Not only is The Very Hungry Caterpillar an amazing book (because it is!) that allows itself to extend on so many different ideas, there’s always one that I love to set up and that’s watching a real life butterfly hatch from it’s chrysalis!
It allows the children to view part of the life cycle of the caterpillar and creates a beautiful extension of the book before the kids get to release the butterfly.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar has MANY ideas when it comes to learning, let me explain a few:
🐛 Days of the week sequencing
🐛 Sorting the fruits based on the days of the week, and counting up as you go
🐛 The life cycle of the butterfly
🐛 What happens if we eat too many sweets?
🐛 What are the ideal foods for a caterpillar?
🐛 What does a butterfly eat?
🐛 What’s the difference between a cocoon and chrysalis (and yes, I emailed Eric Carle because caterpillars that turn into a butterfly go into a chrysalis not a cocoon – but he just said that his caterpillar was special…)
🐛 Where do caterpillars live?
🐛 Where do butterflies live?
Do you love exploring The Very Hungry Caterpillar in your room?
If you do, then you might love my Very Hungry Caterpillar Story Stones!!
My name is Sommer. I am a mum of 3. A resource creator. A Prep teacher in Queensland. A lover of play-based learning. A special needs advocate. A creative thinker. A believer that learning should be fun.. so fun that they don't know they're learning!
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