The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Truman is currently learning the letter C & our theme is “caterpillars.”  I have been so excited for this theme – we just love The Very Hungry Caterpillar.  I set up his little area in our school{barn} with a felt mat & some books.  He also has a few related books & activities inside his boxes.

I will be using Carissa’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar printouts, as well as several of the letter “C” printouts from Confession of a Homeschooler’s.  Not to mention the plethora of idea’s I have pinned HERE.

We will also be including the Mustangs in on this one.  For them I will be focusing more on number & color sight words, as well as the life cycle of a butterfly.  We will be collecting as many different caterpillars as we can find & observing the different types of butterflies they turn into.

In addition to the letter “C”, Truman will be learning the color green & the same of a triangle.  I have prepared a few trays & boxes for him: green rice, sand, & blubber (moon sand).  The next row is play dough, colored pasta sorting, shape sorting  transferring.  The last row is a color green activities, letter box, stamping, & painting.

Truman usually spends 2-3 weeks on a theme & I know the bigger boys will not last that long on this, so with them I plan to follow up with a bug/garden/flower unit. (more on that soon hopefully)