The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Felt Board Fun (or Puppets)

In this section I've put together some simple pages to go with the story. You can use them in a number of ways:

Either complete the black and white sheets as coloring pages (see above)
OR
print the black and white sheets on appropriate colored construction paper
OR
print the color pages
You can cover with clear contact paper or laminate if you want them to last longer.
Cut out each page.
Cut out a small piece of coarse sandpaper and tape or glue it on the back of each animal (if you laminated, it will need to be a larger piece of sandpaper). The sandpaper will allow the characters to stick on your felt board.
If working with a group, give each child a fruit. As you read the story, have the children bring up the appropriate foods and put them on the board.

Either complete the black and white sheets as coloring pages (see above)
OR
print the black and white sheets on appropriate colored construction paper
OR
print the color pages
Cut out each image and tape it to a popsicle stick or an unsharpened pencil.
If working with a group of children, each one can be a certain food.
- When their part of the story comes up, they can wiggle around the puppet and either chant their section of the story.
Color recognition: First, ask all the apples to stand up and wave their puppets, then all the pears, etc. Then ask all the people with RED on their puppets to stand up, then all the ORANGE, etc.

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