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Human Bingo

Location: Indoors or Outdoors

Time: 15–20 minutes depending on number of participants

Materials: Human Bingo Handout (one per person)

Pen or pencil (one per person)

Small prizes for each win (candies, pens, stickers, or writing paper)

Objectives

• To promote healthy social skills and listening skills.

• To display the variety of talents and strengths of individuals.

Directions

1. Make copies of the Bingo cards. You may modify questions as needed.

2. Pass out the writing materials and the Bingo cards. A Bingo may depend on the size of the particular group. With a large number of people, you may ask that all squares be signed. Or, you may decide that any number of rows (diagonal, horizontal, vertical) may provide a win. Read the instructions aloud:

Find someone who has ever done or can do the thing described in each square.

Have this person sign the square.

Bingo wins!

Now go talk to each other!

Observations

This activity was done outside on a nice day and was an enjoyable warm-up. It was repeated at another type of rehabilitation center with equally positive results.

Inspired by: Icebreaker activities done in social work graduate school at the University of Texas at Arlington and the popularity of Bingo games in the treatment center.

Human Bingo HANDOUT

Find someone who has done these things and have him or her sign the square.