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SETTING THE STAGEpreparing for the play

Synopsis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3About the Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4About the Playwright . . . . . . . . . . 5–6Recommended Reading . . . . . . . . . 7Pre-Show Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

FOR TEACHERSCurriculum connectionsbefore or after the play

THEATRE ETIQUETTE ACTIVITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–9

SCIENCEFacts About Seahorses . . . . . . . . . 10Facts About Fireflies . . . . . . . . . . . .11Facts About Caterpillars . . . . . . . . .11

MATHA Very Hungry Math Lesson . . . 17–18

LANGUAGE ARTSThe Very Busy Week . . . . . . . . 19–20Understanding Feelings . . . . . . .21–23

ARTCaterpillars, Fireflies, Seahorses . . 12Carle Collages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Colorful Carle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Puppet Making Activity . . . . . . .14–16

HEALTHA Very Healthy Plate . . . . . . . . . . . 24

CURTAIN CALL

Post-Show Questions . . . . . . . . . . 25Who Said It? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Who Said it? (ANSWERS) . . . . . . . 26

I N S I D E T H E G U I D E

FIRST STAGE POLICIES• The use of recording equipment and cameras are not permitted during

the performance .• Food, drink, candy and gum are not permitted during the performance .• Electronic devices are not permitted in the theater space .• Should a student become ill, suffer an injury or have another problem, please

escort him or her out of the theater space .• In the unlikely event of a general emergency, the theater lights will go on

and the stage manager will come on stage to inform the audience of the problem . Remain in your seats, visually locate the nearest exit and wait for the stage man-ager to guide your group from the theater .

Seating for people with special needs: If you have special seating needs for any student(s) and did not indicate your need when you ordered your tickets, please call our Assistant Patron Services Manager at (414) 267-2962 . Our knowledge of your needs will enable us to serve you better upon your arrival to the theater .

THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR SHOW

Dear Educators and Parents, Eric Carle’s work has reached generations of young readers, their families, and educators . His vibrant, sensational artwork and stories are regarded as clas-sics and are staples of young people’s literature around the globe . Now, through elaborate puppetry and skillful storytelling, First Stage is proud to bring Eric Carle’s iconic work to life onstage in “The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show”!

Enclosed in this enrichment guide is a range of materials and activities intended to help you discover connections within the play through the curricula . It is our hope that you will use the experience of attending the theater and seeing THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR SHOW with your students as a teaching tool . As educators and parents, you know best the needs and abilities of your students . Use this guide to best serve our children—pick and choose, or adapt, any of these suggestions for discussions or activities . We encourage you to take advantage of the enclosed student worksheets—please feel free to pho-tocopy the sheets for your students, or the entire guide for the benefit of other teachers .

Enjoy the show!

Julia MagnascoEducation Director(414) 267-2971Julia@firststage .org

A NOTE TO TEACHERS AND PARENTS

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SETTING THE STAGE SYNOPSIS

THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR SHOW consists of four Eric Carle stories:

“The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse”: An artist paints the world as they see it- making colorful portraits of many different animals . At the end, even though their pictures aren’t quite realistic, they proclaim: “I am a good artist .”, proud of their work .

“Mister Seahorse”: Mr . and Mrs . Seahorse are drifting through the sea when suddenly Mrs . Seahorse realizes that it is time to lay her eggs . She then lays her eggs into a pouch on Mr . Seahorse’s belly . Mr . Seahorse drifts through the sea and meets several other father fish who are caring for eggs . After some time, Mr . Seahorse’s eggs hatch in his pouch and the baby seahorses swim away-except for one . The baby seahorse tries to get back in the pouch, but Mr . Seahorse says: “I do love you, but now you are ready to be on your own .”

“The Very Lonely” Firefly: A firefly is born one night as the sun is setting and flies away into the darkness . The firefly looks for firefly friends- but keeps running into different types of lights: lightbulbs, candles, flashlights, lanterns, headlights, even fireworks . In the end, the firefly finds his fellow fireflies and doesn’t feel lonely anymore .

“The Very Hungry Caterpillar”: A caterpillar hatches from an egg one Sunday and begins to chew their way through more and more food . The caterpillar eats one apple on Monday, two pears on Tuesday, three plums on Wednesday, four strawberries on Thursday, five oranges on Friday, a massive amount of

junk food on Saturday (which gives them a tummy ache), and a leaf on Sunday which makes them feel better . The caterpillar then goes into a cocoon and later emerges as a beautiful butterfly .

1 . THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR SHOW is based on four books written by Eric Carle: The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse, Mister Seahorse, The Very Lonely Firefly, and The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Have you ever heard or read those stories before?

2 . THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR SHOW features stories of many different insects, animals, and sea creatures . What sort of wildlife do you see in Wisconsin? How many different creatures can you name? Where can you find those creatures?

3 . This play is performed with puppets . Have you ever seen a puppet show before? If so, how was it different than watching TV or seeing a movie?

4 . The stories in the play are told by narrators—people who tell a story while it is happening . What kind of stories do you like to be told? What sort of things make a story interesting or exciting to you?

PRE-SHOW QUESTIONS

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Eric Carle is acclaimed and beloved as the creator of brilliantly illustrated and innovatively designed picture books for very young children . His best-known work, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, has eaten its way into the hearts of literally millions of children all over the world and has been translated into 62 languages and sold over 46 million copies . Since the Caterpillar was published in 1969, Eric Carle has illustrated more than seventy books, many best sellers, most of which he also wrote, and more than 145 million copies of his books have sold around the world .

Born in Syracuse, New York, in 1929, Eric Carle moved with his parents to Germany when he was six years old; he was educated there, and graduated from the prestigious art school, the Akademie der bildenden Künste, in Stuttgart . But his dream was always to return to America, the land of his happiest childhood memories . So, in 1952, with a fine portfolio in hand and forty dollars in his pocket, he arrived in New York . Soon he found a job as a graphic designer in the promotion department of The New York Times . Later, he was the art director of an advertising agency for many years .

One day, respected educator and author, Bill Martin Jr, called to ask Carle to illustrate a story he had written . Martin’s eye had been caught by a striking picture of a red lobster that Carle had created for an advertisement . Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? was the result of their collaboration . It is still a favorite with children everywhere . This was the beginning of Eric Carle’s true career . Soon Carle was writing his own stories, too . His first wholly original book was 1,2,3 to the Zoo, followed soon afterward by the celebrated classic, The Very Hungry Caterpillar .

Eric Carle’s art is distinctive and instantly recognizable . His art work is created in collage technique, using hand-painted papers, which he cuts and layers to form bright and cheerful images . Many of his books have an added dimension—die-cut pages, twinkling lights as in The Very Lonely Firefly, even the lifelike sound of a cricket’s song as in The Very Quiet Cricket—giving them a playful quality: a toy that can be read, a book that can be touched . Children also enjoy working in collage and many send him pictures they have made themselves, inspired by his illustrations . He receives hundreds of letters each week from his young admirers .

The secret of Eric Carle’s books’ appeal lies in his intuitive understanding of and respect for children, who sense in him instinctively someone who shares their most cherished thoughts and emotions .

The themes of his stories are usually drawn from his extensive knowledge and love of nature—an interest shared by most small children . Besides being beautiful and entertaining, his books always offer the child the opportunity to learn something about the world around them . It is his concern for children, for their feelings and their inquisitiveness, for their creativity and their intellectual growth that, in addition to his beautiful artwork, makes the reading of his books such a stimulating and lasting experience .

Carle says: “With many of my books I attempt to bridge the gap between the home and school . To me home represents, or should represent; warmth, security, toys, holding hands, being held . School is a strange and new place for a child . Will it be a happy place? There are new people, a teacher, classmates—will they be friendly?

I believe the passage from home to school is the second biggest trauma of childhood; the first is, of course, being born . Indeed, in both cases we leave a place of warmth and protection for one that is unknown . The unknown often brings fear with it . In my books I try to counteract this fear, to replace it with a positive message . I believe that children are naturally creative and eager to learn . I want to show them that learning is really both fascinating and fun .”

Eric Carle has two grown-up children, a son and a daughter . He lives in the Florida Keys .

ABOUT THE AUTHOR ERIC CARLE

Taken directly from: http://www.eric-carle.com/bio.html

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5 Questions (Mostly About Puppets) With The Very Hungry Caterpil lar's Jonathan Rockefeller

Here's how Eric Carle's beloved characters come to life off-Broadway.Author: Bethany RickwaldLocations: Off-BroadwayNovember 11, 2017

With over 75 puppets in its stable, off-Broadway's THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR SHOW features a new creation appearing nearly once a minute, including bears, ducks, fireflies, a bunny, a seahorse, and, of course, a caterpillar . According to creator Jonathan Rockefeller, the fact that so many new animals are coming out onstage so quickly makes this the perfect show for children and adults (especially those with very short attention spans) even before you consider that it's based on four beloved books by children's author Eric Carle .

The iconic green and red caterpillar is joined by his buddies from Carle's Brown Bear, Brown Bear, 10 Little Rubber Ducks, and The Very Lonely Firefly in the kid-oriented show, which focuses on bringing the books' characters to vibrant 3-dimensional life while sticking as close as possible to the Carle's text .

"He's been entertaining kids for 50 years," said Rockefeller . "You've got to think this guy knows what he's talking about ."

"We're delighted that so many kids are coming to see it and we hope that it fosters a love of theater for many years to come," Rockefeller continued, "because there's also no greater joy than sitting in a theater filled with excited children who are loving what they're seeing in front of them on the stage ."

1) What was your first experience with Eric Carle's books?I still have my original copy of The Very Hungry Caterpillar from when I was a child . It's very ragged now . I always loved the vibrant illustrations — to me they seemed to leap out of the page . They were accessible; potentially you could actually go and draw them yourself . And it's that wonderful tissue paper collage technique . Eric Carle just has such a magical storytelling brain that weaves its way through numbers and colors and days of the week and seasons and all those sorts of things . He's innately linking up to a child's curiosity about the world, and I think that that, tied in with beautiful illustrations, is a perfect book .

ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT JONATHAN ROCKEFELLER

Taken Directly from: https://www.theatermania.com/off-broadway/news/5-questions-hungry-caterpillar-rockefeller_83122.html

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2) What was the process of adapting these books for the stage?It was a visual, theatrical and dramatic approach . We tried to remain incredibly faithful to Eric Carle's text because all the kids know the words and that's part of the game that we play — they know what's going to happen next . Children are the most joyful critics and the most harsh critics . You learn instantly if a kid likes it or not .

And we do tell stories that they haven't heard before as well . The two that most children go in knowing are Brown Bear, Brown Bear and The Very Hungry Caterpillar but there are two other stories they don't know .

3) What were you concerned about preserving from Carle's illustrations when creating the puppets?The hardest thing is that in the books they're two-dimensional, and Carle usually only draws them from one angle . He'll also draw the same animal in three different ways . Brown Bear, Brown Bear is a perfect example of that . He draws it differently every time he draws it, but each

time you feel the spirit of the drawing and get all the sort of parts of it . So it became a question of how do you reinterpret these sometimes a bit Picassoesque drawings while also being faithful to them? What does that actually look like from the front angle, from the back angle, for that illustration to still make sense?

4) How did you forge ahead with that creation process?We've preserved Carle's same techniques, the same painting styles, the same shapes . We've got a very talented team of puppet builders that we work with in house, and they have done the most marvelous job of taking it from sketch form all the way into building these three-dimensional things . They'll build them out of cardboard usually first and they'll see if they make sense, if they can stand up, and if they can operate . Then, we go through foam or fabric or different techniques for different animals .

5) What's the most memorable reaction that you've gotten from a kid?We have a yellow animal that comes out onstage, a yellow duck, and the kids sort of guess what the animal is going to be before it appears . And one of them screamed out "a yellow taxi!" — and of course that's a New Yorker for you . I could list more, like, "That is the fattest caterpillar I've ever seen," but there's just a lot of "wow"s . And there's a lot of tears – from parents enjoying the story that we tell about The Very Lonely Firefly. They're sitting next to their children, and it's all about growing up and leaving, and I think it's a real bonding experience on the part of both parents and children .

ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT JONATHAN ROCKEFELLER

Taken Directly from: https://www.theatermania.com/off-broadway/news/5-questions-hungry-caterpillar-rockefeller_83122.html

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Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

1, 2, 3 to the Zoo

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Pancakes, Pancakes!

The Tiny Seed

Do You Want to Be My Friend?

Rooster’s Off to See the World

The Secret Birthday Message

Walter the Baker

Have You Seen My Cat?

I See a Song

My Very First Book of Colors

My Very First Book of Numbers

My Very First Book of Shapes

My Very First Book of Words

Why Noah Chose the Dove

The Hole in the Dike

The Mixed Up Chameleon

The Grouchy Ladybug

Watch Out! A Giant!

The Honeybee and the Robber

Catch the Ball!

Let’s Paint A Rainbow

What’s For Lunch?

Thank You, Brother Bear

The Very Busy Spider

The Foolish Tortoise

The Greedy Python

The Mountain That Loved a Bird

Papa, Please Get the Moon For Me

All In a Day

The House for Hermit Crab

The Lamb and the Butterfly

Eric Carle’s Treasury of Classic Stories for Children

Animals Animals

The Very Quiet Cricket

Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?

Dragons Dragons

Draw Me a Star

Today is Monday

My Apron

The Very Lonely Firefly

Little Cloud

The Art of Eric Carle

From Head to Toe

Flora and Tiger: 19 very short stories from my life

Hello, Red Fox

You Can Make a Collage: A Very Simple How-to Book

The Very Clumsy Click Beetle

Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother, Too?

Dream Snow

“Slowly, Slowly, Slowly,” said the Sloth

Where Are You Going? To See My Friend!

Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See?

Mister Seahorse

10 Little Rubber Ducks

Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See?

The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse

FRIENDS

The Nonsense Show

RECOMMENDED READING: THE WORKS OF ERIC CARLE

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There are many people involved, both on stage and behind the stage, who are working to put on the best performance possible for you and the rest of the people in the audience . Unlike watching television or a movie, the performers and crew can see and hear the audience members—therefore, it is the audiences’ job to watch and listen carefully to the action on stage . The audience helps the performers and crew concentrate on doing their job when we practice the rules of theater etiquette:

• Visit the restroom before the performance begins.• Don't speak during the performance...whispering is still speaking, so make sure you are

only speaking in an emergency.• Do not eat or drink in the theater.• Do not put your feet up on the seats or balcony and do not kick the seat in front of you.• Don't put or throw anything on the stage.• Do laugh when the performance is funny.• Do applaud when it is appropriate during the performance.• Do applaud when the performance is over...this tells the performers and crew that you

appreciate their work.

CONTINUED ACTIVITY:1 . Hand out the included worksheet to students .

2 . Together as a class, go through the different event locations listed on the worksheet and discuss each event:

What can you do there? What can’t you do there? Why?

3 . Fill out the worksheet using Always, Sometimes or Never . Ask students why they think we behave differently at these different places (different atmospheres, expectations, traditions, etc .) .

4 . Share the theater etiquette with students and discuss in details the behavior expectations we have at the theater .

Adapted from: http://www.louisvilleorchestra.org/wp-content/uploads/audience-etiquette-activity.pdf , http://www.musical-theater-kids.com/theater-etiquette.html

IT’S SHOWTIME! Theatre Etiquet te Activit y

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Look at the different events listed across the first row in the table below . For each event, fill in ALWAYS, SOMETIMES or NEVER with the listed behavior expectations . Note the different behavior expectations there are for different events we attend .

BEHAVIORBASEBALL

GAME

CHURCH/WORSHIP SERVICE

LIVE THEATRE PERFORMANCE

ROCK CONCERT

MOVIE THEATER

CHEER

CLAP POLITELY

TALKING TO THOSE

AROUND YOU

EATING

STANDING UP AND

WALKING AROUND

Adapted from: http://www.louisvilleorchestra.org/wp-content/uploads/audience-etiquette-activity.pdf , http://www.musical-theater-kids.com/theater-etiquette.html

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• There are about 40 known species of seahorse .• Seahorses prefer to swim in pairs with their tails linked together .• They swim upright and avoid predators by mimicking the color of underwater plants .• Except for crabs, few marine predators eat the seahorse – it is too bony and indigestible .• Seahorses propel themselves by using a small fin on their back that flutters up to 35 times per second . Even smaller

pectoral fins located near the back of the head are used for steering .• Because of their body shape, seahorses are rather inept swimmers and can easily die of exhaustion when caught in

storm-roiled seas .• They anchor themselves with their tails to sea grasses and corals, using their snouts to suck in plankton and small

crustaceans that drift by . The seahorse can suck up food from as far as 3cm away .• The seahorse feeds constantly on plankton and tiny fish . It moves each of its eyes independently, so it can follow the

activity of passing sea life without giving its presence away . • Seahorses have no teeth and no stomach . Food passes through their digestive systems so quickly, they must eat almost

constantly to stay alive .• They can consume 3,000 or more brine shrimp per day .• Seahorses are monogamous and mate for life .• Rarer still, they are among the only animal species on Earth in which the male bears the unborn young .• Male pregnancy frees to female to make more eggs straight away and so reproduce quicker .• Seahorses engage in an eight-hour courtship dance which includes spinning around, swimming side by side and

changing colors .• When mating, the female seahorse releases up to 50 eggs into a pouch on the male’s abdomen .• The male seahorse carries the eggs in his pouch until they hatch, then releases fully formed, miniature seahorses into the

water . As little as 5 or as many as 1,500 young can be born .

Taken directly from: https://onekindplanet.org/animal/seahorse/

FACTS ABOUT SEAHORSES Classroom Science Information

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• There are more than 2,000 species of fireflies, a type of beetle . Despite their name, only some species produce adults that glow . Fireflies in the western United States, for example, lack the ability to produce light .

• Males that do glow use their flash to attract females . Each species has its own pattern of light flashing .• In some places at some times, fireflies synchronize their flashing .• Firefly light can be yellow, green or orange .• Firefly larvae may glow, even some that live underground or under water .

They use the light to communicate to predators that they aren’t tasty .• Larvae are carnivorous and particularly enjoy snails . Adult fireflies usually

live off of nectar and pollen, but some don’t feed at all .• A few firefly species are also carnivorous- meaning they eat meat- as

adults . They don’t eat snails, though—they eat different types of fireflies• Fireflies are among the many species that are bioluminescent, meaning

that they can produce their own light .• The light is the most efficient light in the world . Nearly 100 percent of the

energy is emitted as light .

Adapted from: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/14-fun-facts-about-fireflies-142999290/

FACTS ABOUT FIREFLIES Classroom Science Information

• A caterpillar has just one job – eat a lot . During their larval stage, the caterpillars must consume a significant amount of food to sustain itself into the next stage-adulthood . That is the reason they are nicknamed “eating machines” because all they do is to eat, eat and eat!

• Caterpillar has six pairs of small, pure eyes known as ocelli, and also called stemmata . These eyes can’t see images but can easily detect light intensity .

• Caterpillars quickly sense touch through their antennae and even through their tiny hair is known as setae that are all over their bodies .

• There are approximately 180,000 various species or kinds of caterpillars .• Several caterpillars are camouflaged to blend only into their host plant and their

environment, yet some caterpillars have gorgeous, bright colors!• Predators of caterpillars include mammals, birds, wasps and other caterpillars .• The life span of a caterpillar is about two to four weeks .• Caterpillars have three body parts; head, thorax, and abdomen, like all insects,

do . They have a hard, external covering known as an “exoskeleton” .• Many caterpillars are herbivores . Therefore, they only fed on plants like fruits and

leaves, while some species of caterpillars will feed on other insect’s eggs, or even other caterpillars like the Zebra Swallowtail Caterpillar .

• Most famous butterfly/caterpillar in North America is called Monarch butterfly/caterpillar .

Taken directly from: https://interestingfacts.tv/animal-facts/interesting-facts-about-caterpillars-learn-more-about-these-voracious-feeders/

FACTS ABOUT CATERPILLARS Classroom Science Information

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1 . Divide the class into two teams . Tell the teams to go on either side of a large room .

2 . Each team secretly decides if they are going to be caterpillars, fireflies, or seahorses .

3 . They line up on two sides of the room facing each other .

4 . The teacher counts 1, 2, 3 . On each number the groups takes one step forward .

5 . On “3” they take up the position of the character the group has decided on:• Caterpillars: Make antennas with their fingers and wiggle back and forth .• Fireflies: Make arms into flapping wings while opening and closing hands .• Seahorses: Make a long snout with their arm .

6 . Seahorses beat fireflies, fireflies beat caterpillars, and caterpillars beat seahorses .

7 . The losing team must run back to their side of the room . The winning team try to “tag” as many of the losing team as possible before they get home .

8 . The captives now become part of their captors’ team .

9 . Continue until one team wins .

Adapted from: http://www.bbbpress.com/2013/11/drama-game-wizards-giants-goblins/

CATERPILLARS, FIREFLIES, SEAHORSES Theatre Ar ts Activit y

The artwork in Eric Carle’s books are colorful collages . He uses different colors of paper that he layers to create bright works of art . You can create your own collage by using colorful scraps of tissue paper .

MATERIALS NEEDEDPlastic baggies, Tissue Paper, Scissors, Glue, Character pictures .

DIRECTIONS1 . Collect sheets or scraps of tissue paper . These can be leftover from another art activity or cut up by students .

2 . Have students separate the colored bits by color and place them on different tables within the classroom .

3 . Give each student a plastic baggie and allow them to fill up their bags with different collage pieces .

4 . Distribute the character sheets and allow them to glue on the pieces to create collage pictures of the characters of Eric Carle’s World!

Adapted from First Stage’s “Mole Hill Stories” Classroom Enrichment Guide

CARLE COLLAGES Classroom Ar t Activit y

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The primary colors: red, blue and yellow mix and form the secondary colors: green, orange, and purple.

With finger paints or tempera paints, paint the circles below to learn how colors mix to create new colors .

PRIMARY COLORS

RED YELLOW BLUE

SECONDARY COLORS

RED + YELLOW = ORANGE

YELLOW + BLUE = GREEN

BLUE + RED = PURPLE

Adapted from: http://www.first-school.ws/activities/artapp/rainbow-color-mixing.htm

COLORFUL CARLE Classroom Ar t Activit y

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MATERIALS The Very Hungry Caterpillar Finger Puppet Templates for the Caterpillar and ButterflyCard or thick paper (green, red, purple, yellow and blue)ScissorsGlue

You can make your own version of “The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show” with your own caterpillar and butterfly finger pup-pets! Cut out the puppet shapes, glue them together, and tell caterpillar’s story!

Taken directly from: https://readandcreate.co.uk/the-very-hungry-caterpillar-finger-puppets/

PUPPET MAKING ACTIVITY Classroom Ar t Activit y

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PUPPET MAKING ACTIVITY Classroom Ar t Activit y (Cont.)

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PUPPET MAKING ACTIVITY Classroom Ar t Activit y (Cont.)

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YELLOW RED

GREEN

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MATERIALS Food Picture Cutouts

Have each student cut out and COLOR the following included food pictures (1 Apple, 2 Pears, 3 Plums, 4 Strawberries, and 5 Oranges)Instruct students to use their food picture cutouts to complete the following math worksheet.

1. If you add up the total number of plums and pears, you have how many pieces of fruit?

_____________ Plums + ______________ Pears = _____________ Pieces of Fruit

2. If you add the number of strawberries to the number of apples, you have how many pieces of fruit?

________________ Strawberries + ________________ Apples = _________________ Pieces of Fruit

3. If you take away the number of plums from the number of oranges, you have how many pieces of fruit?

___________________ Oranges - ________________ Plums = ______________________ Pieces of Fruit

4. If you add up all of the pieces of fruit together, you have how many pieces of fruit?

_____________ Apples + ________________ Pears +_______________ Plums +

_______________ Strawberries + __________________ Oranges = ______________ Pieces of Fruit

Adapted From: First Stage’s Teaching Through Theatre Lesson

A VERY HUNGRY MATH LESSON Classroom Math Activit y

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Adapted From: First Stage’s Teaching Through Theatre Lesson

A VERY HUNGRY MATH LESSON Classroom Math Activit y (Cont.)

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“The Very Hungry Caterpillar” is a story that takes place over one week . In a single week lots of things can happen! To keep track of it all, we use a calendar . Some people use calendars to keep track of their diet- or the things that they eat . Using your own calendar, help The Very Hungry Caterpillar remember his very busy week of eating!

SUNDAY MONDAY

TUESDAY WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY FRIDAY

SATURDAY SUNDAY

THE VERY BUSY WEEK Language Ar ts/ Stor y Sequencing Activit y

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“The Very Hungry Caterpillar” is a story that takes place over one week . In a single week lots of things can happen! To keep track of it all, we use a calendar . Some people use calendars to keep track of their diet- or the things that they eat . Using your own calendar, help The Very Hungry Caterpillar remember his very busy week of eating!

THE VERY BUSY WEEK Language Ar ts/ Stor y Sequencing Activit y

Hatched from egg.

Ate 4 strawberries

Ate 1 apple. Ate 5 orangesAte 2 pears.

Ate 3 plums.

Ate leaf.

Ate lots of junk food!

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There are a lot of ways to let others know how we feel and to understand how others feel . In Eric Carle’s stories- many of his characters feel lots of different ways: the caterpillar is very hungry and the firefly is very lonely . There are lots of ways we can feel and we have words for those feelings .

Follow the instructions to draw the faces with different feelings . Then, match the feeling words with the correct faces .

Draw the face of somebody who is mad.

What makes someone feel mad?

____________________________________________

Draw the face of somebody who stayed awake all night.

What makes someone want to stay awake all night?

____________________________________________

UNDERSTANDING FEELINGS Language Ar ts, Social/ Emotional Learning Activit y

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Draw the face of somebody who is afraid.

What makes someone feel afraid?

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Draw the face of somebody with a big smile.

What makes someone want to smile?

____________________________________________

UNDERSTANDING FEELINGS Language Arts, Social/ Emotional Learning Activity (Cont.)

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Draw the face of somebody who feels left out.

What makes someone feel left out?

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UNDERSTANDING FEELINGS Language Arts, Social/ Emotional Learning Activity (Cont.)

SLEEPY SCARED HAPPY

ANGRY LONELY

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Introduce MyPlate to students while emphasizing the importance of eating a variety of healthy foods, and how easy it can be.

Show the students the colored printout of MyPlate, found at www .choosemyplate .gov . Point out each section and, depending on the grade level you are working with, have the students identify the colors and labels of each section .Make half your plate fruits and vegetables:

1 . Have each student list his or her favorite fruit and vegetable . Ask the students how much of their plates are normally taken up by fruits and veggies . Going through the colors of the rainbow, brainstorm different fruits and vegetables that are each color .

2 . Next, depending on the age of students you are working with, split the class into pairs or small groups working with an adult assistant . Provide each pair or small group with the attached Color Craze worksheet and instruct them that when you say “go” they will have 5 minutes to come up with a list of as many fruits and vegetables they can think of for each color .

3 . At the end of the 5 minutes, have each small group or pair count the number of fruits and vegetables they listed for each color . Allow the winning pair or group for each individual color read off their list out loud to the class and encourage students to fill in blank spots with answers that they missed .

MATERIALSA white paper plate for each childMarkers, crayons, colored pencilsMagazines with food pictures, scissors, glue

The Very Hungry Caterpillar got really sick when it ate too much junk food! It’s important to eat well every day to make sure we are healthy . Create your own plate to help you remember to eat healthy and avoid tummy aches!

1 . Have the students use a black marker or crayon to divide their paper plate into four sections as you model this on the board .

2 . Instruct the students to build a healthy plate for themselves by following the MyPlate guidelines of making half the plate fruits and veggies (make sure they include both fruits and veggies), making half the grains whole, varying the protein choices, and using skim or 1% dairy choices .

3 . Students can draw the foods and label them or cut out and glue on magazine pictures .

4 . When everyone is finished, have each child share his or her plate with the class and explain why he or she chose those particular foods . Then have him or her give one example of an enjoyable physical activity .

Taken directly from: http://www.learningzonexpress.com/documents/EnergyEverydayforEveryone/MyPlateLessonPlans.pdf, www.choosemyplate.gov

A VERY HEALTHY PLATE Health and Nutr it ion Classroom Activit y

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1 . “I’ll take good care of our eggs .”

2 . “…I paint…a blue…a blue horse . . .”

3 . “I do love you, but now you are ready to be on your own .”

4 . “As the sun set, a little firefly was born . It stretched its wings and flew off into the darkening sky .”

5 . “It’s time for me to lay my eggs,”

6 . “I am a good artist .”

7 . “Mrs . Kurtus has laid her eggs and I have stuck them on my head . Now I am taking good care of them until they hatch .”

8 . “Then he nibbled a hole in the cocoon, pushed his way out… and… he was a beautiful butterfly!”

9 . “What is it? Stop fighting!”

10 . . . . . Mr . and Mrs . Seahorse drifted gently through the sea . Mrs . Seahorse began to wiggle and twist, this way and that .

WHO SAID IT?

POST-SHOW QUESTIONS

1 . “Mister Seahorse” releases his babies and says that they are ready to be on their own . What sort of things can you do without your parents’ help? What sort of things are you learning to do all by yourself?

2 . “The Very Lonely Firefly” felt like they were all alone, but finally, they met their fellow fireflies and became friends . Have you ever been in a brand new place and made new friends? What sort of things do you think make a strong friend?

3 . “The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse” is a story about an artist who paints things in their own special way . Do you enjoy painting? What sort of things do you like to paint? Do you think people should always paint things the same way or in different ways? Why?

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1 . “I’ll take good care of our eggs .” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MR . SEAHORSE

2 . “…I paint…a blue…a blue horse . . .” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THE ARTIST WHO PAINTED A BLUE HORSE

3 . “I do love you, but now you are ready to be on your own .” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MISTER SEAHORSE

4 . “As the sun set, a little firefly was born . It stretched its wings and flew off into the darkening sky .” . . . . . . . NARRATOR

5 . “It’s time for me to lay my eggs,” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MRS . SEAHORSE

6 . “I am a good artist .” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THE ARTIST WHO PAINTED A BLUE HORSE

7 . “Mrs . Kurtus has laid her eggs and I have stuck them on my head . Now I am taking good care of them until they hatch .” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .MR . KURTUS

8 . “Then he nibbled a hole in the cocoon, pushed his way out… and… he was a beautiful butterfly!” . . . . . . NARRATOR

9 . “What is it? Stop fighting!” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GIRL WITH LANTERN

10 . Mr . and Mrs . Seahorse drifted gently through the sea . Mrs . Seahorse began to wiggle and twist, this way and that . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NARRATOR

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