Caterpillars

Today the title of our read aloud was Ten Little Caterpillars by Bill marten Jr.  This book incorporated ordinal numbers, rhyming words, and different species of caterpillars.  One of our favorite caterpillars was the woolly bear.  This black and orange caterpillar can be found fairly easily in your yard.  It turns into an Isabella Tiger Moth.

 At one center the children counted the letters in their last names.  They then added one to their total.  Next they counted out colored circles in a pattern to match the number that they needed.  They cut out their circles, pasted them in a pattern, and wrote a letter from their last name in each circle.  They then drew a face to make their circles a caterpillar.  One thing that you want to keep a close eye on is that your child is starting their letters and the top.  This will make the transition to cursive writing easier.