The very hungry caterpillar gross motor activities

Very Hungry Caterpillar Gross Motor Activity – Great for Very Hungry Caterpillar Day on March 20th! This is a very fun and engaging supplemental activity for your butterfly unit or after discussing how caterpillars change into butterflies. Read The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. Have your students pretend to be caterpillars and act out how […]

Tot school this week is all about butterflies. It’s been a rainy few days over here, so I am thankful we had a week full of fun exploration to keep us busy indoors. Here were our plans for our butterfly theme: And here are the details of each activity: Our favorite butterfly books for […]

A fun gross motor activity for The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. This is a very fun and engaging supplemental activity for your butterfly unit or after discussing how caterpillars change into butterflies.

Do you have little ones that just love bugs??? My kids do! Well, anything except those pesky spiders... Get the kids to moving with this fun insect gross motor activity! Can they flap like a butterfly? Crawl like a caterpillar? This great indoor movement activity is a wonderful way to work out the wiggles and extra energy that kids seem to bottle up when they are stuck inside.

When it is time to transition children away from group time and into a different activity it is always good to have a transition game. This allows children to move more slowly to the next activity with less confusion. Make a large caterpillar with different color circles and black legs. This caterpillar will be placed on my flannel board in the circle area or on the floor. On the back of each caterpillar body part (circle) is a different action movements for the children to do. As the…

I'm pretty sure most people that read this blog will be familiar with The Very Hungry Caterpillar children's book. It's been a favourite for years and both my boys (2 and 4) still enjoy it. Whilst

The first post in a whole series of dedicated posts about activities to go with favourite picture book stories. As The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle is one of my favourites, we're starting with that! I've read The Very Hungry Caterpillar to groups of children and adults many times, and we've tried lots of different activities and makes for families to take home and re-tell the story there. Here are some of my favourite activities and experiences with a Very Hungry Caterpillar theme…

March 20th is The Very Hungry Caterpillar's birthday and to celebrate here are 51 of the very BEST activities & crafts inspired by the book!

The very hungry caterpillar theme. Fun way to help preschoolers how to line up :0)

Yesterday I shared our caterpillar and butterfly crafts. Today I am sharing our Feed the Caterpillar Activity, which is a great activity for toddlers. In The Very Hungry Caterpillar book, the caterpillar is so hungry that he eats 1 apple, 2 pears, 3 plums, 4 strawberries, and 5 oranges and then he eats a bunch of junk food before finishing off with a …