Minibeasts Bingo Snap Matching Pair Card Games Picture cards Bugs Insects EYFS/KS1

Minibeasts, bugs, insects bingo game. Your students can also play Snap! and matching pair cards. Increase vocabulary of minibeasts.

Great value Minibeasts resource which contains:

• Teacher’s Notes
• 35 bingo cards labelled Card 1 to Card 35
• 30 different minibeasts call out cards
• 36 picture cards for a game of snap
• 36 picture cards with name labels which can also be used for snap

The pictures are photos of common invertebrates.

Preparation: Print onto card paper and laminate the bingo cards.
Laminate both sets of picture cards and cut out.

1. Play bingo as a whole class or children play in smaller groups.
2. Play ‘Snap!’
3. Matching card game - - Lay out, say, 10 sets of matching cards face down on the table - players take turns to turn over two cards. If two cards match, he or she keeps the cards. If the two cards do not match the cards are placed put back again. The player with the most matching cards is the winner.

Other uses: Create a minibeasts word wall - reprint the call-out cards and picture cards for a wall display.

Opportunities for children to sort minibeasts into categories, i.e. insects, arachnids, myriapods, crustaceans, coelenterates, echinoderms, molluscs and annelids.

Aim of the game(s) is to reinforce identification of minibeasts while having fun.

List of Minibeasts - ant aphid bee beetle butterfly caterpillar centipede cockroach crab cricket dragonfly earwig firefly fly grasshopper ladybird leech millipede mite mosquito moth octopus praying mantis silverfish slug snail spider wasp weevil woodlouse worm

Extra invertebrates on the picture cards: jellyfish, starfish, sea urchin, coral and lobster.

File Type: PDF and Word format bingo cards

Hope your students have lots of fun playing and learning the names of minibeasts.