(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.
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I know we are failing, truly I do I know what we've lost and how the years flew.
I have lots of wisdom to share to help you be free!
To be old in a nursing home is not so much fun Sitting in wheelchairs till anyone comes.
"I won, I did, you know you are wrong!" The students nod, pretend, and follow along..
At first they are frightened and a tiny bit shy, glancing around, I think they might cry.
Why else would they be here, where we all wait?
They call out a number and watch who needs help, A card becomes full and a resident yelps.
Then they approach, smile, and say "Hi!" We smile back and answer...or try.
I thank them for this gift, their sharing their lives
They acted in kindness not knowing it hurt, To realize they knew she wasn't alert...
Thanks once again for a lovely morning, My wishes go with you, my dreams adorning...
These students make me forget where I am for a time, They laugh, they talk, they make me alive.
To the fact she had no idea what number they called.
So if they pretend she won, I won't put up a fuss.
So good-bye my friends, come back and visit me,
Sooner than we wish for and life changes once more, No longer able to do the things we dream for.
So, I hope they have learned a lesson from me, Live life to the fullest and with your love be free!
Remembering, mourning, reliving our fate?
They rush over and check to see if we're right,
They set up BINGO and pass us a card, Not knowing that for some of us this game will be hard.
And hope they live life to the fullest because old age arrives.
Along comes students full of hopes and dreams, assigned to experience life in a nursing home, it seems.
They are kind, patient, and caring to us,
Oops, Mabel covered a wrong number and puts up a fight.