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Hungry Caterpillar Activities
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Hungry Caterpillar Activities
🐛 Part 1: Story Sequence
1. Put the story events in order. Write 1, 2, 3 in the circles:
The caterpillar turns into a beautiful butterfly
A tiny caterpillar hatches from an egg
The caterpillar eats lots of food and gets bigger
2. Circle the correct answer - What happens at the BEGINNING of the story?
The caterpillar becomes a butterfly
An egg hatches and out comes a caterpillar
The caterpillar eats an apple
📚 Part 2: Vocabulary Matching
3. Match the words with their pictures:
1. caterpillar
2. butterfly
3. apple
4. egg
A. 🥚
B. 🦋
C. 🐛
D. 🍎
4. Tick all the foods the caterpillar ate in the story:
apple
pear
banana
plum
orange
strawberry
🔤 Part 3: Phonics and Word Practice
5. Sound out these words and write them correctly:
c-a-t = ___________
b-i-g = ___________
e-g-g = ___________
r-e-d = ___________
6. Fill in the missing letters:
c _ t e r p i l l a r
b u t t e r f l _
h u n g r _
a p p l _
7. Circle the words that rhyme with "day":
play
big
way
cat
say
✏️ Part 4: Handwriting Practice
8. Trace and write these story words:
caterpillar
_________________
butterfly
_________________
hungry
_________________
beautiful
_________________
9. Write the days of the week from the story:
Monday
_________________
_________________
_________________
_________________
📝 Part 5: Writing Activities
10. For Prep: Draw your favourite food from the story and write its name:
11. For Year 1: Write a sentence about the caterpillar:
The caterpillar _________________________________
12. For Year 2: Write about what happens in the story using these words: first, then, finally
First, ________________________________
_____________________________________
Then, ________________________________
_____________________________________
Finally, ______________________________
_____________________________________
🎨 Part 6: Story Retelling
13. Draw the caterpillar's journey from beginning to end:
Beginning:
Middle:
End:
14. Complete this sentence: "But he was still ___________"
15. What is your favourite part of the story? Draw and write about it:
My favourite part is ___________________
_____________________________________
because _____________________________
_____________________________________
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