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Home | Store | Forum | What's New | Contact | About | Terms | Links | Storytime | UNCRC   Activities for math      Ideas to explore quantity, position and language.     Caterpillar Counters Request, collect, clean and recycle plastic milk bottle lids & then turn them into fun counting characters! 1 through 10 .. on to 20 and more, enjoy ordering and building lines of rattly bodies ..  Purchase the download document containing a sheet of caterpillar head images, request slips and activity cards separately or as part of the caterpillar counter storage bag - while stocks last 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 mark-making tools for designing facial             features. Scissors hole punch tool available on amazon Play ideas              Set up inviting environments .. What are you building with your bottle tops? ... this activity page focusses on caterpillars, other     ideas are clackety legs, musical dance sticks or wands - thread a length of tops then tie to a                 the end of short piece of dowel/pole, sunflower plant stalks, grass snakes, enclosure fences, roller         barrels for transportation, pattern making with other coloured discs. Create mini-play areas that reflect a focus - use colour and books to present your idea of the       activity and encourage the children to lead in how they see and want it to develop .. 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 quantities and demonstrate the fine motor skill       art of threading - exlplore the hand eye coordination and concentration it requires to                      position, push, inserting the cord into the hole and pulling through in order 'to thread. Display activity trays ..  Shallow trug           Wall unit tray        Large floor tray      Individual tabletop trays                 Individual bowls                                                                                      wood, plastic or wicker? More caterpillar counting resources: A humourous look at life as a moth -  5 Little Caterpillars rhyme (c) John Hampson excellent for parent workshops that examine the fun of children's rhymes  - caterpillar count - printable game sheet -  Black line image to advertise caterpillar and daisy chain picture   ICT and a colour fill caterpillar from mapetitesouris.com Caterpillar - Butterfly lifecycle craft eBook   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