Get to Know You Bingo for Students
A ready-to-print get to know you bingo for the first day of school, a new class or a club meeting. Students walk around, ask classmates questions and collect names, so everyone learns a few names and facts in one activity.
How to play Get to Know You Bingo
- Pick a set of squares in the toolbar: Everyone, Work & Meetings, Classroom, Kids, Church & Youth Group or Virtual Meeting, or write your own squares.
- Press Print cards to print a different card for every player (one card per page), or have everyone open this page on their own phone.
- Players mingle and ask each other questions. When someone matches a square (“Find someone who… has been on a boat”), write that person’s name in it.
- Each person can sign only one square on your card, so you have to talk to lots of people. For a group of fewer than about 10, allow each name twice.
- The first player to fill a full line across, down or corner to corner shouts “Bingo!” and introduces the people in their line.
Controls
- Tap or click a square to write a name in it
- Tap a filled square to change or clear the name
Tips
- For younger students, switch to the Kids set and the 4×4 card.
- Model it first: ask the class “Who has a pet?” and show how to write a name in the square.
- Afterwards, call out a square and have students share who they found, which helps everyone learn names.
- Students who finish early can try to fill the whole card.
Get to know you bingo squares for students
Squares from the Classroom set, written for upper elementary to high school.
- Find someone who has a pet dog
- Find someone who has a pet cat
- Find someone who likes math class best
- Find someone who loves art class
- Find someone who loves science experiments
- Find someone who plays soccer
- Find someone who plays basketball
- Find someone who went swimming this summer
- Find someone who read a book over the summer
- Find someone who has been to a summer camp
- Find someone who can name 10 countries
- Find someone who plays an instrument
- Find someone who sings in a choir
- Find someone who likes to draw comics
- Find someone who has a library card
- Find someone who has visited a museum
- Find someone who went to the beach this summer
- Find someone who has ridden a roller coaster
- Find someone who likes mystery books
- Find someone who has written a story
- Find someone who knows a magic trick
- Find someone who can count to 10 in 2 languages
- Find someone who packs lunch from home
- Find someone who walks or bikes to school
FAQ
What is get to know you bingo?
A classroom version of human bingo: each square describes something a classmate might have done or like, such as “has read a book twice”. Students find a classmate for each square and write their name in it.
Which grades is it for?
The Classroom set suits about grade 3 to grade 12. For kindergarten to grade 2, use the Kids set on a 4×4 card, which uses short words young readers can manage.
Can I make my own icebreaker bingo card?
Yes. Choose Your own squares (or press Edit squares), type one square per line and print. If you write fewer than 24 squares, the rest are filled from a ready-made set.
Can I print icebreaker bingo cards as a PDF?
Yes. Press Print cards, choose how many cards, then pick Save as PDF as the printer. Each card is shuffled, so no two players have the same layout.
How long does icebreaker bingo take?
Plan 10 to 15 minutes for a 5×5 card in a room of 20 to 40 people. Use a 4×4 card or stop at the first bingo for a quicker round.