Purpose

Practice addition by drawing a beetle insect

Materials

• 1 dice
• Print or draw these SANC Beetle Game scoreboards
• Pencil for each pair
• Paper

How to play:

1. One person draws the beetle and the other throws the dice
2. Throw the dice in order to draw the beetle. See ‘Drawing the Beetle” below
3.  When a pair has drawn a complete beetle, they shout
   “Beetle” and everyone must STOP playing.
4.  Each pair adds up the number of body parts they have
   drawn with the maximum being 14. Write this on a
   scorecard or piece of paper
5.  Players swap roles and play again. Play between 4 or 6
   games
6. Pairs can add up their scores using any strategies they wish
7.  Pair with highest score wins

Drawing the beetle
There are 14 body parts – body, head, 2 wings, 6 legs, 2 feelers,
2 eyes
• you must throw a 6 to start – and you can then draw the BODY
• throw a 5 – draw the HEAD – must be drawn before eyes & feelers
• throw a 4 – draw the WING (2 of these)
• throw a 3 – draw a LEG (6 of these)
• throw a 2 – draw a FEELER (2 of these). Must have the head first
• throw a 1 – draw an EYE (2 of these) Must have the head first

Extensions
• Before each pair adds up scores, the whole group can estimate
which pair they think has the highest score and lowest score. Discuss
strategies
• Then each pair adds up their score and hand to another pair to check and agree or
disagree
• Check actual scores against estimates