Make some memories with your preschoolers as you introduce them to the story of The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle using the Hungry Caterpillar Interactive Notebook. This product contains templates to complete eight different minibooks. There are also alternative versions for two of the booklets, a list of additional activities, and two notebook pages. Each page contains suggestions for the type of paper it should be printed on and layouts are included for attaching booklets to both a file folder or three hole punched cardstock. Sticker pages (to be printed on full size label paper) add to the fun and make this product even easier for preschoolers to use.
Preschool Interactive Notebook
- A Guide for Using The Very Hungry Caterpillar in the Classroom
- This resource is directly related to its literature equivalent and filled with a variety of cross-curricular lessons to do before, during, and after reading the book. This reproducible book includes sample plans, author information, vocabulary building ideas, and cross-curriculum activities.

Red strawberries, purple plums, green leaves- this book contains a whole rainbow of colors!
- Colors Printable Activities
- Coloring pages, worksheets, flash cards suitable for toddlers, preschool and kindergarten to help children recognize colors and color mixing.
- DLTK's Color Buddies
- Free printable templates for children's "learn your colors" crafts. Suitable for toddlers, preschoolers and kindergarten students.
- Folder Fun
- Free Preschool File Folder Games, color matching games and shape printables for classroom use.

Big and little, hungry and full, day and night- point out the opposites as you read through the book.
- Opposites Worksheets
- FREE ready-to-print preschool worksheets in full color!
- Opposites - EnchantedLearning.com
- Rhymes, Printouts to Color, and Opposites in Many languages.

One apple, two pears, three plums- count along with the very hungry caterpillar!
- DLTK's Number Buddies
- Free printable templates for children's "learn your numbers" crafts. Suitable for toddlers, preschoolers and kindergarten students.
- Numbers Printable Activities
- Worksheets, flash cards, coloring pages suitable for toddlers, preschool and kindergarten to help children learn numerals and early math concepts.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar follows a caterpillar as he eats his way through a weeks worth of meals. This is a great way to introduce the concept of calendars to your little one.
- Calendar Theme
- Printable worksheets, activities and lesson plans for preschool, kindergarten, first grade, second grade, and third grade can be downloaded from the site.

Your child will watch The Very Hungry Caterpillar grow from egg to butterfly. What a great way to encourage an interest in science!
- Monarch Picture Story
- with printables
- Butterfly Life cycle worksheet
- Free printable butterfly worksheets.

- Preschool Nutrition
- Preschool Nutrition offers healthy eating information for preschoolers. Get nutrition recommendations, tips on healthy eating, preschool recipes, food and nutrition activities, tips to help with picky eaters, preschool food reviews, preschool cookbooks, free downloads, and more.
- File Folder Fun
- Free Printable Fruit/Vegetable Sorting File Folder Game
- File Folder Fun
- Free Printable Food Pyramid File Folder Game
- Nutrition For Kids
- Recently I had to teach a homeschool co-op class on nutrition. After searching for several months for some type of curriculum to use, I finally ended up doing some research and writing something myself. While I am not a nutrition expert, It is my hope that someone might still find something helpful here.

Study Eric Carle's illustrations. Then make some of your own!
- Paper Collage with Eric Carle
- Kinderart
- The Official Eric Carle Web Site
- How I paint my tissue papers
- The Official Eric Carle Web Site
- How I create my pictures
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar Unit (K-3)
- Lessons, Links, printables, & ideas
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