C is for Caterpillar

Here are some caterpillar/butterfly books we enjoyed over this past week! Below that you will find a list of caterpillar activities you can do with minimal prep!

Fiction

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
- A classic Eric Carle Book. Here is an official Hungry Caterpillar Coloring page!
Ten Little Caterpillars by Bill Martin Jr.
Ten Wiggly, Wriggly Caterpillars by Tiger Tales
Waiting for Wings by Lois Elhert

Non Fiction

I’m a Caterpillar by Jean Marzollo
- Interesting, but not too many words. Good for very young children.
National Geographic: Caterpillar to Butterfly
- This is an early reader book. Informative. Interesting. Great Photographs!
National Geographic: Caterpillar to Butterfly Board Book
- Beautiful photographs. Great for very young children.
A Butterfly is Patient by Dianna Aston
- Beautiful illustrations!
Are You a Butterfly? by Judy Allen
- We love this series! It includes others such as Are You an Ant? Are you a Ladybug? and many others. The illustrations are beautiful and the format is engaging!
My, Oh My, a Butterfly by Tish Rabe
- This is another book in the Cat in the Hat Knows a lot about that series. It reads like a Dr. Seuss book and is filled with lots of interesting information.
Caterpillars, Bugs, and Butterflies by Mel Boring
- This is a field guide to help you identify caterpillars (and other bugs) that you might find in your back yard.
From Caterpillar to Butterfly by Deborah Heiligman
- Somehow we got the huge library story time version of this book when we requested it. Ha!

Here is a printable list of caterpillar books to take to the library!

C is for Caterpillar Book List

Caterpillar Activities

Print off these FREE Alphabet Coloring Sheets (variety pack) for coloring or stickering.
Try these Upper and Lower Case Dot-a-Dot sheets that include a letter recognition portion.
Create your own C is for caterpillar page to paint. We love watercolors at this age!
See if you can find any caterpillars. Research to see what they become. Look on the top of leaves for holes/chew marks. If you see that, flip the leaf over! There may be a caterpillar underneath.
Catch a caterpillar and watch it turn into a moth or butterfly. *Be sure to be careful of poisonous caterpillars.
Try to draw any caterpillars you find.
Draw or color the life cycle of a caterpillar
Act out the life cycle of a caterpillar: Be… an egg on a leaf. A caterpillar emerging from the egg. A tiny caterpillar eating lots of food. A tiny caterpillar becoming bigger and bigger. A caterpillar becoming a chrysalis. The chrysalis splitting open. The butterfly emerging and drying out its wings. A butterfly flying from flower to flower to find nectar. A butterfly laying eggs on a new leaf.
Do The Very Hungry Caterpillar Yoga at Cosmic Kids Yoga!
Make a thumbprint caterpillar