Macaroni Metamorphosis
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Egg Carton Caterpillar
Caterpillar Stamps
Begin by reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar to students. You can ask students questions during/after the reading to check for understanding and encourage conversation about the text. Students can then begin to use the round sponges to create the body and head of their caterpillar. When completed and dry, use the cut pipe cleaners for the antenna and the black marker to make legs and eyes.
Caterpillar Hands
Sit in a comfortable place such as a rocking chair with the infant on your lap. Hold the book so the infant can see it. Then turn the pages and point out the characteristics of each picture. Initially, use only the first picture, and then talk more about each picture.
Read the story as you are able, according to the infant's contentment. If the child loses interest, then save the activity and come back to it at another time. When finished, begin the art project. Start by painting the palm of the child’s hand green (this will be the body) and their fingers blue (these will be the legs). Press painted hands onto paper. Repeat 4-5 times for each section of the body. With a clean hand, paint their palm red this time to make the head. Let dry. Use yellow paint and a clean finger to make the outer portion of the eyes. Do this again with green paint and a smaller finger to make the inner portion. Use brown paint and one last clean finger to make antennae.
Caterpillar Finger Puppet
Munchy little caterpillar, Crawling oh so slow, Munching up leaves Everywhere you go, So much work, No time to play, How many leaves Will you eat today? (Touch the caterpillar to each leaf as you count numbers 1-5)
Provide the child with cooked pasta noodles and plastic eggs. While the infant is exploring new textures, talk with them about what they are experiencing. You can use new vocabulary words to describe the feeling of the noodles and eggs.
Five Little Ducks Finger Play
Lesson Prep: To make finger puppets, cut fingers from rubber glove. Glue googely eyes onto puppet. Cut out a small piece of orange foam into the shape of a beak and glue below eyes.
When dry, put on all five duck finger puppets and sing: Five little ducks Went out one day Over the hill and far away Mother duck said "Quack, quack, quack, quack." But only four little ducks came back. Put down a finger and repeat rhyme with one less duck each time. Finish rhyme with: Sad mother duck Went out one day Over the hill and far away The sad mother duck said "Quack, quack, quack." And all of the five little ducks came back”
Feather Observation
Duck Race Sensory Play
Fill large tub with water and rubber ducks. Add a few drops of blue food coloring to turn the water blue. Provide child with spray bottle filled with water. Students will realize that if they squirt the ducks in the water, they move. As the student is playing and discovering, talk with them about what they are experiencing. You can ask open-ended questions like:
Bird Seed Sensory Table
Colorful Carnations
Fill bottles with water (not quite to the top). Add a few drops of food coloring. Put the stem of the carnation in the colored water. Repeat this for all the colors you desire. Display bottles for students to observe. Set up paper, pencils/crayons, and magnifying glasses around bottles to encourage students to write/draw what they are seeing (these pages can be save to make a book with later). As the days go on and the flowers show more colors in their petals, meet with students and talk about what is happening.
Ask them questions such as:
Flowerpot Feet
Marbled Flowers
Sum-mer Flowers
Flower Sensory Board
Use the craft materials to create flowers of different sizes and colors. Glue onto poster board and let dry. Present to the infant and let them explore. As they are touching the different materials, converse with them about what they are experiencing. You can use new vocabulary words such as “petal”, “stem”, and “leaves” to promote language acquisition.
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