Time Bingo is a fun and interactive game that helps students consolidate their understanding of time while engaging in friendly competition. This hands-on resource challenges players to recognise and match times shown on analogue clocks to the hour, half-hour and quarter-hour – making it the perfect addition to your maths rotations or time-telling lessons.

With six unique bingo boards and a full set of matching time cards, Time Bingo is ideal for whole-class play, small groups, or one-on-one support. Whether used as a warm-up, revision activity or as part of a targeted lesson on telling time, students will enjoy the game-style approach while building fluency in reading analogue clocks.

This resource is suitable for students beginning to explore time or for those revisiting and consolidating their knowledge of hours, half-hours and quarter-hours. The game can be easily adapted to suit your learners and reused throughout the school year.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Read and interpret analogue clocks showing time to the hour
• ✅ Identify time to the half-hour and quarter-hour
• ✅ Reinforce time vocabulary through hands-on practice
• ✅ Develop time recognition fluency in an engaging context
• ✅ Apply time-telling skills in a fun, collaborative format

What’s Included:

• 6 unique printable Time Bingo game boards
• Calling cards featuring analogue clocks
• Suggested instructions for gameplay

Materials Needed:

• Printed bingo boards and time cards (preferably on thick cardstock)
• Counters, tokens, or small manipulatives for marking boards
• Optional: small containers or bags for drawing time cards

How to Use:

1. Distribute one bingo board and a set of counters to each student.
2. Draw time cards one at a time and display or read aloud to the class.
3. Students identify whether the time appears on their board and cover the matching space if it does.
4. The first student to complete a row, column or the full board calls out “Bingo!”

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Use as a maths warm-up at the start of a time unit
• 💡 Add to your maths rotations for small group revision
• 💡 Incorporate into early finisher tasks for meaningful consolidation
• 💡 Play in pairs or small teams to encourage cooperative learning

Top Teacher Tips:

• 💛 Laminate game boards and time cards for long-term use
• 💛 Vary difficulty by calling out digital times instead of showing clock faces
• 💛 Use blank boards for students to draw their own times before playing
• 💛 Assign as a centre game to revisit previously taught time concepts throughout the term

Time Bingo is a low-prep, high-engagement way to review and reinforce key time-telling skills. From hours to half-hours and quarter-hours, this game turns learning time into an exciting challenge students will ask to play again and again!