Grammatical structures There is/there are, What is it?/What’s this? It’s a … (+ animal).

Incorporate exercise and use vocabulary from the book as you lead the students “can you …?” “I can…”: Can you wave your arms like a monkey? I can do it! Can you stamp your feet like an elephant? I can do it! Can you bend your knees like a camel ? I can do it.

Sentences structure: Can you… ? Yes I can do it/No I can’t do it/Yes I can…/No I can’t….

Move like the animal in the story is moving.

As you review vocabulary, ask students match the pictures with the words.

Create a word wall of vocabulary from the unit (animals and body parts).

The Tiny Seed: Use a paper cup to make pop-out flowers. The Tiny Seed: Create either a stained glass flower or or a multiple texture flower. Pancakes, Pancakes:Download a free pancake template and draw what you want on your pancake. The Very Hungry Caterpillar: Remove shoes and socks to make footprint caterpillars.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar: Make and wear a caterpillar headband. The Very Hungry Caterpillar: Practice visual discrimination with a letter sorts activity.

The Very Quiet Cricket: Paint a paper tube green to make a cute cricket. Mister Seahorse: A marbled paint effect makes these seahorses so colorful! (I Heart Crafty Things) The Very Busy Spider: Thread spiderwebs out of yarn across a paper plate. The Very Busy Spider: Put together a spider food craft with crackers. The Grouchy Ladybug: Add some counting to this ladybug craft after reading the book.īrown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you See?: Grab a brown paper bag and some paper plates to make a brown bear mask. 20 Eric Carle Activities for Toddlers and Preschoolers Our goal is to set a firm foundation for the love of books that will stay with our students their entire lives.

This is a fun way to learn the alphabet through play! Our 3 year olds also enjoy circle time activities that go with the books, and we will also extend related activities to other areas of our classroom, such as the light table and writing table. We read several books each day and often will invite the children to create a craft that connects to one of them. Literacy is a very important part of our toddler and preschool curriculum. A great way to connect literacy to the art center! Inside: These Eric Carle activities are so much fun, and go with his favorite books.

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