Minibeast Barrier Game

This is an excellent speaking and listening activity for practising minibeast vocabulary, as well as working on prepositions and following instructions. You will need two copies of the garden scene, preferably enlarged to A3, and two copies of the small pictures on A4. Ideally this activity works best with 2 children (or 2 teams). The children sit on opposite sides of the table, each with a copy of the garden scene and minibeast pictures, and a barrier between them. They then have to take turns giving instructions to the players on the other side of the barrier, such as ‘Put the snail next to the red flower’. Once all the instructions have been given the barrier is removed to see if the pictures correspond. The resource includes 2 sets of minibeast pictures, and an additional set of big/small minibeast to make the activity more challenging.