The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

“In the light of the moon a little egg lay on a leaf. One Sunday morning the warm sun came up and pop! – out of the egg came a tiny and very hungry caterpillar. He started to look for some food”.
Let’s celebrate Spring together with this classic story – The Very Hungry Caterpillar. With its colourful pictures and repetitive text children of all ages will enjoy watching the caterpillar as he eats his way through life until he becomes a beautiful butterfly.

How can reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar help support your child’s learning?

• Bright and colourful illustrations encourage children to look closely at the pictures
• Simple, repetitive text makes it easy for children to join in.
• Lots of opportunities to interact with the book – the holes in the pages encourages children to point, touch and count. Children can pretend to eat the food.
• Relatable easy to follow storyline – allowing children to follow sequence of events and predicting what might happen next.
• Build’s vocabulary through hearing new words, descriptive words, concepts.
• Children can get an understanding on nature and science through the butterfly lifecycle.
• Encourages early maths skills by counting the food, comparing quantities and understanding number order as the caterpillar eats more food each day.
• Promotes healthy eating, making choices and discussing different foods.