This is an Earth Day bingo game built for older adults, not a classroom lesson about sorting the recycling. Thirty-two photographs of the natural world and how we live in it — the bee, the seed, the stream, the meadow, the coal, the recycling bin, the wolves that were nearly gone from this country and came back — each printed with its name underneath, so nobody has to guess what they're looking at.

**Your residents lived this story.**

They grew up with victory gardens and clothes that were mended rather than replaced. They took glass bottles back for the deposit. They had a coal man who came to the house. They were grown adults on the first Earth Day in 1970. Every other Earth Day printable teaches children something new; this one asks people who were there what they remember.

 *RECYCLE — "Three arrows chasing each other around a triangle. Glass, cans and paper into the green bin."*

>**Talk about it:** Do you remember taking glass bottles back for the deposit? What did you get for them?

**Written to keep the room easy.**

A few cards touch on climate and pollution. The clues simply describe what's in the picture, and the questions ask what your players saw and did — the winters where they grew up, the air where they worked, whose job it was to shovel the coal — not what anyone thinks about policy. Residents compare memories instead of arguing, which is what you want on an April afternoon. The facilitator guide says so too.

**WHAT YOU GET — one PDF, 32 pages, US Letter 8.5 x 11**

* 25 bingo cards, every one a different arrangement — verified, no duplicates, so no two players bingo on the same call

* 32 facilitator call cards, 6 to a page, with cut lines — picture, clue, and memory question

* 1 facilitator guide page: what you'll need, how to play, three game variations (Four Corners, Postage Stamp, Blackout), and notes on running the game for a mixed group

**PERFECT FOR**

Assisted living and memory care · senior centers and adult day programs · nursing home activity calendars · garden clubs and spring programming · church and community groups · hospice and volunteer visits

**HOW IT WORKS**

1. Buy and download — the PDF is in your Etsy downloads immediately

2. Print at home or at a copy shop. Print at 100% / "actual size," not "fit to page"

3. Cut the call cards apart, hand out the boards, and use pennies, dried beans, acorns, or bingo chips as markers

**PLEASE NOTE**

This is a digital download. No physical product will be mailed to you. You'll need a PDF reader (Adobe Reader is free) and a printer, or a copy shop. Colors may vary slightly from screen to print.

For personal and single-facility use — print as many copies as your residents or group need. Please don't resell, share the file, or redistribute it.

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