Caterpillar Cubes

• DOMAIN(S)

  Communication, Language, and Literacy (CLL)
• INDICATOR(S)

  CLL5.4e
• AGE GROUP(S)

  48-60 months

After reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, encourage the children to use Unifix® cubes to help retell the story. Start with one red cube to represent “one red apple.” Then add on two green cubes for “two green pears,” and so forth, all the way to “five red strawberries.” After retelling the original story, ask “What other things could the hungry caterpillar eat?” Give the children additional Unifix® cubes and let them add on more foods. For example, “He ate four yellow bananas and two orange pumpkins.” This can be done in small group.  

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