Lifecycles for Little Ones: The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Lifecycles for Little Ones is an interactive 1-hour session based on the popular book The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle.
Walking the children through the story they will learn about what foods caterpillars eat, enjoy a scavenger hunt for 'caterpillar food', re-enact the butterfly lifecycle, go on a bug hunting adventure, and match other baby and adult animals.
How does this session link to the National Curriculum? (EYFS)
- Be able to enjoy listening and using spoken language and rhyme
- To begin to understand about different animals and their environments – identifying similarities and differences
- To participate in recreating part of the story through physical movement
- Gain an understanding of lifecycles
Download the session plan here.
