Very Hungry Caterpillar Bingo Game

This Very Hungry Caterpillar Bingo Game is a printable literacy activity that helps preschoolers practice matching, listening, and visual discrimination skills while exploring favorite characters and foods from the classic story. Designed for preschoolers, kindergarteners, and early elementary learners, it works well for homeschool lessons, classroom centers, library programs, and storytime activities.

If you’re looking for simple book activities to extend learning after reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar, this bingo game is an easy, low-prep option. Children will enjoy identifying familiar images from the story as they cover spaces on their cards and work toward a winning bingo pattern.

What Is a Very Hungry Caterpillar Bingo Game?

A Very Hungry Caterpillar Bingo Game is a printable preschool activity that helps children build listening, matching, and visual discrimination skills while exploring characters and foods from The Very Hungry Caterpillar. This easy-to-use game is perfect for storytime extensions, literacy centers, homeschool lessons, and classroom book activities.

What’s Included in the Very Hungry Caterpillar Bingo Game?

This free preschool printable set includes everything you need to play a simple bingo game inspired by The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

Bingo Cards

The printable features multiple unique bingo boards filled with familiar images from the story. Children will spot favorite foods and characters such as apples, pears, plums, strawberries, oranges, watermelon, cupcakes, pickles, cheese, cake, ice cream, the caterpillar, and the butterfly.

Each bingo card includes a free space in the center.

Calling Cards

You’ll also receive a set of picture calling cards that can be cut apart and placed in a bag or container. Draw one card at a time and have children find the matching image on their bingo boards.

Easy-to-Use Format

Simply print the pages, cut apart the calling cards, and gather a few markers or counters. This low-prep activity is ready to use for storytime, literacy centers, homeschool lessons, or preschool classroom fun.

How to Play the Very Hungry Caterpillar Bingo Game

This printable bingo game is easy to set up and play with preschoolers at home, in the classroom, or during storytime.

1. Print the bingo cards and calling card page.
2. Cut apart the calling cards.
3. Place the calling cards in a bag, basket, or container.
4. Give each player a bingo card and a handful of counters, buttons, pom-poms, or other markers.
5. Draw one calling card and show or announce the picture.
6. Players look for the matching image on their bingo cards and cover it if they have it.
7. Continue drawing cards until a player completes a winning pattern and calls out “Bingo!”

Winning Patterns to Try

Keep the game fresh by using different winning patterns:

• Horizontal row
• Vertical row
• Diagonal row
• Four corners
• X pattern
• Full card blackout

Preschool Tip

Before playing, read The Very Hungry Caterpillar together and invite children to name the foods and characters they remember from the story. This helps build vocabulary and story comprehension while making the game even more meaningful.

Extend the Learning

A bingo game is more than just a fun storytime activity. Use it as a starting point for additional literacy, math, and science learning inspired by The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

Retell the Story

After playing, invite children to identify the foods they saw on their bingo cards and talk about where they appeared in the story. This simple activity strengthens story recall and comprehension skills.

Sort the Foods

Challenge children to sort the bingo images into categories such as:

• Fruits
• Sweets
• Other foods

Sorting activities help preschoolers practice classification and critical thinking skills.

Practice Counting

Count the spaces covered on each bingo card. You can also count how many fruits, treats, or other foods appear on a card to reinforce early math concepts.

Create a Sequencing Activity

Use the food images as prompts and encourage children to place them in the order they appeared in the story. Sequencing activities help build memory, comprehension, and early literacy skills.

You might also like our Very Hungry Caterpillar Sequencing activity.

Explore the Butterfly Life Cycle

Talk about how the caterpillar changes throughout the story. Pair the bingo game with a butterfly life cycle activity, book, or craft to introduce basic science concepts in a hands-on way.

More Very Hungry Caterpillar Activities

If your preschoolers enjoyed this bingo game, keep the learning going with these related activities:

• Butterfly Activities for Preschoolers to explore life cycles, science, and nature themes
• Spring Preschool Activities for seasonal learning and play
• Counting Activities for Preschoolers to practice early math skills through hands-on learning
• Preschool Sequencing Activities to build story comprehension and retelling skills
• Eric Carle Activities for Preschoolers for more book-inspired learning opportunities

These activities pair well with the Very Hungry Caterpillar Bingo Game and can help you create a complete literacy, math, and science unit around a favorite preschool story.

This Very Hungry Caterpillar Bingo Game is a simple way to extend learning after reading one of preschool’s most beloved books. As children play, they’ll practice listening, matching, vocabulary, and social skills while interacting with familiar characters and foods from the story.

Whether you’re planning a homeschool lesson, preschool center, library storytime, or book-themed unit, this printable offers an easy, low-prep activity that children can enjoy again and again. Print a copy, gather a few counters, and get ready for a fun learning experience inspired by The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

Grab Your Very Hungry Caterpillar Bingo Game

Ready to add a simple storytime activity to your day? Print the free Very Hungry Caterpillar Bingo Game and enjoy a hands-on way to reinforce listening, matching, and vocabulary skills with your preschoolers.

Whether you’re planning a homeschool lesson, preschool center, library program, or book-themed unit study, this printable is an easy addition to your learning plans.

Get your free copy below, then be sure to explore our other Very Hungry Caterpillar activities and preschool printables for even more book-inspired learning fun.