The Very Hungry Caterpillar
By: Eric Carle
About the story:
In the light of the moon a little egg lay on a leaf." So begins Eric Carle's classic, "The Very Hungry Caterpillar". This book follows a small caterpillar's as he eats his way through all kinds of food (and the pages of the book itself) He eats until he is really fat and has a stomachache! He wraps himself up in a large coocoon to help feel better and yo will never gues what happens when he comes out ? He is transformed !
Interactive Online Activities
Create a word cloud by pasting
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday caterpillar butterfly Hungry
Activities
Fiction
#1 What did he eat on each day?
Days of the Week
Monday he ate________________.
Story Sequence cards to print off in color
(from DLTK's)
Fact
Printable for the lifecycle of a Butterfly
Butterfly Games |
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Follow up activity
Let's Create a class book
Show the class the video Eric Carle: Picture Writer (Searchlight Films, 1993) in which Eric Carle gives a hands-on demonstration of tissue paper painting and collage illustrating. After they watch the video, have students create their own Eric Carle-type pictures using tissue paper, tempera paint, and markers. Use 6-inch, pre-cut squares of tissue. Have children paint or draw on several sheets to create new colors or textures. Remind them that each sheet of tissue should have a design or pattern that repeats over the whole piece of paper. Allow to dry overnight.
Eric Carle's Talks
http://www.amazon.com/gp/mpd/permalink/m2STUY7R3580M2
I found a website for Eric Carle the author/illustrator of this book. Your children may enjoy a visit, especially to the Frequently Asked Questions section where Eric talks about everything from what his favorite color is to how he makes his pictures. It's written in a very friendly "voice" that my 7 year old and I both found appealing