Five Senses Bingo Cards (free printable, 30 cards)
Thirty-six five-senses words on unique printable cards: the sense organs, the senses, and the describing words (loud, soft, sour, bright) that go with each one.
36 items · a 5 × 5 card with a free space needs 24 or more. More items make the cards differ.For review bingo, type answer | clue (“56 | 7 × 8”): the card shows the answer, the caller reads the clue. Two columns pasted from a spreadsheet work too. Start a line with an emoji (“🐶 dog”) for a picture square.
Showing 4 of 31 pages. (Print always prints every page.)
To save a PDF, choose Print, then “Save as PDF” as the printer. Only the sheets print.
30 different cards. No two are the same. The card number and set number on every card let the caller check a winner (press C while calling).
About this set
The five senses are one of the first science units children meet, and the vocabulary is what makes them think. This list gives the body parts (eyes, ears, nose, tongue, skin, fingertips), the senses themselves (sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch) and the words children use to describe what each one tells them: bright, dark and sparkle for sight, loud, quiet and whisper for hearing, soft, rough, smooth, sticky, hot and cold for touch, and sweet, sour, salty, bitter and crunchy for taste. A few real things (a bell, popcorn, a lemon, fresh bread, flowers) let students connect a word to an experience, and the bingo format keeps them listening carefully.
Grades: Pre-K to 3rd grade. Best in: September, October.
Which sense? When a word is called, students say which sense it belongs to (“sour”: taste) before covering the square, or hold up the right number of fingers.
Mystery bag: put a soft, a rough and a smooth object in a bag and let a student feel one and describe it, and the class covers the word they think it is.
Quiet minute: when “quiet” is called, the whole class listens silently for sixty seconds and lists the sounds they hear.
Describe it: the winner picks a word on their winning line and says a sentence using it about something in the room.
Kindergarten version: make 3 × 3 cards from the nine easiest words (eyes, ears, nose, tongue, skin, loud, soft, sweet, cold) and hold up a picture for each call.
Do I need to give students anything to taste or smell?
No. The cards use words and pictures only. If you add a tasting or smelling activity of your own, check for food allergies first, and offer a choice to any student who prefers not to take part.
Is it true that different parts of the tongue taste different things?
No, that is a myth. Every part of the tongue that has taste buds can taste sweet, sour, salty and bitter. The “tongue map” is still in some old textbooks, so it is a good fact for the class to test and correct.
Can I change the words?
Yes. The 36 words are in the box above the cards. Delete, add or edit any line and the cards are rebuilt at once. Nothing is saved on our servers.
How do I call the game?
Press “Call the game”. Each press of the space bar tumbles the ball cage and pops out the next item in very large type, with the list of items already called beside it. Press C and type a card number to check a winner, P to change the win pattern, V to have each call read aloud, and F to fill the projector.
How do I save the cards as a PDF?
Press Print and choose “Save as PDF” as the printer. Each page can also be saved as a PNG picture from under its preview.
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