Black History Bingo Cards

Black history often gets shoved into certain times of year like Black History Month or around major holidays like Juneteenth, but of course all history is all the time history and shouldn’t be thought of only when those days come on the calendar.

This Black history heroes bingo game is both educational and fun. It includes 50 different people who made a mark on history, with icons and their names representing them on the bingo cards, as well as sheets that give a brief explanation of the person listed.

(I do have to object to the description of Bass Reeves as someone who a bridge is named after; he was born a slave and became the first Black US Marshal to work west of the Mississippi. But most of the descriptions look pretty solid.)

The cards are laminated, which is nice, and offer an easy way for kids and adults alike to learn a little Black history while playing. And there are 30 cards so it’s great for classroom use.

You can purchase a set for yourself or your classroom from Thematic Living on Etsy.

[Photo: Thematic Living.]

Looking for more resources on Black history month? Check out these Black history learning resources.

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Celebrating Juneteenth with Kids

I’m in deep denial about the fact that new year is almost upon us again! It’s been the fastest and the longest year at the same time, and I can look back and see some good things as well as some things I wish had gone differently.

Doing a year in review with your kids — whether in the classroom or at home — is a good way to capture some of their memories and the things they really liked about the year gone by.

There are a lot of different printable year in review worksheets you can use if you want to make this super easy. Here are links to a few (often part of larger posts about NYE celebrations with kids that are worth a read, too):

Teach Beside Me has lots of fun printables fro the end of the year, including a year in review that covers favorite memory, funniest memory and the best book they read, among other topics.
NurtureStore‘s version has space for a self-portrait and prompts like favorite toy, best day out this year and future dream job.
Remember favorites, their “best idea” of the year and have room for setting goals for next year with this one from The Keele Deal.
The year in review from Yes We Made This has room for drawing or writing and includes things like something they learned, a memory they made and a place they visited.

Of course you could pretty easily make your own year in review for the whole family to do that asks questions based on what you most want to remember. (Favorite video game? Best friend? Favorite family memory?)

And if after the year in review you’re ready to look ahead a bit, Mrs. Merry has new year’s resolution printables to inspired kids to look ahead and set goals for things they want to try. You can totally fill this one out as a grownup, too.

[Photo: Mrs. Merry]

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