The Very Hungry Caterpillar

I got to know from Rynae that the story of this term is The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. This is the second time that her school has read stories by this author. Gheez... his books must be very educational, I thought. So, I googled about him and the story. The Very Hungry Caterpillar is reported to have reached millions of children all over the world and has been translated into more than 47 languages and sold over 29 million copies! It is so popular that even Act 3 has adapted 3 of his stories into theatre plays! I was lucky to find a copy of said title in Times Bookshop and I had a read. Interesting. It teaches days of the week, life cycle of a butterfly and nutrition.

A caterpillar made from egg carton that my girl brought home today

Riding on the theme, I printed some story sequencing cards, butterfly colouring pages, borrowed a book on butterfly and rewatched Little Einsteins Our Huge Adventure. Butterflies overwhelming? Not really. These activites were spread over 1 week. The last I want is for Rynae to have butterflies in her stomach! Hee hee..

There is another interesting feature about this colourful insect that I want Rynae to learn and which none of the materials above taught about, is that butterfly wings are symmetrical, meaning that the colours on a wing are reflected onto the other, like in a mirror. She digested this information well and I'm so glad when she showed her understanding in the butterfly colouring pages that I printed.