Storytime: March is for Eric Carle
Storytime: March is for Eric Carle
Eric Carle is one of the most celebrated authors/illustrators in the world. His picture book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, has been translated into more than 66 languages and sold more than 50 million copies. He believes “that children are naturally creative and eager to learn.” And his desire was “to show them that learning is really both fascinating and fun.” We hope you and your child have fun with Eric Carle, his books and the accompanying activities. For more information on Eric Carle, go to https://eric-carle.com/ .
Join us Tuesdays, and Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. or Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. in the Community Room.
Ages 2-5
Sing, Talk, Read, Write, Play
Tip
Children like to explore works of art that use a variety of materials and approaches to color, line, shape, texture, pattern, and space. Find a number of different illustrations for a song or a rhyme that your child already knows. Look at the pictures together and help her see and talk about their similarities and differences. Having fun making comparisons is one way to help your child develop an appreciation and love for art. ~ Lambert
Activity
Encourage your child to create a piece of art like Eric Carle. Paint several sheets of paper with watercolors, let them dry, draw a simple pattern on a blank piece of paper, cut out shapes from the dried watercolor paper and paste them on to the canvas like a puzzle. For a video on how Eric Carle creates a collage, go here
Books Presented
Have You Seen My Cat? by Eric Carle
A young boy encounters all sorts of cats while searching for the one he lost.
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do You See? by Bill Martin Jr.
Children see a variety of animals, each one a different color, and a teacher looking at them.
Papa, Pleas Get the Moon for Me by Eric Carle
A child asks her father for the moon, but when he reaches it, it is too big to carry home.
From Head to Toe by Eric Carle
The Nonsense Show by Eric Carle
Ducks growing out of bananas? A mouse catching a cat? What’s wrong with this book? Yes, there’s something strange, something funny, and even downright preposterous on every page of this book. But it’s not a mistake–it’s nonsense! And it’s also surrealism.
The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Follows the progress of a very hungry caterpillar as he eats his way through a varied and very large quantity of food, until, full at last, he forms a cocoon around himself and goes to sleep.
The Greedy Python by Richard Buckley
Songs, Rhymes, and Fingerplays
Have You Seen My Cat?
Have you seen my cat?
My furry, tabby cat?
Is he under the ________ hat?
The Color I See
Red, red is the color I see.
If you’ve got red, then show it to me.
Stand up, take a bow, turn around.
Bring up your red and sit back down.
Yellow…
Blue…
Green…
Purple…
Orange…
Source: Verona Storytime
Zoom, Zoom, Zoom
Zoom, zoom, zoom
We’re looking for the moon.
Zoom, zoom, zoom
We’re looking for the moon.
We think that we will take a look underneath the ________ book.
Zoom, zoom, zoom
We’re looking for the moon. 5,4,3,2,1
Adapted from Jbrary
S-N-A-K-E
Tune: Bingo
I had a snake
he was so green
as green as snakes can be!
S-N-A-K-E, S-N-A-K-E, S-N-A-K-E,
he is my favorite snake!
Can You Shake Your Egg?
(Tune: Have You Ever Seen?)
Can you shake your egg with me,
egg with me, egg with me?
Can you shake your egg with me
and put it on your (head, knee, belly, etc.)?
Source: Verona Storytime
Spider on the Farm
(Tune: Old MacDonald)
A busy spider lived on a farm,
E-I-E-I-O.
And on that farm she met a _________ *
E-I-E-I-O.
With a _____ _____ here,
And a _____ _____ there.
Here a _____ , there a _____ ,
Everywhere a _____ _____ .
A busy spider lived on a farm,
E-I-E-I-O.
*horse, cow, sheep, goat, pig, dog, cat, duck, rooster…
And she caught a fly in her web… Yum! Yum!
Shake My Sillies Out
I’ve gotta shake, shake, shake my sillies out
Shake, shake, shake my sillies out
Shake, shake, shake my sillies out
And wiggle my waggles away
I’ve gotta clap, clap, clap my crazies out…
I’ve gotta jump, jump, jump my jiggles out…
I’ve gotta yawn, yawn, yawn my sleepies out…
I’ve gotta shake, shake, shake my sillies out.
Source: Hope Harrison
Crafts and Activities
Brown Bear coloring page
Standing Cat Craft
House and Moon coloring page
Moon Phase Viewer
Very Hungry Caterpillar on Balloons
