2025 Ohio 4-H Project Bingo 
Bingo is a fantastic learning tool for Cloverbud members because it makes word recognition, vocabulary building, and phrase comprehension engaging and interactive. Instead of traditional memorization, children actively listen for words, terms, or phrases and connect them to what is on their bingo cards. This helps reinforce spelling, pronunciation, and word association in a fun way. By repeatedly seeing and hearing the words, Cloverbuds develop stronger reading skills and improve their ability to recognize common sight words, new vocabulary, or subject-specific terms like science or math concepts.
The bingo used in this activity focuses on Ohio 4-H projects and helps to introduce Cloverbuds to the next phase of their 4-H membership. Learning about the wide variety of 4-H projects helps Cloverbuds discover new interests and make informed choices when the time comes to select projects. Knowing the range of projects available can help members stay engaged in 4-H by finding new challenges and opportunities each year.
Bingo Game Instructions
- Print Your Bingo Cards & Caller’s Card – This lesson includes 30 different bingo cards. You can print all the cards or just what you need for your group.
- Optional Sight Caller Cards – Depending upon the age of your Cloverbuds, they might need help reading and identifying the project Bingo words. This lesson includes an optional set of words you can print and cut apart for the game. This makes it easier to hold up the word in front of the group and help the Cloverbuds find and identify the word on their bingo card.
Materials Needed
- Bingo cards. One card for each Cloverbud
- Chips, coins, dried beans, or something to mark spaces (or use pencils to cross them off).
- Calling cards or optional sight caller cards. The leader will say a flight word from the calling card or draw a sight word from deck of words. Players will match and find the flight word on their bingo card.
Game Tips
- Talk about each of the 4-H project words and explain more about what might be involved with the project.
- Keep it simple and start with a bingo as across, down, diagonal, or cover all.
- Encourage cheering as Cloverbuds find the projects!
Source: This game of Ohio 4-H Project Bingo was created at myfreebingocards.com
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