This lesson plan introduces teachers and parents to eric carle and his childrens books about nature. Host an eric carle book party for summer fun with friends. We recently borrowed mister seahorse by eric carle from the library, and i. My eric carle themed literacy center pack has 99 pages which include 12 activities for some of eric carle s most popular books. Eric carle has been delighting children and adults with his books for years. Eric carle inspired virtual hunger drive from the good long road. Youll find lots of montessoriinspired eric carle activities. Eric carle is a beloved author of colorful picture books for kids. Discover eric carle, learn how he makes his tissues and even find out where his museum is.
The ultimate list of eric carle activities teaching mama. If youre looking for more eric carle bookrelated activities, check out the links. We werent able to fit all of them into this preschool week, but they sure look like fun. Students engage in a variety of fun art activities about butterflies and lady bugs. Preschool playful learning activities to accompany a house for hermit crab by eric carle. This week we are continuing our unit on bugs and using eric carles books for our activities.
Heres several eric carle activities to do with your child. Storybook artist study from enchanted homeschooling mom. Literacy is a very important part of our toddler and preschool curriculum. There are three sight word mini books which have innovations from the greedy python, roosters off to see the world and a house for hermit crab. Suggestions for teaching observation and prediction, story. Croissants 1 per child red pepper slices six per child two strawberries per child toothpicks two per child mozz arella cheese sticks one stick will make 4 crabs black olive pieces two per child. Eric carle theme and author study activities for preschool. They make tshirts, sandwiches and a lady bug paper weight. Eric carle s books are a favorite with children because of their unique, handson format and brightly colored illustrations. This video is about a tiny seed that travels near and far to become a flower.
A catalogue of crafts, activities and lesson plans based. Eric carles books are used as an opener for the lessons. June 25 is the birthday of beloved childrens book author and illustrator eric carle. Preschool literacy preschool booksliteracy activitiesactivities for kidspreschool family kindergarten.
Montessoriinspired eric carle activities from living montessori now. Kindergarten nana has some of the cutest ideas for this book. Here are a few ways to create art, games and activities inspired by eric carle. I have tried to include activities to go along with many of eric carles books. A drawwithchalk book the world of eric carle ten little rubber ducks. Preschool bookskindergarten math classroom activitiesbook activitiespreschool activitiespreschool classroom hungry. Introduce this author to your preschool classroom with three activities including colleges, and a very hungry caterpillar salad.
Preschool literacypreschool booksliteracy activitiesactivities for kidspreschool familykindergarten. Montessoriinspired eric carle activities living montessori now. Continuing on the genesis creation themeit was a toss up between s for snake and s for seahorse. Creating collages like eric carle from happy brown house.
Free printables and unit studies for eric carles books. Ten little rubber ducks printable ordinal numbers book. One of the easiest ways to connect with his books is to encourage children to paint their own versions of his colorful characters. Eric carle preschool theme activities to help your preschoolers develop their math skills and those small muscles in their hands. Of course, an eric carle preschool theme would not be complete without an activity or two to follow up with the very hungry caterpillar book. Super cute cricket craft ill use black, brown and dark green tissue paper.