The Very Hungry Caterpillar

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Projects

Tissue Paper Caterpillar

Cut red and green tissue paper into circles.  Apply Mod Podge to the circles to make a caterpillar and to secure them to the paper.  When dry draw on legs and facial features

Sponge Painted Caterpillar

Beaded Caterpillar

Skills:  fine motor

Learning Projects

Caterpillar Name Writing

Skills:  name writing, counting letters in your name, 

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Patterns

Skills:  patterns

Here is the link for these pattern cards and templates

If I were the very hungry caterpillar . . . 

Skills:  writing, tracing, beginning writing

Here is the link for the writing template

Learning Activities

Caterpillar Tracing

Skills:  tracing, prewriting writing

Here is the link for this Fun Caterpillar

What is Different and Letter Tracing

Skills:  finding differences, tracing, letters, beginning writing

Here is the link for the What is Different, Letter Tracing and What Comes Next

What Comes Next

Skills:  what comes next

Roll and Draw a Caterpillar

Skills:  counting, following directions, spatial recognition,shapes

Here is the link for Roll and Draw a Caterpillar

Drawing and rolling

The letter E and Elf Fun!

The Letter E and Elf Fun!

The Letter E

E is for Elf

e is for egg

Elf Projects

Elf Legs!

Cut out two red strips from construction paper.  Cut out the same size strips from green construction paper and cut apart.  Cut out two elf shoes.  Glue the cut, green strips to the long red strips - to make the legs.  Glue on the shoes.  Glue the finished legs onto another piece of different colored construction paper.

Hand Print Elf

Paint a fingers green (not the thumb).  Paint he rest of the hand flesh color (again do not paint the thumb).  Press painted hand onto white paper.  Paint 1 thumb flesh color and press on sides to make the ears.  When dry add googly eyes, draw on a mouth and glue on a pom pom or sequin!  

Paper Plate Elf

Paint a paper plate flesh color.  Cut out accessories from green and red construction paper.  Cut ears from flesh colored construction paper, and nose from pink construction paper.  Assemble the elf when the paint is dry.  Draw on eyes, and mouth.  

Elf Learning Activities

K-1 Activities

(Addie was home sick one day this week, so I put her to work!)

Elf Sentences

Skills:  reading, writing, making sentences

Here is the link for this fun  Elf writing activity

Santa the Elf Sentence

Skills:  sentence order, writing sentences

Here is the link for Santa Cut and Paste Sentence

Elf Spy, Read and Write

Skills:  cvc words, reading, writing

Here is the link for Spy Read Write

Colorful Christmas Lights

Skills:  color word, reading, coloring

Here is the link for Christmas Lights Color Words

Elf Learning Activities

Preschool Age

All of the following Elf Activities come from overthebigmoon.com and her Elf on the Shelf Pre-K and K learning packet.  Here is the link Elf on the Shelf Learning Packet

Color the Elf

Skills: coloring, color recognition, counting

What Comes Next?

Skills:  patterns, cutting, pasting, matching

Christmas Counting

Skills:  number recognition, counting

Elf Prewriting Practice

Skills:  prewriting, tracing, pencil grip

Elf - Find the letter Ee

Skills: letter recognition

Which Elf is Different?

Skills:  different/same

Elf and Toys Sorting

Skills:  sorting, cutting

Elf Cutting Practice

Skills:  scissor practice

Elf Size Sorting

Skills:  sorting, sizes, cutting practice, following directions

Christmas Beginning Sounds

Skills:  beginning sounds

Letter Mitten Matching

Skills:  letter recognition, matching, cutting

Here is the link for Letter Mitten Matching

Back To School

Back To School

Projects

Craft Stick Pencil

Paint one tip of a large craft stick pink

Paint the middle yellow

Let dry

Draw the lead with black permanent marker

Use a fine tip permanent marker to write each child's name

 

Name Pencil

Paint 4 small craft sticks yellow

Let dry and glue together

Cut a triangle out of tan craft foam

Glue the triangle to the painted craft sticks

Color in a black tip with black permanent marker

Add foam letters to spell out each child's name



 

Name Crayons

Cut a crayon shape out of colored construction paper.

Use black marker to decorate the crayon.

Draw an oval in the middle of the crayon and write or have the child write his/her name.

 

 

Learning Activities

Shape Buses

shape recognition, name Identification and writing, color recognition, gluing, cutting, following directions, counting

Cut out a yellow bus shape, 3 black squares, 1 long, black rectangle and 2 black circles. (Older children can cut out the bus and shapes by themselves)

On a 5x7 piece of colored construction  paper give the following directions:

Glue the bus on the paper.

Find the 3  squares and glue each square to the top of the bus.

Find the  rectangle and glue it underneath the squares.

Find the 2 circles and glue them to the bus for wheels.

Write your name on the bus.  (For older children)

Other questions:

What color is the bus?

Find the 2 circles:

Find the squares?

Find the rectangle?

Count the squares, the circles?

What color are the squares, rectangle and circles?

 

My Name Is : Buses

Name recognition, name writing, gluing, following directions, pasting, shape recognition

Create a page that says:  My Name Is: 

Leave a blank spot on the top of the paper for he bus

Cut out a small yellow square, a yellow rectangle - for the bus

3 black squares

Directions:

Glue the yellow rectangle onto the paper

Glue the yellow square in front of the rectangle

Glue the 3 black squares on the top of the bus - for windows

Dip a lid into black paint - we used a glue stick cover - press it on the bottom of the bus 2 times for the wheels. 

Dip your finger into the black paint and press it in the middle of each wheel.

Draw a line under the windows with black marker.

Write your name on the line.  (For younger children you will write the name)

 

Paper Backpacks

Writing, name recognition

Cut a backpack shape out of construction paper

Cut an oval out of construction paper

Cut 2 strips for the straps and 1 curved handle

Glue all pieces onto the back pack

EARLY PRESCHOOL:  Name recognition and making your name

Use foam letters to spell out  child's first name

PRESCHOOL - Type and print a form that says:  My favorite thing about school is

 

I am on the bus!

writing, drawing people, gluing, following directions, reading

Create a document that says:

__________ is on the bus (3x's)

I am on the bus!

Cut a bus shape out of yellow construction paper

Cut out 3 white squares - for the windows and 2 black circles - for the wheels

Have your child:

Glue the paper onto a piece of colored construction paper.

Brainstorm people who ride the bus.

Write names on the lines.

Read about who is on the bus

Glue the bus above their writing.

Glue the 3 white squares for the windows.

Glue the wheels on the bus.

Draw the people they named in their writing.

Draw a bus driver or themselves.

Write School on the bus

 

 

Songs

The Wheels on the Bus

 

 

 

 

Earth Day Projects and Activities!!

Earth Day Projects

 

Earth Day Crafts

Earth Crayon Molds

We peeled the wrappers off all of our broken blue, green and white crayons and broke each crayon into small pieces.  Each child took turns filling their mini-muffin hole with the broken crayons.  I placed the muffin tin into a 250 degree oven until the crayons were melted.  We let them cool and then I popped  each Crayon Earth out of the muffin tin! 

The end result

 

 

Watercolor Earth Hand Prints!

I painted the girl's hands with blue and green watercolor paints.

They pressed each of their hands onto white paper. 

We let them dry and then I labeled the paper with each girl's name and the year.

I also wrote, "Our hand prints are all over the world!"

 

Hand and Foot Print Earth

Paint 1 hand and 1 foot with green paint

Press the painted hand and foot onto blue paper

Let dry

Cut a circle shape around the hand and foot print

Label with name and year

 

Coffee Filter Earth

Paint a coffee filter with blue and green watercolor paints

Earth Window Cling/Suncatcher

Cut a circle shape from green construction paper (you will need 2 circles for each project)

Cut a circle from the middle of each circle so you have a large circle opening

Rip pieces of green and blue tissue paper

Stick one of the circles onto Con Tact Paper

Press the green and blue pieces of tissue paper into the middle of the green circle

When  covered, place the other circle on top and seal with Con Tact paper

 

Torn Paper Earth

Cut a circle from white paper

Tear pieces of green and blue construction paper

Glue the pieces onto the white circle

Glue the finished earth onto black paper

**I did this same project in 2010 with my son and friend.
Here are their Mosaic Earth Projects from 2010!!**

 

 

Earth Day Learning Activities

 

I Heart the Earth

Writing

Cut a heart shape from white paper

Paint the heart with blue and green watercolor paints

Let dry

I made a writing template that says, "I heart the earth by "

Discuss ways that we care for and love our earth

Have your child write how they "Heart" earth

Glue the painted heart and writing template onto a piece of construction paper.

Here is the link to the activity that inspired my writing/painting activity!