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Pages16
TypePDF
SourceChildCareEd
Price$1.75 License available
License: ChildCareEd Resource License
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This 16-page teaching guide walks educators through preparing, modeling, adapting, and assessing a hands-on caterpillar-building activity. Children practice counting body segments, naming colors, completing two-color patterns, and sequencing a caterpillar’s growth into a butterfly. Use the activity for a small-group math and science experience, or adapt the number of segments and pattern complexity to each child’s readiness. Materials include paper circles, a caterpillar head, leaf templates, crayons, and child-appropriate adhesive.
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