Monday, April 25, 2011

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Title: The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Author: Eric Carle
Genre: Fiction
Ages: 4-9

Summary: This is about a hungry caterpillar who eats and eats and eventually gets bigger and turns into a beautiful butterfly. It counts all of the food he eats along the way and on what days of the week he ate them. 

About the author : He was born in Syracuse, NY in 1929 to German parents Johanna and Erich Carle, Eric moved back to Germany with his parents in the mid 1930's. He is mostly known for his book The Hungry Caterpillar. 

Theme/Skill: Growing

Pre-reading activity: Color/decorate your own caterpillar. Cut it out and place it before a picture of a butterfly. 

Post-reading activity: Get a home for butterflies where they start as caterpillars, go to cocoons, and eventually butterflies. After watching them grow, set them free as a class.

This is a great book that I would always recommend for younger children. It goes over the days of the week, colors, counting, and growing.

1 comment:

  1. I also used this book in my blog! I love all of Eric Carle's books. I never really thought of using the book to also teach days of the week, colors, and counting. I love when I am able to integrate a book into different content areas! You could use this book at the beginning of the year to touch on those concepts and also have the caterpillars in the classroom. I love that I was able to get some new ideas for this book!

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