Craigentinny Nursery The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle Week Beginning 27.4.20 HELLO!! Hope this week’s newsletter finds you all well and able to enjoy some of the sunshine. Hopefully you will have managed to access our second nursery online story ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ by Eric Carle. Below are some activities and ideas of things you might like to try at home. Please let us know what you think, or if there is anything different you would like. We are missing seeing you all, so please keep in touch. You can tweet us using #craigieathome or contact us at [email protected] Literacy Try to retell the story of the Hungry Caterpillar in your own words. Maybe you could use things you find in your house and tell your own version On Monday he ate through 1 a can of beans. On Tuesday he ate through 2 slices of bread Learn the rhyme ‘Little Arabella Miller’ can you make up actions too? https://www.google.com/ url? sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&sourc e=web&cd=8&cad=rja&uact=8& ved=2ahUKEwiK7ObR_IDpAhU0t Expressive Arts Can you make your own caterpillar? You could try using an empty egg box? Perhaps you could paint or Numeracy Support your child to count forwards to 10. Now try backwards. Can they count from different numbers? Go on a number hunt around the house Find 1 toy Find 2 spoons Find 3 bricks Find 4 teddies…………. Currently advise states we can go for 1 walk a day. When you go for your walk each day see if you can spot any butterflies! Can you practice skipping, hopping and jumping Health and Wellbeing With adult support, encourage your child to help you cut up some fruit for a snack. Talk about the colour texture and smell. What does the outside and inside of the fruit look like? What is your Website/ App of the week https:// www.topmarks.co.uk/ ordering-and- sequencing/ caterpillar-