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Teach Your Toddler Numbers With The Hungry Caterpillar!

April 12, 2013 By jbmumofone 23 Comments

Following the success of learning shapes using peg monsters, I devised a very similar game for learning numbers with the boy.  Although he seems pretty good at counting I am not sure how much he recognises actual numerals yet so I think this might help.

This time however we made a very hungry caterpillar.

This we constructed in exactly the same way as the peg monster. Here is how to do it.

First paint a wooden clothes peg green and allow to dry.  Stick two googley eyes to a red pom pom to form the head.  When the peg is dry coat one side with glue and stick on your head and some smaller green pom poms behind for the body.

 

Make your own hungry caterpillar

For something to eat I made the following which is available to download for free here Hungry Caterpillar Counting Page-1

The Hungry Caterpillar Numbers Practice

Simply cut out each number, and corresponding pictures, and back with coloured card. I decided to laminate mine too in the hope that they may last a while!

Hungry caterpillar flashcards

Now he has something to eat. Simply pick a number and let your toddler do the feeding!

Hungry caterpillar numbers game for toddlers

Skills your toddler will learn:
Number recognition
Fine motor skills – pincer grip

For more play-based learning ideas why not check out my Learn to Play and Play to Learn page and pinterest board.

I am linking up this week with Monday Kid Corner and Tuesday Tots.

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Filed Under: Education Tagged With: Hungry Caterpillar, Learning numbers, Play based learning, Pre-school, Toddlers

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Comments

  1. Elaine Livingstone (@pooohbear2811) says

    April 12, 2013 at 21:47

    what a fab caterpillar. and a good idea

    Reply
    • jbmumofone says

      April 12, 2013 at 21:54

      Thanks Elaine 🙂 Am trying to think of ways to make it all a bit of fun for him.

      Reply
  2. Dyan says

    April 12, 2013 at 22:42

    Adorable caterpillar and an overall great idea!

    Reply
    • jbmumofone says

      April 13, 2013 at 15:01

      Thanks so much Dyan 🙂

      Reply
  3. HonestMum.com says

    April 15, 2013 at 21:02

    Fab idea!

    Reply
    • jbmumofone says

      April 16, 2013 at 16:00

      Thank you and thanks for stopping by! 🙂

      Reply
  4. seemi @ Trillium Montessori says

    April 16, 2013 at 18:53

    I love the caterpillar and extension activities. This has lots of possibilities for the classroom. Thanks for sharing!
    Seemi @ Trillium Montessori

    Reply
    • jbmumofone says

      April 17, 2013 at 18:53

      Thank you. I hope you find it useful 🙂

      Reply
  5. Adele says

    April 18, 2013 at 10:23

    This is such a good idea. I’m trying to get little man to turn his numbers so this would be a huge help

    Reply
    • jbmumofone says

      April 18, 2013 at 11:25

      Oh great, I hope it helps! I am trying to think of more games to help my son. He is great at counting but I think number recognition is a bit trickier for them.

      Reply
  6. Emma Smith (@MyLittle3andMe) says

    April 18, 2013 at 14:19

    What a cute and fun idea. I just had to pin it!

    Reply
    • jbmumofone says

      April 18, 2013 at 14:24

      Oh great, thanks Emma 🙂

      Reply
  7. Nikki Thomas says

    April 19, 2013 at 21:13

    That is really lovely, I’m going to try that with A

    Reply
    • jbmumofone says

      April 20, 2013 at 08:02

      Oh great! I hope you guys have fun x

      Reply
  8. Allison says

    April 20, 2013 at 04:01

    Thanks for the printable! I love that you combined a cute craft with counting. I’m featuring this on The Sunday Showcase tomorrow.

    Reply
    • jbmumofone says

      April 20, 2013 at 08:01

      Oh that is so kind of you! Thank you, that has made my day 🙂

      Reply
  9. Rebecca English says

    April 20, 2013 at 08:52

    Oh these are super cute! Lovely for this time of year.

    Thanks for sharing on The Sunday Showcase. I’ve pinned to our board.

    Reply
    • jbmumofone says

      April 20, 2013 at 09:51

      Thanks Rebecca, that is ace 🙂

      Reply
  10. thejennyevolution says

    April 22, 2013 at 17:22

    So glad you joined me for the Monday Kid Corner party. If you haven’t linked up today, we’re live at http://www.mondaykidcorner.blogspot.com.

    Jennifer
    http://www.thejennyevolution.com

    Reply
  11. Debs says

    April 23, 2013 at 02:39

    Cute! Thanks for linking again to Tuesday Tots. I’ve featured this activity this week 🙂

    Reply
  12. Alice @ Mums Make Lists says

    February 17, 2014 at 11:57

    What a fun idea – pinned on my numbers board Alice xx

    Reply
  13. cassfrugalfamily says

    February 17, 2014 at 18:20

    We used to love reading this book – it never failed to make my two laugh.

    Thanks for linking up with the Parenting Pin It Party this week x x

    Reply

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