This week in Nursery our work has centred around the story of The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle.

We have explored length comparing and ordering caterpillars from shortest to longest. We have used words that describe length like shorter  and longer.

We discussed the story and  noticed how the caterpillar changed. He began as an egg on a leaf. The egg popped and out came a caterpillar. The caterpillar ate lots of food and got bigger and bigger. He went to sleep in a cocoon for two weeks. When he came out he was a beautiful butterfly. We used our cutting skills to cut out , then order pictures of the life cycle of a caterpillar. We stuck the pictures onto a paper plate and sewed around the edge.

We have also made a caterpillar number line and a large 3D life cycle for our display. We have looked at basic symmetry and made butterflies, checking that the pattern is the same on both wings.