The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Theme: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by: Eric Carle  One of our and most kiddos favorites!  What's not to love.  GB used to read the story slightly different than the words... he eats and eats and eats and eats..... :)))  She now reads it right.  L's version is "eats a ___, I want some" and pretends to eat it off the page. ;)

Color: Blue
Letter: Hh
Number: 3
Shape: circle
RRS Verse: Honor your Father and Mother. Ex 20:12

Goals/Concepts:
Recognize color blue
Recognize Hh and sound /h/
Recognize number 3
recognize circles
Say days of the week
Understand (beginners) life cycle of butterfly
Pick out "good" foods from "junk" foods
Memorize and understand importance of Bible Verse
Improve counting

Books we used:  Of course The Very Hungry Caterpillar!  We also read Hermie several times.  Its a great kid version of God made you special just the way you are!    Both littles like to say the part  "but I'm not finished with you yet!"  Today is Monday is another great days of the week book, with lots of fun repetition.

Highlights of our week:

  

sequencing from small to large and large to small

patterns

GB decided to make up her own "work".  She sorting all the food and counted it.

Making a caterpillar out of Apple Jacks, lacing them on a pipe cleaner.

Counting/ number correspondence while making caterpillars

RRS work and Uppercase/Lowercase letter match game

Retelling the story and using pictures as the story is read.

Painting an egg carton caterpillar- we finished it with pipe cleaner antennas and paperclip legs

Handprint Caterpillars-

Handprint Butterfly-Rainbow and L's "Blue" painting

Glitter bag writing

letter puzzles

Colorforms!  Do you remember colorforms from childhood?  I do! :)
 

Purposeful play with potato heads-naming body parts/emotions

cooking

 Caterpillar Pizza

pin wheel caterpillars

We took a field trip to the State Fair and happen to find The Butterfly House.  A great review of what we have talk about this week, seeing the actual chysalis. 

showing us the very Hungry Caterpillar

Printables from 1+1+1=1, and confessions of a homeschooler