Storybook Focus: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
We had fun making healthy food choices through exploring this famous book.
Children can be picky eaters so it’s important to offer healthy choices in a fun positive way!
Here are some activities that happened:
We had fun making healthy food choices through exploring this famous book.
Children can be picky eaters so it’s important to offer healthy choices in a fun positive way!
Here are some activities that happened:
- Days of the week Sequence ( On Monday, the caterpillar ate 1 apple)
- Number Focus ( On Tuesday, the caterpillar ate 2 pears)
- More and Less Vocabulary (On Friday the caterpillar ate more!)
- Labelling fruits and vegetables (expanding oral language)
- Exploring all senses with Food ( Taste, smell, touch, feel and see )
- Sorting healthy versus unhealthy into food boxes.
- Lacing leaves with string ( Fine motor Skill)
- Grocery flyers and scissors ( Fine motor Skill)
- Learning about the caterpillar- butterfly life cycle.
- Sugary foods lead to unhealthy teeth! Brush Brush Brush!
