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Home | Store | Forum | What's New | Contact | About | Terms | Links | Storytime | UNCRC    Activities for math    Ideas to explore quantity, number, position and problem solving language. Caterpillar counters activity Use hole punched plastic milk bottle tops as threading resources and string together long wiggly caterpillar bodies that can be characterised with personalised faces!      Caterpillar head printable Thread 'your' pillars .. Resources needed  to make a caterpillar   10 - 20 plastic milk bottle lids   Threading material - cord, twine, string, laces   Sticker paper to print the head images to or double sided sticky foam pads  markmaking tools to design facial features  scissors  Draper hole punch tool available on amazon From the store  Purchase the full activity containing a full sheet of caterpillar head images, request slips and activity cards separately Additional ways to use the bottle lids   as clackety legs, musical dance sticks or wands - thread a length of tops then tie to a the end of short piece of rolled paper/dowel/pole, sunflower plant stalks, grass snakes, enclosure fences, roller barrels for transportation or paint, pattern making with other coloured discs. Fill a play tray - inside on a wall unit or outside on the ground with - sand, soil, water, foam,         beads, pasta and add holed bottle tops and threads for construction.   Introduce counting activities, dishes to collect and sort quantities and to demonstrate the fine motor skill art of threading - exlplore the hand eye coordination, dexterity and the concentration it requires to position, push and insert the cord into the hole and pull through from the opposite side. Display activity trays  Shallow trug           Wall unit tray        Large floor tray      Individual tabletop trays                 Individual bowls                                                                                      wood, plastic or wicker?    Black line image to advertise caterpillar and daisy chain picture     ICT and a colour fill caterpillar from mapetitesouris.com To extend ..   add play resources that build on your bottle top threading, activity sheets to record,                        markmake cut and paste as the children explore outdoors and the many creatures living there. Caterpillar finger puppet - butterfly - lifecycle pieces - caterpillar play tunnel - 10 caterpillars