The Very Hungry Caterpillar Colourful Semantics Early Maths Picture Pack (no book)

Visual resources to go with ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ book (NB The book is NOT included in this pack): colour-coded sentence strips & squares + 2 sets of matching colour-coded pictures and tips for using the resources.

This pack uses ‘Colourful Semantics’ theory to support Early Years Maths Targets as follows:

EYFS Maths Targets Numbers N15, N16, N20, N23 (40-60 months): Recognises numerals 1-5; counts up to 3 or 4 objects; selects the correct numeral to represent 1-5; uses the language of ‘more’ or ‘fewer’ to compare 2 sets of objects.

Y1 Maths Target Measurements: I know and use words relating to days.

The pack helps children to use and understand the following words/concepts:

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday; one, two, three, four, five, lots, more, fewer; apple, pear, plum, strawberry, orange, food.

There are 5 colour-coded squares with matching question words: orange-Who?, yellow-What doing?, brown- When?, cloud shape - What like? (How many?), green - What?

There are 3 different 4-part colour coded sentence strips with pairs of colour-coded pictures to match as follows: 2 subjects (caterpillar, I ), 2 actions (ate, see), 7 days of the week, 8 number cards, 12 object cards.

The visual resources are used to describe pages from the Hungry Caterpillar book (you will need the book for this activity - NB the book is not included with this pack) and to compare 2 pictures using the words ‘more’ and ‘fewer’.

The visual resources and an A4 laminated page of tips fit into an A4 popper bag, labelled with a brown parcel tag for convenient storage and portability.

This pack will help your child learn some maths concepts and take turns commenting using 4 word sentences, supported by colour-coding. Highly recommended for children with delayed language and children with autism.