Eric Carle!

I wrote up what we did for our two Eric Carle sessions to post on my blog, so why not post it here, too!

Session 1:
Eric Carle stories playing on YouTube during free play.  


The kids had a Very Hungry Caterpillar snack (apples, pears, strawberries, and oranges) while I read them the book.

During circle time I sang Today is Monday.

We closed circle with the kids picking a book and reading it with an adult.

Our art project was exploring different mediums in one color (crayong, oil pastel, colored pencil, marker), then painting over it in variety of colors.

Take home was "I feel grouchy when" lady bugs.  (Didn't have time to read the book)

Session 2:
During snack, I read three Eric Carle books: Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?; The Man Who Painted a Blue Horse; and Polar Bear, Polar Bear What Do You Hear? 

Quickly went into the scavenger hunt game because the kids were taking down the animals. (For this game I just color copied the last page of Brown Bear and hid them around the house).  The kids colored in the pictures on a sheet as they found them. 

During free play, we sang Old McDonald with a basket of animal stuffed animals I'd gathered.

Our art project was tearing and gluing colored tissue, then using unconventional materials (foam, tubes, bubble wrap, stamper brushes, roller brush, styrofoam balls, gift wrap bows) to paint the tissue.

Take home activity color or paint wooden bears and butterflies and make into fridge magnets.

The only activity from session 2 we didn't get to was to read and play From Head to Toe.