Game Reviews-Cookie Monster's Letter of the Day Bingo

By Claudea Blythe

Bingo is an all time favorite of many children including preschoolers. What better way to play the game than with Sesame Streets' Cookie Monster's Letter of the Day Bingo?

About The Game

Cookie Monster's Letter of the Day Bingo by Sesame Street provides two exciting ways to play the game. The first way is with letter matching and the second is by word matching. The game allows for up to twenty players and is recommended for players four years old and up. Included in the game are 10 letter bingo cards, 10 word bingo cards, 26 letter call-out pieces, 180 "cookie" bingo markers and 1 bingo tally sheet. 

How To Play

Decide whether to play the game with the letter bingo cards or the word-with-picture bingo cards. Choose someone to be the "caller" who will call out the letters to the players from the 26 letter call-out pieces.

Each player chooses their bingo card and receives some of the cookie markers to begin play. The caller will use the bingo tally sheet to place the letters that have been called on for verification. When the caller announces a letter each player will then look for the letter on his/her bingo card. If the called letter matches a letter on the players bingo card, they may cover the letter with a cookie marker.

This will continue until a player has four spaces in a row covered, which can be horizontal, vertical, or diagonal.  Once a player has four horizontal, vertical, or diagonal spaces covered, they may yell out "BINGO!" The player must then read off the four letters or word-with-pictures in a row that make up the bingo. According to the Sesame Street Cookie Monster's Letter of the Day Bingo instructions, the caller will refer to the tally sheet for accuracy. If the letters called match the letters on the card, there is a winner.  

From the Reviewer

Cookie Monster's Letter of the Day Bingo, by Sesame Street is a great way to engage your preschooler in a game that all ages enjoy. Preschoolers love to play this game over and over again for the chance to say "BINGO!" In addition to the loads of fun this game provides, it is also educational. I've found it helpful to start younger preschoolers off with just the letter cards and then move on to the word-with-picture cards, which are slightly more challenging. 

Cookie Monster's Letter of the Day is an inexpensive game that provides hours of fun. One consideration when purchasing the game is the 180 cardboard cookie markers that need to be disconnected at the perferated lines. I simply turned the work of getting the pieces apart into a racing game with my preschooler, and she enjoyed every minute of it! 

When I first started playing this game with my preschooler, she wanted to be the caller but lacked strong letter recognition skills. I explained to her that she'd get a chance to be the caller once she learned all of her alphabet a little better.  This was a huge incentive for my preschooler to learn her alphabet. I felt so excited the day that she was able to be the caller and she was quite proud of herself too! 

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