This week was fun as we read several Eric Carle books and did activities with each.
On Tuesday, we read Brown Bear, Brown Bear (illustrated by Eric Carle) and played a counting game with the animals from the story as well as colored a book to take home. This is a great book for emergent readers because they can easily memorize it and get good clues from the pictures.
On Wednesday, we read The Grouchy Ladybug and made a ladybug craft. This helped the kids practice cutting on a line and following directions to place the pieces on correctly. They also played an Eric Carle Alphabet game where they had to match letters of the alphabet.
On Thursday, we had our rotation day, where the students got to do an activity in several of the other classrooms. We read The Very Hungry Caterpillar, another great emergent reader book because it has lots of repetition. The book also allows some counting practice as we read. The activities they got to participate in included digging through sensory tables to find caterpillars and butterflies and playing in a water table to find the fruits from the story; sorting out healthy and unhealthy foods that the caterpillar ate; listening to a retelling of the story with puppets and story props; and making a caterpillar craft that helped them practice creating an AB pattern and drawing a face.
We're looking forward to another fun week next week for our Community Helpers theme, with visitors and a field trip! Pictures to follow.
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