While walking through a junk shop this summer, I came across this beauty: An old-school BINGO ball dispenser. Whether or not to hand over $2.00 for this rusty (and, in some places, sticky) apparatus was a no-brainer. My kids are too young to play traditional BINGO but not too old to have tremendous fun with a turn-handle toy that spits out small colored balls. However, as all us parents know, any game with small pieces has about an average lifespan of 3 weeks in the hands of toddlers (if that!). Thank goodness for the iPad and piece-less BINGO apps! Whether your child knows their numbers and letters or not, there is a BINGO app out there for them. Here are just a few:
Bingo- by Horizon Business, Inc.
Straight to the point, this app is your good ol’ traditional Bingo. Select the operator and difficulty level in the Settings screen and then progress through the difficulty levels until you master the game. $0.99, 4+ rating
Math Bingo by ABCya.com
Once ranked a #1 Educational App, the object of Math Bingo is to get a pattern of five BINGO bugs in a row by correctly answering math problems. There are 5 games to choose from (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and mixed) and 3 different levels of difficulty (easy, medium, and hard). This app does not contain third-party ads or in-app purchases. $0.99, 4+ rating
Word Bingo by ABCya.com
Rated a Top 10 Educational App, Word Bingo features spoken sight words which your child then locates on the screen. Get four words correct vertically, horizontally, or diagonally to get BINGO and win. Choose from 7 different word lists (Pre-Primer, Primer, First Grade, Second Grade, Third Grade, Nouns, or All Words) featuring over 300 sight words. This app does not contain third-party ads or in-app purchases. $0.99, 4+ rating
Jr BINGO by ABCya.com
Developed for preschool kids to learn and practice colors, shapes, numbers, letters, and letter sounds, Junior Bingo features 10 shapes, 10 colors, both upper and lower case letters, and 100 numbers. This app does not contain third-party ads or in-app purchases. $0.99, 4+ rating
I-Spy Bingo Games by Regal Games, LLC
Perfect for long car trips or kids who can’t read, I-Spy Bingo Games features outdoor objects as the subject of their BINGO cards. This app supports 1 or 2 players. Simply look outside the car to see objects on the BINGO card and touch the screen to slide the shutter closed. First player to 5 in a row wins. $0.99, 4+ rating
