Are you looking for extension activities to the amazing book by Eric Carle ‘From Head to Toe’. You’re in LUCK! These fun and hands-on activities will help your kids work on gross-motor skills, one-on-one correspondence, visual discrimination, counting and story sequencing.
From Head to Toe Book Extension Activities: Sequencing
Using interactive activities like this one, is a hands-on and engaging way for your kids to learn concepts such as sequencing. It’s also a great way to master fine motor skills, visual discrimination and so much more.
What you get:
- Pictures of all the animals
What else is needed:
- Color pencils, markers/ crayons
- Construction Paper cut into strips of 3 x 30 inches
- Scissors
- Glue
How to use this resource:
After reading the story, ask the children to name all the animals in the story. Hand out the activity sheets. Now ask the children to color all the animals on it. When they are done, children cut out the animals and paste them in the correct order on the construction paper strips. And then it’s time to re-tell the story!
From Head to Toe Role Play
All kids love pretending to be animals. This activity is great for getting them to practice speaking in front of bigger groups, work on those memory skills and just to have fun!
What you get:
- Black & White pictures of all of the animals in the story on A4 paper
What else will you need:
- Scissors
- Coloring pencils/ markers or crayons
- Tape
- Skewer sticks/ chopsticks
How to use this resource:
Depending on how many children you have in the class, ask each child to choose an animal (if you have 9 children…perfect! If 18, even more perfect! But if you have 14 like me, print out 2 copies of each animal and ask children to choose an animal). Let children color their animals and cut on the dotted lines. When they are done, tape a chopstick or a skewer stick (cut off the sharp sides on these beforehand) on the back of the picture of the animal. The children now have stick puppets!
Ask everyone to stand in a circle and re-tell the story. Whenever an animal name comes up, the children with that animal stand up and do the animal’s movement.
From Head to Toe Story Props
What you will need:
- Scissors
- Laminating Sheets
- Laminator
How to use this resource:
Print out the pictures, cut it out and laminate. Use these to re-tell the story.
From Head to Toe Movement Cards
An activity that can be done in pairs, small groups or as a whole class.
What YOU WILL need:
- Picture Cards printed out and laminated
How to use this resource:
Ask volunteers to choose an animal movement card (without showing their classmates). The child does the animal movement and the other children guess the animal. The first one that guesses correctly chooses the next card. Continue until all the children had a turn.
Click on the image to below to download the printable activity pack!
