. The cards measure 9" x 6.5" and have eight squares each, which is a little odd for a bingo card. All game pieces are made from a card stock.

The bingo "chips" are red circles that you will punch out before playing. They measure about 1 1/16" in diameter. You can see them in the image above. You can also see the calling card for 75 cents in the image above. There are 25 calling cards total and amounts range from 5 cents to 99 cents. They all have the decimal and dollar sign on them, no cents signs. These cards measure 2 1/4" x 2 1/8" and will also have to be punched out before play. 

There is a large folded sheet that shows each amount and you can place each calling card on the matching amount on this sheet after you call it if you want. You can also see it in the image above. The back of the instruction sheet shows every card (they are numbered in the bottom right hand corner) and all eight amounts, so you can offer help if needed without taking the time to add all the coins yourself. A nice feature.

The six variations for a bingo that they offer are across the top, across the bottom, four in the middle, two on each end, a full card and any way you want.

 

Object:
Be the first to win a bingo by lining up chips on your card in the pattern that is determined before the game begins.

Set up:
Give each person one card and several bingo chips. Turn all the calling cards face-down on the table and mix them. Determine which game you will play (which pattern you will watch for). Set out the large calling card sheet if you are going to use it.

Play:
One person is named the caller. It can be a player or someone who does not play, just calls the amounts. The caller mixes all the calling cards, face-down on the table. They choose one and read the amount. All players check their card to see if they have that amount. This may will require adding amounts in several squares. All players that find the amount on their card covers it with a chip. If players do not find the exact amount, they wait for the next amount to be called. All players play in this fashion until someone lines up their chips on their card in the correct pattern and yells BINGO.  

To see a list of money games, click here.

Try this:

• Know all the coins, values and how to count them before playing.
• Practice recognizing a winning pattern before playing. Cover a pattern with markers on a card so the individual can see what it will look like. Then set up several cards with multiple markers and a win embedded on each one and ask the player to find it. Work until they are proficient at spotting the winning pattern.
• Watch for only one BINGO direction at a time until they are familiar with them all before trying the "win any way" version.
• Stop occasionally and check the player's card. Ask them to point out places where they only need one more to win a bingo. Or point out possible bingos and ask how many more will be needed to win or which squares will need markers to win in that direction etc.
• Use other things that you have a lot of for markers like paper clips, dried beans, pennies, or small candies. Ask the players to hold a small stack of the pieces in-hand as they play, pushing them to the fingertips and off, one at a time, to place.
• Visualize the pattern you are playing for as a bingo and do not mark squares that aren't part of the pattern, even if the amounts match. 
• Display a black and white card with the BINGO pattern for each game highlighted in yellow. You can just make them with a black marker on white paper or draw them on the board.
• Pick the pieces off the card after each game, squirreling them into the palm. Try to pick them all up without dropping any.
• Place the bingo chips that are included with the game flat on the table next to the player so that they will have to pick them up off a flat surface.
• Forget the calling cards if playing with one or just a few people and you can see all their cards. Look at the cards and count out exact coins that match one of the squares. Ask the player(s) to count the coins you have laid out and then check their card for that amount or coin configuration. If matching coins, go over the amount several times verbally to help them remember when they look away, such as "three pennies, 2 dimes, 1 nickle". Then cue them to choose one coin, such as three pennies. Check for that amount on each square and if it does not have that exact amount, move on to the next square, instead of trying to count all the coins. Add in random amounts between matches for more practice counting.
• Cue the individual that if the amount does not end with a 5 or a zero, there will be pennies involved and vice versa. That way they can eliminate having to count so many squares to check for the amount.
• Cue the individual that if they are counting and the amount goes over the amount that was called they can quit counting and move to the next square. 
• Work on visual discrimination, visual closure, figure ground, manual dexterity, in-hand manipulation, money skills, process skills, socialization skills, executive functioning skills, play and leisure exploration and participation
  

In the box: 36 bingo cards, 25 calling cards, reference sheet, calling mat, chips

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