

Pasta Bead Caterpillar (Powerful Mothering) – Make some colored pasta and make your own very hungry caterpillar.ĩ. You take small pictures of fruit and have your toddler feed it to the caterpillar.Ĩ.

Feed the Caterpillar Game (Teaching Mama) – This toddler activity starts with making a simple caterpillar out of an empty parmesan can by adding googly eyes to it. Very Hungry Caterpillar Puzzles (Play Dough to Plato) – These simple, colorful puzzles are a motivating way to practice matching, build fine motor skills and even sound out words.ħ. Very Hungry Caterpillar Necklace (Buggy and Buddy) – Make your own very hungry caterpillar necklaces in this fun craft for kids! It’s a great way to practice fine motor skills, patterning, and creating.Ħ. Painting Circle Caterpillars (Teach Preschool) – There are some activities that just look like fun and this caterpillar painting activity is one of them….ĥ. Tissue Paper Caterpillars (Teach Preschool) – In my previous post, I shared with you our activity to go with the book “The Grouchy Ladybug” by Eric Carle and today, I want to share with you our tissue paper caterpillars that go very nicely with the book “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” by Eric Carle.Ĥ. Young children learn best through fun, hands-on activities where they manipulate three-dimensional objects.ģ. Pool Noodle Syllable Caterpillar (Pre-K Pages) – This literacy game focusing on syllables is so easy to make and the total cost is only a few bucks. Our colorful butterfly life cycle sensory bin is a fun way to extend this learning!Ģ. Butterfly Life Cycle Sensory Bin (Pre-K Pages) – Children love learning about butterflies, especially in the spring.

The activities below are great for exploring this classic picture book and the life cycle of butterflies.ġ. His book The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a perfect read for spring. Young children can “read” these books for themselves, too, after hearing them a few times. His colorful illustrations and simple text make these books fun to read again and again. One of the favorite authors in preschool classrooms is Eric Carle.
