Geometry Bingo: shape bingo for kids
Shapes, faces-and-edges clues or rectangles are called. Find each one on your card. A free geometry bingo game for any device. Grades 1 to 4.
🧒 Kids: Look at the call, like “hexagon” or “faces on a cube”. Find it on your card and tap it. Fill a whole line to shout BINGO! 🎉
How to play
- Choose what is called (shapes, sides faces and edges, or area), the time per call and whether calls are read aloud.
- Press Start bingo. Your card is a 4 by 4 grid of shape pictures or numbers.
- A call is shown, like “hexagon”, “edges on a cube” or a rectangle. Find the answer on your card and tap it before the timer runs out.
- A wrong tap shakes the square; try again. If time runs out, the answer is shown and a new call is made.
- A full row, column or diagonal is BINGO!
What your child practices
Every call asks for one fact about shapes. The shapes setting puts 2D and 3D shapes on the card and calls their names (1.G.A.1, 2.G.A.1). The sides, faces and edges setting counts sides and corners of polygons and the faces, edges and vertices of cubes, prisms and pyramids (2.G.A.1). The area setting shows a labelled rectangle; find its area on a card of numbers (3.MD.C.7). Each shape is called by its most exact name, so a square is called “square”, not “rectangle”.
Which setting to choose
| Setting | Example | Good for | Learn it first |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shapes | “trapezoid”: find the trapezoid picture | Grades 1–3 | shapes for kids |
| Sides, faces and edges | “edges on a cube”: find 12 | Grades 2–4 | faces, edges and vertices |
| Area | a 4 by 6 rectangle: find 24 | Grades 3–4 | area |
Shapes is the first setting to try. Children who know their shapes can move on to sides, faces and edges, then area.
When your child gets bingo on Normal with no missed calls, try Shape Race for full speed.
Tips for parents
- Use “Relaxed” timing at first. Move to “Normal” when your child gets bingo with no missed calls.
- Turn on “Read calls aloud” so younger children hear each shape name.
- Keep a few real boxes, cans and balls nearby for the faces and edges setting.
- After bingo, look at the missed calls together and draw or build each one.
In the classroom
Project the game and play as a class. The computer calls, children find the answer on their own paper bingo cards, and the board on screen keeps everyone honest. Or let pairs play on tablets.
More geometry games and practice
Games: Shape Race · Shape Match · all geometry games · number sense games · all math games
Print it: the naming 2D shapes worksheet, the 3D shapes worksheet, the quadrilaterals worksheet and the area of rectangles worksheet, with answer keys, for practice away from the screen.
Practice: geometry practice · area and perimeter calculator · geometry quiz · geometry levels
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Questions parents ask
How do you play Geometry Bingo?
A shape name, a clue like edges on a cube, or a rectangle is called. Find the answer on your card and tap it before time runs out. A full row, column or diagonal wins.
Can the bingo calls be read aloud?
Yes, on most devices. Turn on “Read calls aloud” to hear each call, like “How many faces on a cube?”
What is on the bingo card?
Shape pictures in the shapes setting, and whole numbers in the other two. Every call has one answer on the card.
What grade is Geometry Bingo for?
Grades 1 to 4: shapes for grades 1 to 3, faces and edges for grades 2 to 4, and area for grades 3 and 4.
Is there a printable shape bingo?
This version is online. For paper practice, use the naming 2D shapes or area of rectangles worksheet.