Term 2 wrapped up in a happy blur, and now a short holiday has begun. We haven't signed up for any holiday programmes this time, so we're filling the days with small things instead.
With Terms 3 and 4 ahead, I'd love for the children to grow a little more confident reading and writing in English. And from late July I'll be starting my placement, so before that begins I want to spend a bit more unhurried time with them. What I keep coming back to are the quiet activities — reading together, making books, writing.
The holiday isn't long, but I'd love for us to read more, so I've put together a set of Reading Bingo cards. My children have very firm reading habits — the same few favourites, over and over — and their attention drifts more and more from books to devices. So I made four kinds of Reading Bingo for them, and I'm sharing them here.
Free Download: Reading Bingo Templates
Four cards, four ways in. Reading at home in all sorts of spots and ways. Reading out and about around the neighbourhood. Reading across different genres. Reading through different settings and worlds.
No set order, no rush — one square at a time, one small memory at a time. I hope that at the end of this short holiday, we'll meet children who've grown a step closer to books.
Download the full set below — all four cards in one file, in colour and black & white. Print at A4, two or four cards per page.
☑️ Reading Bingo — Full Set (colour)
☑️ Reading Bingo — Full Set (black & white)
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한국어 요약
Term 2가 즐겁게 마무리되고 짧은 방학이 시작됐다. 이번엔 홀리데이 프로그램을 신청하지 않아서 작은 일들로 하루하루를 채우고 있다. 7월 말부터 실습이 시작되기 전에, 아이들과 서두르지 않는 시간을 조금 더 보내고 싶었다. 자꾸 돌아가게 되는 건 조용한 활동들이다. 같이 읽고, 책을 만들고, 쓰는 일.
우리 아이들은 읽는 습관이 아주 굳어 있다. 같은 책 몇 권만 반복해서 읽고, 관심은 점점 책에서 기기로 옮겨 간다. 그래서 Reading Bingo 카드 네 종류를 만들었다. 집 안 여러 자리에서 읽기, 동네를 다니며 읽기, 여러 장르로 읽기, 여러 배경과 세계를 읽기. 정해진 순서도 서두름도 없이 한 칸씩, 작은 기억 하나씩이다.
네 장을 한 파일로 묶어 컬러와 흑백 두 가지로 올려 두었다. A4로 한 장에 두 칸이나 네 칸씩 인쇄하면 된다. 워터마크 제거와 수정, 재배포는 허용하지 않는다.
Yussi
Writer · Social work student, Massey University
A mother of three girls and a Korean immigrant making Mairangi Bay home — writing about starting school, home learning and everyday life on Auckland's North Shore.
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- What is a Reading Bingo card?
- A grid of small reading challenges — no set order, no rush, one square at a time. Ours comes in four kinds: reading at home in different spots and ways, reading out and about around the neighbourhood, reading across genres, and reading through different settings and worlds.
- How do I print the Reading Bingo templates?
- Download the full set — all four cards in one file, in colour or black and white — and print at A4, two or four cards per page.
- Can I edit or share the Reading Bingo cards?
- They are free to download and print for your own family. Watermark removal, modification and redistribution are not permitted.
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