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Caterpillar
Welcome to Caterpillar Week
This week feed your own very hungry caterpillar, make a caterpillar chain and act out your own caterpillar lifecycle.
Book & Rhyme of the Week
It's caterpillar week this week, so how could we not suggest The Very Hungry Caterpillar as your book of the week? This is the original book with the clever cut out detail that your toddler is bound to love exploring. Get your copy here.
For your rhyme this week, we are suggesting Ms Rachel's Caterpillar Song.
Sensory Play
For your sensory play this week, draw a caterpillar onto a cardboard box or print off our A4-sized caterpillar and stick it if you are less artistically inclined! Print off food or use any toy food you may have and enjoy reading The Hungry Caterpillar book with your toddler and posting the food items as you go through the book. We added paper plates with the days of the week written on them.
Arts & Crafts
Get a piece of string or a shoelace and thread onto it green penne pasta and red circles of card to make your own caterpillar.
Active Play
Move through the life cycle stages in The Very Hungry Caterpillar book this week.
- Egg: sit of the floor with your legs bent in front of you and hold your ankles, curving your body round.
- Larva: squirm your bodies like worms as you become larva.
- Cocoon: get into a pillow case or roll up in a blanket, creating your own cocoon. If you have colourful scarves or handkerchiefs hold these inside your cocoon with you.
- Butterfly: jump out of your cocoon, waving your scarves or handkerchiefs as you become butterflies.
Another option is to roll your child up in a toilet paper roll with their arms down by their side, then encouraging them to break free and become a butterfly.
Next Week's Theme
What You'll Need for Next Week's Theme
Next week you'll need some plastic dinosaurs (bit of a giveaway!), flour, coffee/cocoa powder and some salt!