Kansas Bingo
Use the Bingo Caller’s Card to call the bingo game and the Caller’s Check list to keep track of what has been called. Kansas bingo includes 30 game cards. • Decide if the game will be played with paper or electronic game cards. When playing with paper game cards each player will need 24 markers to place on the squares as they’re called. Markers can be anything small such as bingo chips, a dried bean, or a piece of paper. When playing electronically players will need to be able to mark off the squares as they are called without saving the changed file. • Print one copy of the Checklist for each game being played. It will be written on. • Print one copy of the Caller’s Cards. Cut the Cards apart, fold them, and put them in a container to draw from. Playing the game: 1. Give each player a game card, and, if playing with a paper card, 24 markers. 2. Draw one Card, read it to those playing the game, and mark it off on the Checklist. 3. Players place a marker on their game card if they have a square matching the one called, or they mark it off if playing electronically. 4. Continue playing until someone gets 5 squares in a row on their game card covered with a marker or crossed off. A player with 5 in a row calls “Bingo.” 5. Double check the winning 5 in a row by having the person who called “Bingo” read them back to the Caller. Once the 5 in a row have matched the Checklist the player becomes the winner. 6. Everyone clears their scorecard and a new game begins.
Check List. Air Capital of Bleeding Cattle Trails First Governor Flint Hills Kansas Day the World Kansas
Mount President Railroads Smoky Hills State State Animal Sunflower Eisenhower Amphibian
State Banner State Bird State Capitol State Fish State Flag State Flower
State Flying State Grass State Insect State March State Marine State Mineral Fossil Fossil
State Motto State Red State Reptile State Rock State Seal State Soil Wine Grape
State Song State Tree State White Topeka Tornado Wheat State Wine Grape
Wizard of Oz
Caller’s Cards
Cut apart, fold, and place in a container to draw from.
Air Capital of the World Wichita is known as the Air Capital of the World because leaders in aviation built so many planes there.
Bleeding Kansas During Bleeding Kansas people in Kansas Territory struggled to decide the
future of slavery in Kansas. This “Admit me Free” flag was used as a campaign flag in the 1856 presidential election.
Cattle Trails Ranchers drove Texas cattle to northern markets along cattle trails. This was the start of cattle ranching in Kansas.
First Governor Charles Robinson was the first governor of Kansas.
Flint Hills The Flint Hills makes up the largest portion of the only native tallgrass prairie remaining in North America.
Kansas Day Kansas Day is the annual celebration of the day Kansas became a state, January 29, 1861.
Mount Sunflower At 4,039 feet above sea level, Mount Sunflower is the highest point in Kansas.
President Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th president of the United States, was the only Kansan elected to this office.
Railroads The construction of railroads in Kansas played an important role in settling Kansas.
Smoky Hills The Smoky Hills region is known for its unique rock formations like Mushroom Rocks in Ellsworth County.
State Amphibian The Barred Tiger Salamander became the state amphibian of Kansas in 1994.
State Animal The American bison is the state animal of Kansas. Large numbers of this animal once roamed the Kansas prairies.
State Banner The state banner of Kansas was adopted in 1925.
State Bird The Western Meadowlark became the state bird in 1937. Kansas students chose it in a statewide poll sponsored by the Kansas Audubon Society.
State Capitol The Kansas State Capitol is in Topeka. It houses the governor’s office, the Senate, and the House of Representatives.
State Fish The Channel Catfish became the Kansas state fish in 2018.
State Flag The Kansas state flag was adopted in 1927. The elements of the flag symbolize the state’s history.
Kansas Flower The Wild Native Sunflower was the first state symbol chosen for Kansas. It was adopted in 1903.
State Flying Fossil The Pteranodon was adopted as the state flying fossil in 2014.
State Grass Little Bluestem became the state grass in 2010. It represents the prairie ecosystem in Kansas.
State Insect The honeybee became the state insect of Kansas in 1976. Legislators indicated it is a strong hard worker with limitless abilities.
State March “The Kansas March” is one of two state marches. It was named the state march in 1935 and “Here’s Kansas” in 1992.
State Marine Fossil The Tylosaurus was named the state marine fossil in 2014. It is a giant mosasaur which lived in the great inland sea that once covered much of what would one day become Kansas.
State Mineral Galena became the state mineral of Kansas in 2018. It is a form of lead and was once mined in southeast Kansas.
State Motto The state motto, Ad astra per aspera (to the stars through difficulties) refers to the struggles Kansans went through to achieve statehood. It was adopted in May 1861, four months after Kansas became a state.
State Red Wine Grape Chambourcin was named the state red wine grape in 2019.
State Reptile The ornate box turtle became the state reptile in 1986 in celebration of the
125th anniversary of Kansas statehood.
State Rock Greenhorn limestone became the state rock in 2018. Created from the life once contained in the Western Interior Seaway, it is today used in construction, fenceposts, and artwork.
State Seal The symbolism in the state seal represents the history and hopes of Kansas settlers in May 1861 when it was adopted.
State Soil Harney Silt Loam became the state soil of Kansas. It is a soil with the qualities needed for a prairie ecosystem and representative of the state’s agricultural heritage.
State Song “Home on the Range” became the state song in 1947. The words and music for this song were created in Smith County.
State Tree The legislators called the Cottonwood tree “the pioneer tree of Kansas” in 1937 when they named it the state tree.
State White Wine Grape Vignoles became the state white wine grape of Kansas in 2019.
Topeka Topeka is the capital city of Kansas.
Tornado Kansas sits in the heart of “Tornado Alley,” and, since 1950, Kansas ranks among the states with the most F5/EF5 tornadoes in the nation.
Wheat State Kansas earned the nickname “Wheat State” by being one of the top wheat producing states in the nation.
Wizard of Oz In The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Dorothy longs to return to her home in
Kansas. She achieved her wish with a few clicks of her heels and the words, “There’s no place like home.”