The Hungry Caterpillar

Ferdy often wants to stay at home on a Friday but I always refuse as I think we won't get much done, plus I like them to get outside as much as possible. However, the weather was pretty bad today, and when Ferdy suggested we make a list of things to cover, I thought we should give it a go.

Our negotiated list (notice that the first thing completed was something I had to do)

We did actually manage a trip to the library as well and amongst others, read a brilliant book (three times) by Michael Rosen called Chocolate Cake. 

After choosing 23 books each and being allowed to use the zapper (it's like a Star Wars gun) to check their books out, we went home to complete our list which consisted of:

1. Reading Hansel and Gretel to us.

 

2. Doing some division by sharing with marshmallows.

3. Watching Numberblocks and writing down all the sums adding up to 15.

4. Making caterpillars.

Ferdy had found a caterpillar in the garden earlier in the week, and we also found a page in our RSPB Wild Times magazine about making paper caterpillars.

So they each chose a caterpillar from my Butterflies book. Ferdy's was a Camberwell Beauty and Gil's a Large Copper. Ferdy then suggested we then make chrysalises and butterflies to match, and then play a very long and complicated game of the Hungry Caterpillar (although I stipulated without the cake, pie, sausages, lollipops and ice cream). Ferdy then wrote his story 'Fest (sic) there is an egg, then a caterpillar, then a pretty butterfly'.

Ferdy's choice

They were so proud of what they'd made we even sent off pictures to the readers' pages of Wild Times. Watch this space for their debut in a national magazine.

Can you spot the chrysalises made by Yours Truly out of toilet rolls?