Literacy Resources

 

Animated Film of The Very Hungry Caterpillar

A narrated animated film based on the internationally acclaimed The Very Hungry Caterpillar, in which a tiny caterpillar eats and eats…and eats his way through the week.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75NQK-Sm1YY

 

Animated film called Caterpillar Shoes 

We hope you like Caterpillar Shoes, our short animation for a new kids TV series. It's a sweet rhyming bedtime story about the journey a caterpillar takes to become a butterfly for early childhood students. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYa6OLQHrEc

 

3D Animated Short Film: 'Sweet Cocoon' - by ESMA

Approximately a 7 minute, 'Oscar Nominated' animated short called 'Sweet Cocoon' about two insects that decide to help a struggling caterpillar in her metamorphosis! Suitable for Early childhood to year 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0a0aNqTehM

 

Butterfly themed worksheets

Printable literacy worksheets and activities on Butterflies for the early years.

http://www.makinglearningfun.com/themepages/ButterflyLiteracyIdeas.htm

 

Butterfly Literacy Ideas for Early Childhood

http://www.makinglearningfun.com/themepages/ButterflyLiteracyIdeas.htm

 

Worksheets on the Life Cycle of a Butterfly

Spelling and grammar worksheets for junior years

https://worksheetplace.com/index.php?

 

Bat and Butterfly 

'Bat and Butterfly' is about Aboriginal moieties and what happens if you do not follow Aboriginal law. In central Arnhem Land, there are two moieties, Yirritja and Dhuwa. Yirritja families must marry Dhuwa and vice versa. In this story, the man, however talented he may be, behaves like a coward when he abducts a girl from the camp. She is powerless but her strong will and goodness transform her into a butterfly. In stark contrast, the man – who was once admired by the camp - is banished to live as a bat forever in the darkness. More appropriate for middle to upper primary.

http://education.abc.net.au/home#!/media/2570424/bat-and-butterfly

 

Butterfly poems

Includes a collection of Butterfly Poems by famous poets, suitable for middle and upper primary.

https://www.poemhunter.com/poems/butterfly

 

Making learning fun 

A range of butterfly themed activities for junior primary

http://www.makinglearningfun.com/themepages/ButterflyPrintables.html

 

Caterpillar and Butterfly, by Ambelin Kwaymullina.

Book trailer created by Year 4 students at Rosalie Primary School, for the Rosalie Writers. The author, Ambelin Kwaymullina is an Indigenous writer and artist. She comes from the Bailgu and Njamal peoples of the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Caterpillar and Butterfly is an inspiring and uplifting picture book for younger readers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3PLj7213y8

Caterpillar and Butterfly, by Ambelin Kwaymullina: teacher notes

Simple lesson plans for literacy, science and art that are based upon the picture book, Caterpillar and Butterfly

https://www.fremantlepress.com.au/system/spree/files/attachments/000/000/220/original/CATERPILLAR_AND_BUTTERFLY_TEACHING_NOTES_WEB.pdf?1429519898

 

Charlie the Caterpillar

A storybook read by Suzanne Halsey Goeden  As Charlie the Caterpillar meets one group of animals after another playing together and having fun, he asks if he can join in. But each time he's told not welcome -- because he's ugly. As winter approaches, Charlie spins himself a cocoon. When spring arrives, the cocoon opens and out comes Charlie -- now a beautiful butterfly. Everyone wants him to be part of their group. But Charlie puts these fair-weather friends properly in their place in this heartwarming story about the meaning of true friendship.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_m_bmrCUeM