Eric Carle is such a wonderful author/illustrator to use as an author study. There is a wonderful video called Eric Carle, Picture Writer available. He tells about is love of art, from an early age; the same age as our kindergarten students. He shows how he creates his amazing tissue paper which he uses to […]
Continue reading →We made a valiant effort, even getting the opportunity to pollinate a female blossom with a male blossom, but unfortunately we didn’t grow a pumpkin. The blossom, after pollinating, turned brown and shriveled up. To say we are disappointed is an understatement. After discussing with the children why they think we didn’t succeed, they came up with the following ideas: the […]
Continue reading →The kindergarten students have been learning about Eric Carle over the last two months. We have beening learning about what he loves … “animals” … and how this is reflected in his books. We have also been looking closely at how he creates his art … using colored tissue paper. The children fell in love […]
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