This innovative game encourages pre-readers and early readers alike to match the pictures and words on their challenge cards with the tiles revealed in the Zingo! Zinger device. The first player with a full card wins the game by yelling “Zingo!” Two levels of play and several game variations keep the zaniness going for hours!
Evaluation comments:
This game is a lot of fun!
Instead of the typical combination of letters and numbers in regular bingo, this version uses pictures to match which is great for young kids. The name of each picture, e.g. ball, heart, star, is on each tile so it’s great for simple word recognition. Instead of a spinning basket of balls, these
yellow tiles are placed inside the “Zinger” which dispenses the game pieces. The tiles have a subtle curve at the top, so they must be loaded in the Zinger a certain way which ensures the images appear right side up when dispensed.
The tiles are also double-sided which makes sorting a breeze. Loading the tiles into the Zinger is very easy and the machine dispenses the tiles with an easy slide of the machine.
Everything is of excellent quality.
I love that the tiles are rigid and do not bend, and there is something very satisfying about loading and dispensing the tiles in the Zinger.
The game itself is fast-paced and engaging. I appreciate that there are different levels of competitiveness built into the card depending on which colored side you use.
We have a lot of time at home with the kids being out of school for the summer, so we are thriving off of games like these lately. We have played plenty of bingo before, but I really like this version for the kids.