Free cards + classroom lesson
Weather Picture Bingo
For Primary and ESL
Review everyday weather words with recognisable visual cues.
- ✓ Four different printable cards
- ✓ Large picture caller sheet
- ✓ A4 landscape, four cards per page
- ✓ 12-minute lesson and eight caller prompts
- ✓ Separate two-page printable teacher guide
- ✓ No account or email required
Same eight pictures and words, 50 shuffled layouts. A4 PDF, one-time payment.
Download the free teacher guide (PDF) · Read the lesson
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What children practise
How to use the pack
- 1. Print page one at 100% on A4 paper.
- 2. Cut the four cards apart and give one to each player.
- 3. Use page two to call, show or describe each item.
- 4. Play for the first row, column or diagonal. Cards have different arrangements but share the same eight items, so full-house games finish together and line wins may tie.
Suggested 12-minute lesson · 1–4 players
Teach the words. Then play.
Use everyday weather vocabulary and separate a picture symbol from an observation.
Learning goals
- Match a weather word to its agreed picture symbol.
- Use a phrase such as 'It is cloudy' to describe a picture or today's observed conditions.
Before the lesson
- Print the pack on A4 landscape, cut out the cards and prepare counters.
- Keep the caller sheet. Plan a brief look through a window or use a teacher-chosen weather photograph.
Use large, age-appropriate counters. The card PDF is two A4 landscape pages; the teacher guide is a separate two-page A4 portrait PDF.
0-3 min
Rehearse the symbols
Show Sunny, Rainy, Snowy, Windy, Cloudy, Stormy, Rainbow and Hot. Agree the intended word for each picture. Model 'It is ...' for condition words.
3-5 min
Demonstrate a call
Give out the cards, mark FREE and show a winning line of three. Say 'Cloudy', show its tile and model a match.
5-9 min
Play a vocabulary round
Shuffle tiles and call one exact label at a time. Use descriptive prompts only after direct words are familiar. Record calls and check any winning lines.
9-12 min
Observe and explain
Look through a window or at a weather photo. Ask which words fit and what children can actually observe. Discuss why a picture of sunshine alone does not tell us the temperature.
Caller prompts for all eight items
The labels below match the downloadable cards. Start with the direct label, then use the suggested prompt when it fits your group. Keep called tiles aside so you can check a winning line.
| Card label | What to say or demonstrate |
|---|---|
| Sunny | Find Sunny: the symbol shows the sun. |
| Rainy | Find Rainy: rain is falling. |
| Snowy | Find Snowy: snow is falling. |
| Windy | Find Windy: moving air is represented. |
| Cloudy | Find Cloudy: the symbol shows a cloud. |
| Stormy | Find Stormy: the symbol includes lightning. |
| Rainbow | Find Rainbow: a coloured arc is shown. |
| Hot | Find Hot: the thermometer represents temperature. |
Vocabulary list to copy into your own activity
One item per line. You can select this list and copy it into the word caller or a custom card activity.
Make the activity fit your learners
Add support
Show the tile with the word and model a short phrase. Allow pointing rather than a full sentence.
Offer a challenge
Ask pupils to describe two conditions together, such as cloudy and windy. Compare the day's observation with the simplified symbols.
A quick learning check
Can a child name one observed condition and explain their evidence? Check that Sunny and Hot are not being treated as the same word.
Playing with more than four children?
The free set has four layouts. You can play in pairs, rotate a small group, or print extra copies and explain that some players share a card. The optional 50-card pack gives more shuffled layouts of the same eight items. All cards share the vocabulary, so line wins may tie and full-house games finish together.
Before you call, show a winning pattern. For this shared eight-item set, a row, column or diagonal of three is a useful starting rule.