Caterpillar and Butterfly Books for Kids
Learning about caterpillars and their metamorphosis to butterflies is a popular subject for young children. This subject allows kids to learn about the life cycle of animals and what happens during each stage of life. There are many fiction and non fiction books you can read with your child. These books are easy to find at your local library. If you find one your child loves you may consider purchasing it on Amazon to read and reread with them.
Fiction Books
- "The Very Impatient Caterpillar" by Ross Burach: Your child will love this book, the character is so fun. He is also very impatient and I love how this book illustrates what that means. Kids will laugh at this funny caterpillar as he get ready for his metamorphosis.
- "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by Eric Carle: This book is a favorite and shows a silly caterpillar who eats some unusual foods. See if your child notices the foods are not what a normal caterpillar would eat.
- "Gege the Caterpillar" by Jason B.H.: GEGE The Caterpillar, spends here time eating leaves to get bigger, but can't reach the high leaves. GeGe feels sad, but soon learns an important lesson about patience on her way to her transformation.
- " Caterpillar to Butterfly" by Laura Marsh" This nonfiction book is a great resource for leaning all about the life cycle from caterpillar to butterfly. The photos in this book will make great addition to your child's understanding.
- "From Caterpillar to Butterfly" by Deborah Heiligman: This nonfiction book features kids at school watch a caterpillar transform into a butterfly as it eats and grows.
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Caterpillar Name Craft
Caterpillars and butterflies are a popular animal to teach children about life cycles and metamorphosis. There are a variety of fiction and non fiction books that you can get from your public library or purchase to read with your child. This caterpillar name craft is the perfect weekend activity or
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Caterpillar Clothespin Activity
Caterpillars transform from small caterpillars to beautiful butterflies. Before this metamorphosis, the caterpillar eats leaves. Leaves are the most plentiful part of the plant and caterpillars eat a lot of them. They eat their body weight in leaves each day for 1-2 weeks before forming a chrysalis. This activity is
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