Caterpillar Fun!!

Caterpillar Fun 

Caterpillar  Learning Activities

Caterpillar Counting

I made an activity that had Addie make caterpillars with stickers and her fingerprints.  She looked at the number and added a head and then her fingerprints for the body. For example: for the number 6 she added one sticker and then five finger prints. 

Caterpillar Name

Cut different colored circles out of construction paper

Glue the circles onto black construction paper

Stick letter stickers onto each circle to spell out each child's name

Draw a face on each caterpillar and add antenna

 

ABC Caterpillar

Addie writing the letters of the alphabet

The finished ABC Caterpillar

 

I cut out 26 circles from construction paper.

We glued the circles to a piece of construction paper.

Addie wrote the letters from A-Z on the circles.

We made the circles into a LOOOOOONG Caterpillar

We drew a face and added antenna!

 Caterpillar Crafts

 Watercolor Caterpillar

Draw a caterpillar onto white paper

Paint the caterpillar with watercolor paint

Let dry and then cut out the caterpillar

draw a face on the caterpillar

 

Caterpillar Clothespins

Glue 4 pom poms onto a clothespin

Glue on googly eyes

Glue on pipe cleaners for the antennas

 

Caterpillar Handprints

Trace hand onto green paper ( I used two different shades of green)

Cut out a circle for the head from green construction paper

Cut out the hand prints - I did 4 handprints per caterpillar

Glue the handprints together and glue on the head

Glue on googly eyes, pipe cleaner antennas and draw smile and nose

Write the child's name on their finished caterpillar

 

Pom Pom Caterpillar Craft Sticks

Glue 7 pom pom's onto a large craft stick. 

Glue on pipe cleaner antennas

 

Paper Roll Caterpillar

Cut strips of 2 different colored construction paper

Roll the strips and secure with glue.

Cut a leaf shape from green paper

Glue the rolls onto the leaf

Glue on googly eyes and pipe cleaner antennas

Use a hole punch to make holes in the leaf

Milk Cap Caterpillar

Cut green craft foam into a leaf shape

Glue on 4 milk caps to form a caterpillar

Glue on googly eyes

Bend a 5" piece of pipe cleaner into a V and glue it to make the caterpillar's antenna

Draw a nose and smile on the caterpillar

Draw feet on the caterpillar

 

C is for Caterpillar!

The theme this week is the C.

Project/Learning Activity: I have been teaching Ty his letters for the last 3 weeks. He knows T and Y and we did A and B. We started C last week, but he still needs reinforcement on it. I decided to dedicate this week to the letter C, so Ty can master it by the end of the week. I saw the idea for C is for Caterpillar on the site http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/ First, I cut a letter C out of construction paper. Ty glued the C to another piece of Construction paper. Next, he glued on googly eyes, pipe cleaner antennae and pom poms to the letter C to make his caterpillar. Addie also wanted to do a craft, so I drew the letter A for her with glue on a piece of pink construction paper and she glued pom poms to form a letter A for ADDIE!! Then she wanted to add eyes, a smile, and hands to her letter A! She was very proud of her letter A!!

A is for Addie!

Materials Needed: 2 piece of construction paper, pom poms, googly eyes, pipe cleaner, craft glue, glue stick, scissors

Paper and Pom Pom Flowers!

Day 2 of the week - The theme this week is Mother's Day. The letter of the week is Z, z.

Project - Paper and Pom Pom Flowers - I can't remember where I saw this project, but I saw it a while back, and I thought the flowers were adorable. Directions: Trace a flower cookie cutter or draw your own onto colored construction paper. Cut the flowers out. Cut a slit from one edge to the middle of the flower. Overlap the slit petals and tape to make a sort-of cone shape. Tape the flowers to colored drinking straws. Glue pom poms in the center of each flower! You can also add green paper leaves to the stems - we did not do this! Materials Needed: flower cookie cutter, colored drinking straws, construction paper, tape, glue, pom poms scissors

Learning Activities:

Today's Activities:

letters - lowercase z

numbers - number review, counting

writing- journal writing

One Duck Stuck!

Day 1 of the week - The theme this week is Books! Then letters of the week are W, w, X.

Learning Activity- I read the book One Duck Stuck by Phyllis Root to Connor and Lauren. We talked about the "uck" rhyming words, by coming up with words and comparing duck, stuck, buck, luck . . . . We also talked about the different animals and the onomatopoeia words that are used with each group of animals. Then Connor and Lauren chose an animal and a number and wrote their sentence. I created a sheet with a duck stuck in the muck on the bottom of the paper and lines for the number, the number word, the animal and the action word, plus the typed words - No luck, Still Stuck. (4, four moose clomp to the duck. No luck, Still Stuck). Connor and Lauren then drew their animals on the bottom of the paper next to the stuck duck - Connor drew 4 moose and Lauren drew 2 frogs. Project - Pom Pom Duck- To accompany the book One Duck Stuck the kids also made pom pom ducks. Directions: Cut feet out of orange foam, Glue yellow pom pom onto the orange foam feet, glue googly eyes onto other yellow pom pom, Glue orange tri-bead onto yellow pom pom (underneath the googly eyes), Glue head pom pom on top of the pom pom glued to the orange foam feet, glue yellow feather to the back of the pom poms. Materials Needed -2 yellow pom poms, orange foam, googly eyes, orange tri-bead, yellow feather, craft glue, scissors

Today's Learning Activities:
Numbers - subtracting writing numbers, counting
Letters - writing Uppercase W

Writing - journal writing