The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle is a popular story with both very young and older learners, and it is very interesting for a lot of kids who are developing their knowledge of the natural world around them.
In terms of language learning, this book is perfect to focus on food, days of the week, counting and colours. It’s also great to focus on the butterfly life cycle and the language needed to describe it.
See reviews and purchase options here or watch the storytelling videos.
€1.50
This multi-stage resource helps you practise key animal and action language from The Rabbit Listened story. Includes higher and lower levels and pre-during and after activities. Use as part of a lesson with the story or as a stand alone lesson.
€2.50
These flashcards, mini-cards and matching cards help you teach animals and actions from The Rabbit Listened by Cori Doerrfeld. Includes game suggestions so you can engage your kids with fun, interactive activities to learn the language.
FREE
These Caterpillar Splat Mats are great for a different dynamic to teach and practise food, lifecycle and story language. Great for pair and group work as well as in whole class games.
9.50€
Save more than 30% on our Hungry Caterpillar resources with our Very Hungry Caterpillar BIG BUNDLE! Includes our popular Activity Pack AND all our digital resources and powerpoint games.
2.50€
These digital task cards can be used in class or independently to recycle language from the story. Kids listen and then choose the correct picture.
FREE
A simplified version of the Very Hungry Caterpillar on PowerPoint. It has been adapted for EFL / ESL kid to help with language acquisition and learning English. It’s also useful for vocabulary games.
2.50€
This Very Hungry Caterpillar Simplified Interactive digital story is perfect for independent learning, online teaching and therapy sessions. Easy control the audio and move between slides.
2.50€
6 digital board games to play online or face to face. Use with or without the audio to practise food vocabulary or story language from The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
6.20€
Differentiated worksheets, mini-books, folding crafts, games, flashcards, puppets and much more to help teach English through this popular story.
This video of how a caterpillar becomes a butterfly will fascinate the kids. Why not show the kids this video before or after the story? They will be more engaged with all your activities if they can see how the story relates to real life.
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