Music Is Fun – The Easiest Music Bingo Game

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Today’s Throwback Thursday is an easy music bingo game for beginners called Music Is Fun. There are 10 bingo boards and teacher direction (calling) cards included in this game. The boards are different colors and numbered to make it easier if students trade cards when they play again. If you have a large group or a summer camp, you will appreciate that!

I originally made this bingo game because I needed a very easy game for a group lesson with my beginning students. Most of the symbols in this game are terms students learn in the first pages of their lesson book. The piano keys are included in black key groups of two and three to help students understand that concept. Other terms are measure, bar line, treble clef, bass clef, beginning rhythm notes, notes in a line and space, tie, and a few more symbols.

If you are new to teaching, here are some hints when you play this game.

Don’t worry if your beginners don’t know all of the symbols. Help them out while they play and they will learn them. It’s perfectly OK to tell them the answer. Think of it as a guided learning activity. This isn’t  family game night; you’re trying to teach music concepts. Children learn faster in an activity than a page in a book.

I try to make sure they win as much as possible. Young children, because of their development stage, will not want to play if they don’t win often. Older students take winning and losing more in stride.

If I have a child in a group who really seems lost, I partner them with another helpful child and that really makes them feel a lot better. No child want to be the only one in the group who doesn’t get it.

Also, young children might not know what bingo is, so be prepared to show them how to play!

OBJECTIVES

• To introduce new musical symbols and terms.
• To reinforce musical symbols.

WHY I LIKE THIS GAME

• Students love Bingo.
• With only 9 squares, this is a very fast bingo game.
• Beginning students can play.