Differentiated worksheets, games and craft activities to complement The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. Great for supporting teaching of food, days of the week, the butterfly lifecycle, colours and numbers, while developing fine motor skills, literacy skills, social skills and understanding of the world. SEE PREVIEW FOR CLOSE-UPS OF COMPLETE CONTENTS. Activities are specifically designed to allow for differentiation of ability and context and come complete with COMPREHENSIVE ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS that help promote higher engagement, interaction and language that goes beyond word level. The entire pack contains 237 pages of information and resource templates! Colouring sheets There are 4 different sheets to choose from. See the activity suggestions for fun interactive ways to maximise language practice. Colour by number sheets Choose one of the three options to practise colour and number recognition and create an attractive multi-colored caterpillar. What food do you like? Find and stick Encourage children to talk about their food preferences, while learning the food vocabulary from the story. Mini-books Differentiate according to abilities in your group by choosing among these eight different mini-books. Focus on sequencing, literacy, oral comprehension or production to create fun books that the kids can take home and re-tell the story to their families and friends. 3D Butterfly lifecycle craft Kids learn about the butterfly lifecycle, while creating this 3D butterfly. Stand on its own or turn it into a mobile. Different versions are available so you can choose whether to include tracing, reading, sticking or colouring elements. Find and stick craft Children make a fun fold out card with a fat caterpillar full of food. Great for practising food vocabulary in the story. Follow the activity suggestions for ways to maximise language practice. Board games Fun games to practise a variety of skills. Either print and play or print, create and play. See the activity suggestions for great ideas for dynamic language practice. Sequencing Cards Follow the suggestions for games you can play to consolidate key story language, days of the week and food. Black and white options are included so that kids can make their own sets and take them home to play with their families. These also work great in literacy stations and for retelling the story in pairs or groups. Matching Cards Use these cards to play fun matching and memory games. Mini-cards Excellent for a range of games and matching tasks. Sets include key story character and nature vocabulary, food, days of the week and separate food per day cards. Print multiple sets for pair and small group work. Flash Cards Use in a variety of ways to introduce and practice new language, develop literacy skills or as visual prompts for language games.

These Hungry Caterpillar Digital Board Games include 6 boards divided into 3 types: CLICK HERE FOR A VIDEO PREVIEW CLICK HERE FOR A PLAYABLE PREVIEW *Picture boards *Colouring Boards (to be used with annotate/draw software) *Text and Picture Match Boards (pictures can be dragged in place) Board game pieces can be dragged and dropped as the players move from START to FINISH. The games can be played as part of an online teaching or therapy session or set as an assignment for independent play and study. Physical dice can be used but we suggest using a virtual dice or virtual spinner. Simply have it open in your browser on another tab separate from your boomlearning page. Audio is recorded in Scottish Standard English. This may be useful for listen and repeat game play, for literacy support with the text boards or for independent use. Game play suggestions are included for ideas on dynamic game play to maximise language use. Within each game type, there are 2 boards: Board 1 - The fruit the caterpillar eats in the story. Board 2 - The complete food collection that the caterpillar eats. Especially useful for ESL, EAL, EFL and teletherapy sessions. THE DIGITAL GAMES ARE HOSTED ON BOOMLEARNING MORE ABOUT BOOM CARDS: Boom Cards are self-grading, DIGITAL TASK CARDS that you play on the Boom Learning website. They are easy and fun to use and make it easy to differentiate for individual learners so every child experiences SUCCESS: · No printing, cutting, laminating BUT you can print them if you choose · Interactive · Self-grading (grading is not relevant to this resource) · Use with internet-connected devices: computers, tablets, phones, Smartboards · Data tracking with paid subscription You will receive a link to the task cards on the Boom Learning website when you download the files in this resource. You will be asked to sign into your account or create a free account. All purchased decks can be found in your Library. Boom Cards play on modern browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge). Apps are available for Android, iPads, iPhones, and Kindle Fires. Use this resource on a tablet, computer, or Smartboard!

Complementing the story, Go Away Big Green Monster, this exciting 222 page activity pack can be used to support children’s learning in a variety of ways. Use with or without the story to help children learn about body parts and features, practise colour and shape recognition and build on their counting, literacy and vocabulary skills. Through following activities in the pack, children are also encouraged to listen and follow instructions, maintain concentration on a given task, talk about themselves, learn about others and develop social skills. Activities are specifically designed to allow for differentiation of ability and context and come complete with COMPREHENSIVE ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS. The suggestions inspire a range of interactive procedures to maximise language acquisition. This pack includes ALL of the following: *** Colouring Sheets Make a Monster Face Find and Count Monster Body Jigsaw Body Labelling Sheets Board Games 16 Page Mini-Book Dominoes Matching Cards Mini Cards Flash Cards**

Crafts, worksheets and games to complement the Meg’s Eggs story by Helen Nicoll and Jan Pienkowski. Storytelling cards are also included for use WITHOUT THE BOOK. These fun, interactive activities help children learn and revise colours, numbers, 2D shapes, food, animals, dinosaurs and halloween vocabulary while developing fine motor skills, social skills and useful language for the classroom. Activities are specifically designed to allow for differentiation of ability and context and come complete with COMPREHENSIVE ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS. If you don’t have access to the story, you can find a FREE SIMPLIFIED STORY POWERPOINT on the Kids Club English website. You can also find our collections of storytelling videos and related songs. This pack includes ALL of the following: Numbers Jigsaws Storytelling cards Counting cauldron board games Stick puppets Colouring sheets Colour by number / shape Make a Meg shapes craft Meg’s Eggs storyboards Make a spell write and draw templates Mini-cards Matching Cards Flash Cards