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The Hungry Caterpillar Mini-books

The Hungry Caterpillar Mini-books cover. Includes 5 different template types in each set (7 or 11 story stages). Easy to choose your skills focus. Use across a wide range of age groups and levels.

The Hungry Caterpillar Mini-books

Engage your ESL young learners in this integrated skills practice with Hungry Caterpillar mini-books. A whole book from just one sheet of paper!

♦ Easy to cater to different abilities and skills focus by choosing from an amazing 9 different templates.

♦ Ideal for practising sequencing skills and at the same time consolidating language from the song/story.

♦ A fun and interactive way to incorporate story retelling, and bring English outside the classroom.

♦ Includes super useful activity procedures and learning objectives to make planning easy.

Ready for some Hungry Caterpillar mini-books magic? Get your templates and lesson ideas here:

Or get them in the Hungry Caterpillar Activities Bundle. Incredible value!
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What will my ESL young learners learn?

This mini-book craft is ideal for helping your esl young learners learn food, numbers and days vocabulary, as well as useful story language in the present simple.  Choose the templates to suit your specific language focus.

Using their sequencing skills, they’ll create those all important connections between the language and the story too.

The choice of templates let’s you focus on all 4 skills, or focus in on one in particular.

Don’t forget the valuable classroom language you’ll be helping them learn. See a summary below:

Vocabulary

  • Food: apple, pear, plum, strawberry, orange, chocolate cake, icecream, pickle, cheese, salami, lollipop, apple pie, sausage, cupcake, watermelon, leaf
  • Days of the week: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
  • Butterfly lifecycle: an egg on a leaf, caterpillar, coccon, butterfly
  • Key story vocab: the moon, the sun, a fat caterpillar, a sick caterpillar
  • Colours: black, white, green, yellow, purple, blue, pink, red, orange, brown, grey, multi- coloured / multi-colored
  • Numbers: 1 to 7/1 to 11

 

Structures

Present simple 3rd person:

e.g. It eats (3 plums). It is/isn’t hungry. It makes a house.

 

Story phrases

  • The sun comes up.
  • It is very hungry.
  • It is still hungry.
  • It has a stomachache.
  • On (Monday) it eats (one apple).
  • It isn’t a little caterpillar. It’s a big, fat caterpillar.
  • It makes a house for itself called a cocoon.
  • It stays inside for two weeks then it pushes and pushes.
  • Now it is a beautiful butterfly.

 

Classroom language

Is it…? Yes, it is. No, it isn’t. What is it? It’s a.. It’s…

Can you find the…? I can see a… Where’s the apple? Here it is! It’s here. Where does this go? Like this?

What’s next? What’s first? What’s number 1? This one? That one? Let’s tell the story.

Can I have..? Here you are. Thank you. You’re welcome. Colours, pencil, crayons, pens, scissors, paper, card, cut, fold, open.

What do teachers say about the resources?

Wow! I used this resource for one of my labs and it has been explosive. Children were super excited and of course, I was as well! Nothing to complain about! Great work!
Daiana LiottaShark in the Park Activity Pack
I have recently started to use storytelling in my classes and ESL labs. Fiona’s resources are a real treasure. Lots of useful tips and ready-to-use material to bring the story to life and help kids use the language. Excellent, couldn’t ask for more.
Antonella SandriThe Very Hungry Caterpillar BIG BUNDLE
The resources were great and saved me so much time, the teaching tips gave me ideas. We had a lot of fun with it : the kids loved the activities, learnt the animals and movements and understood the story. And I feel like there is so much more I could have done. Thank you !
Alison BrownFrom Head to Toe Activity Pack
I found this resources few weeks ago and now I’m always have a look first on this web. The range of activities are awesome!
Addi de FreitasElmer Simplified Storytelling script
I love the resources and the kids seemed to enjoy too. I had a hard time today with a mixed-age group (from 6 to 14!), but the abundance of differentiated activities Fiona offers made it much easier for me to make the time spent together meaningful.
VeronikaShark in the Park Activity Pack
Most importantly, my students really enjoyed the process of making their own mini book. It also served as an assessment, as I was able to see clearly which students were having issues with reading and matching – but it didn’t feel like an exam or test for the students at all. I only wish I’d found this at the beginning of the academic year.
Jenny GalliganEditable Mini-books

Frequently asked questions

Yes, of course! Maybe you have the time and enjoy creating things, but it has to be said that being a young learner teacher can involve a HUGE amount of extra work making materials. Give yourself a break!

All my materials have been tried and tested in the classroom. As well as having almost 20 years of teaching experience, I am also a qualified trainer for the Trinity TYLEC (Teaching Young Learners Extension Certificate), so you can rely on the quality.

Yes! They work great for mixed aged groups and different abilities because they come with different templates AND different suggestions with how to use the resource. No time wasted on adapting different worksheets!

The provided activity suggestions for pre, during and after the craft give you all the steps you need to create a fun and engaging lesson for your young learners. 

You can certainly find some free worksheets out there, but I can guarantee your young learners will be much more excited to create this. Engaged and motivated children make for a happy lesson (and teacher!)

Once you’ve had a chance to use your materials, don’t forget to come back to leave a review. As a thank you, you’ll receive a 20% discount on any other resource : )

Reviews

  • Easy to prepare and great for practicing new vocabulary

    By adi on (Verified Purchase)

    Today we prepared the cutest colourful mini-books and even I, with my lack of talent for craft, managed to instruct the kids how to fold the paper correctly.

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