The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a children's picture book that was written and illustrated by Eric Carle in 1994 for primary readers ages five to eight.
This story is a best selling children's book of all time. The author, Eric Carle, incorporates bright, colorful collage like illustrations that really bring this picture book to life! The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a book about a hungry caterpillar that eats his way through this book until he is finally full at last and forms a cocoon and goes to sleep. This book is great for teachers and younger students grades kindergarden to second because it incorporates important concepts for children's development such as shapes, numbers, and days of the week.
Discussion Provoking Questions:
- What kind of shapes did you see in the pictures of this book?
- What was your favorite part of this story and why?
- Why do you think the caterpillar was so hungry?
- How do you think the illustrator of this book made the caterpillar?
- Why were there holes in this book? Did the author and illustrator of the book do this on purpose? Why?
Fun Activity for students:
- Eric Carle's book, especially The Very Hungry Caterpillar represents shapes through his many illustrations. For younger readers, this is an excellent opportunity for them to practice drawling shapes! Have the children put together their own drawling Eric Carle's Caterpillar! Allow them to draw 7 circles in a row to form the caterpillars body and head. After the main outline is done, ask them to draw the eyes, ears, and surrounding body parts of the caterpillar using any shape they would like! After they are complete, ask them to identify which shapes they used.
Interactive Video
Eric Carle Story Time!
If you enjoyed this story, here's a few more of Eric Carle's books you might like:
- Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
- 1,2,3 to the Zoo
- The Tiny Seed
- Do you Want to be My Friend?
- The Grouchy Lady Bug
Carle, E. (1994). New York, NY: Penguin Young Readers Group.
Your motivational activity was very cool! Two other suggestions for motivational activities that I would make might be:
ReplyDelete1. Have the students make a collage of an animal of their choice, just like Eric Carle does in The Very Hungry Caterpillar. This is a great way to get the students to think outside the box when it comes to drawing or creating pictures. Then have the students share their creation to the class!
2. Let the students draw a caterpillar without using the color green. After they draw the caterpillar, ask them if it was hard for them to not use a color that is normal for the animal or if it was easy for them. If it was hard, what made it so hard? Also, ask them why they chose the color that they did.