Tania Gutierrez Ramirez

April 9, 2019
The Hungry Caterpillar Art Lesson

Objectives:
The children will be able to identify the caterpillar as the first stage of a butterfly’s growth as
well as recognize the insect through a craft along with the letter it starts with (“C”).

Standards Covered:

GOAL CD-8: As a result of their explorations and participation in simple investigations through
play, children observe, describe, and demonstrate respect for living things, the environment, and
the physical world.

GOAL CD-1: Through their explorations, play, and social interactions children use their senses
to discover and construct knowledge about the world around them.

Ages:
3 to 4-year-olds

Materials:

1. Paper plates
2. Green tissue paper cut into squares
3. Red and black construction paper
4. Glue

Time:
20 minutes

Introduction:
Take out the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Ask them if they know what insect this is.
Discuss with them what the caterpillar turns into briefly and have them share their own thoughts
about it. After they have done so, tell them that they will make their own caterpillars after the
story.

Procedure:
 1. Sit the children in the carpet and do the introduction.
2. Read The Very Hungry Caterpillar to the children.
3. Review what the story was about to the children.
4. Have the children walk quietly to their spots on the table.
5. Give each child a blank caterpillar, instructing them not to touch the glue on it (that was
placed earlier by the teacher).
6. Place a handful of the tissue paper for two kids, and express that they will have to share.
7. Demonstrate with your own caterpillar that the tissue will go on the glue, and help the
younger ones with doing it.
8. Glue the caterpillar’s head onto it, and set it aside to dry.

Closure:
Have the kids share their designs of their caterpillars one by one, and go over once again what a
caterpillar is and what it can turn into. Thank them for their hard work, and redirect them to other
play as the teacher picks up the fallen tissue paper.

Assessment/Adaptations:
The lesson went along very well. There were no issues throughout, and it was simple enough for
the youngest children to do and entertaining enough for the older kids to do. We did end up
gluing the heads before the tissue, but that was alright. All-in-all, we really enjoyed the activity.