Caterpillar Spring Butterfly Summer
Written by Susan Hood
Illustrated by Claudine Gévry
Designed by Mara Van Fleet
1. Type of Book: Story book
2. Format: Board book with pop up cloth spring and pop up butterfly.
3. Multicultural: N/A
4. Awards: N/A
5. Age Appropriate: 2- 4 years old
6. Brief Synopsis:
A caterpillar goes around during spring meeting new friends, after it goes to sleep on a long nap she wakes up to fly as a beautiful butterfly.
7. Interaction:
This book is interactive since it describes different aspects of spring in which the children are able to use there sense of touch to explore. It also has texture in its pop up character that is made of a spring and cloth to represents the caterpillar’s body. Children can share their impression of the aspects of the spring season and discuss what they see in the story such as insects, flowers, birds, etc. This story offers an opportunity for the students to talk about friendship since the main character makes friends throughout the story.
8. Quality:
a) Bright Colors- Yellow, red, blue, green.
b) Word play- fun words that are easy to repeat.
c) Listening pleasure- words that rhyme
d) Onomatopoeia- Use of words that represent actions such as “chompity-chew”.
e) Predictability- Life cycle of the butterfly
f) Aesthetic appeal- Beautiful illustration, pop-up characteristics.
9. Debrief:
a) Why were the animals coming out?
b) What were the animals eating?
c) Why can’t the caterpillar go with her friends?
d) Why did the caterpillar go to sleep?
e) What happened when the caterpillar woke up?
10. Activities:
a) Children can recreate the story with puppets or with dramatic play.
b) Children can create caterpillars with egg cartons.
c) The teacher can review the life cycle of a butterfly with a small green house.
d) Children can stuff green socks and make caterpillar puppets.
Written by Susan Hood
Illustrated by Claudine Gévry
Designed by Mara Van Fleet
1. Type of Book: Story book
2. Format: Board book with pop up cloth spring and pop up butterfly.
3. Multicultural: N/A
4. Awards: N/A
5. Age Appropriate: 2- 4 years old
6. Brief Synopsis:
A caterpillar goes around during spring meeting new friends, after it goes to sleep on a long nap she wakes up to fly as a beautiful butterfly.
7. Interaction:
This book is interactive since it describes different aspects of spring in which the children are able to use there sense of touch to explore. It also has texture in its pop up character that is made of a spring and cloth to represents the caterpillar’s body. Children can share their impression of the aspects of the spring season and discuss what they see in the story such as insects, flowers, birds, etc. This story offers an opportunity for the students to talk about friendship since the main character makes friends throughout the story.
8. Quality:
a) Bright Colors- Yellow, red, blue, green.
b) Word play- fun words that are easy to repeat.
c) Listening pleasure- words that rhyme
d) Onomatopoeia- Use of words that represent actions such as “chompity-chew”.
e) Predictability- Life cycle of the butterfly
f) Aesthetic appeal- Beautiful illustration, pop-up characteristics.
9. Debrief:
a) Why were the animals coming out?
b) What were the animals eating?
c) Why can’t the caterpillar go with her friends?
d) Why did the caterpillar go to sleep?
e) What happened when the caterpillar woke up?
10. Activities:
a) Children can recreate the story with puppets or with dramatic play.
b) Children can create caterpillars with egg cartons.
c) The teacher can review the life cycle of a butterfly with a small green house.
d) Children can stuff green socks and make caterpillar puppets.
-Ana C.
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