The Very Hungry Caterpillar Activities and Games

The Very Hungry Caterpillar activities to help you teach 

Looking for some The Very Hungry Caterpillar activities to support your teaching on the story and to keep your pupils engaged? Then you've come to the right place. This range of teacher-made resources all about the wonderful children's story can help to make your lessons more exciting and interactive. With lots of vibrant and visually-stimulating illustrations as well as fun tasks to do, they engage children's imaginations and help to bring the story to life. Whether you're looking for colouring sheets to help kids wind down after a lesson or some story cut-outs that can help you with storytelling, you can find something here to make your lesson wonderful. They're all teacher-made (so you can rest assured that they work just as well in the classroom as they do on paper) and quick and easy to use too. With all these activities up your sleeve, you can take a break when it comes to lesson planning and preparation and refocus your energy elsewhere. Whether that's an extra hour for marking children's work or an hour to yourself, that's up to you. You can put your best foot forward when it comes to teaching this classic children's story.

How to use these The Very Hungry Caterpillar activities

We know you've only got so much time on your hands when it comes to lesson planning and preparation - that's exactly why we've made these The Very Hungry Caterpillar easy to access and easy to use. All you've got to do is pick whichever ones you like, click 'download' to save the resource onto your computer or device, and then you're ready to print. The best part? Many of these activities and games are free to use, so you can make the most of our experienced teachers' and designers' work. You can make an excellent lesson about The Very Hungry Caterpillar on a budget. For some tips on how to use them in your lessons, why not try these:

• With this Sorting Game, you can teach children about healthy eating. Featuring lots of the foods that the Caterpillar eats, this resource is a great way to blend learning about the story with learning about healthy eating. Having the story as a learning hook is a fantastic way to keep children engaged with the activity as well.
• You can use these Cut and Stick Ordering Sheets to review your pupils' understanding of the story. They should cut out and stick the images and put them into the right order as they appear in the story. Why not ask them to retell it in their own words afterwards as well? They could say it out loud as part of a class discussion or write down their version.
• Teach children key vocabulary associated with the story using these handy Word Cards. They feature the names of the foods that the Caterpillar eats alongside lovely illustrations to help with visual learning. You could even play a fun game of snap with them, which is a fun way for children to develop their social and emotional skills too.

As you can see, there are so many different ways that you could use these The Very Hungry Caterpillar activities. Fun games and activities related to a story are a fantastic tool for encouraging children's interest in books and for boosting their literacy skills. 

What can children learn from The Very Hungry Caterpillar?

The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a classic children's story for a reason - children can learn lots of lessons from it. Not only does it teach children about the concept of healthy eating and learning to stop eating when you're full, but it also gives them the chance to learn about colours, numbers and the days of the week.