Very Hungry Caterpillar Story Play
A cardboard storyboard with food cutouts and a string-attached caterpillar that eats through them as you read the book. Storytime, alive.
How to do it
- 1
Draw the foods from the book on cardboard and cut a hole in the middle of each.
- 2
Draw a caterpillar and attach it to a string fastened to the cardboard.
- 3
As you read the book, let the kid push the caterpillar through each food's hole.
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