Congnitive & Creativity in Early Childhood - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.

1. What type of play helps toddlers explore with their hands and senses?
   Messy Play
2. What kind of space do teachers create to spark thinking and curiosity?
   Creative Environment
3. What is the term for how children think, learn, and understand?
   Cognitive Development
4. What stage (ages 7–11) includes logic and cause-effect thinking
   Concrete Operational Stage
5. What stage (ages 12+) includes abstract and future thinking?
   Formal Operational Stage
6. What do educators use to track if a child is meeting expected cognitive skills at a certain age?
   Developmental Milestones
7. What can you fill with rice to make a musical shaker?
   Rice Bottle or Shaker
8. What cognitive skill helps children recall past experiences?
   Memory
9. What part of cognitive development involves speaking and understanding?
   Language Development
10. What should be avoided to not limit creative exploration?
    Over-structuring Activities
11. What stage (ages 0–2) involves learning through the senses?
    Sensorimotor Stage
12. What function helps children with planning, self-control, and organization?
    Executive Functioning
13. What activity includes drawing, painting, and cutting?
    Visual Arts
14. What type of play includes pretending to be a doctor or chef?
    Dramatic Play
15. . What is the educator’s role in supporting creativity and cognitive growth?
    Guide and Encourager
16. What skill allows children to find solutions to challenges?
    Problem Solving
17. What is needed to focus on tasks without being distracted
    Attention
18. What activity involves dancing, rhythm, and instruments?
    Music & Movement
19. What activity helps build language and imagination through words?
    Storytelling
20. What type of play allows children to explore real-life roles like being a doctor or chef?
    Role Play
21. What should educators focus on when children create art?
    Process Over Product
22. What improves when children make up or retell stories?
    Storytelling Skills
23. What is the ability to think in original, new ways?
    Creativity
24. Which stage (ages 2–7) includes imagination and symbols
    Preoperational Stage