Friday, February 27, 2015

Flannel Friday: The Very Hungry Caterpillar

I know this is a classic and that everyone probably already has a flannel version of this, but I really love telling this story with a flannelboard, so here is my version.

I made all the pieces which, while time consuming, was not impossible.

When I gauge that I have the right crowd, I hand out the pieces of what he ate to various kids and call them up to the flannelboard at the appropriate times. ("He ate FOUR STRAWBERRIES! Who has four strawberries?")

The kids love the part where he becomes a big fat caterpillar, and the butterfly always gets some "ooooohs".


While I'm on this, though, does it bother anyone else that the butterfly comes out of a cocoon? I always want to say chrysalis at that point...

3 comments:

  1. Beautiful! When I/we tell this story with the flannel board pieces I always say cocoon and ask the kiddos if they know the other name for a cocoon. And many of them will shout out "chrysalis" works for me!

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    1. Good call! It's always amazing to me what kids know. I love asking them questions. :-)

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  2. Beautiful! When I/we tell this story with the flannel board pieces I always say cocoon and ask the kiddos if they know the other name for a cocoon. And many of them will shout out "chrysalis" works for me!

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