Ducks around the preschool classroom
Who knew you could incorporate ducks in so many ways around the classroom? I'd love to show you a couple ways we incorporated ducks in our centers after reading Eric [...]
Making our own very busy spiders and spider webs
Spiders are quite common around our preschool and so we spent a little time reading about and making our own very busy spiders.
Painted paper collages and storytelling inspired by Eric Carle
Our children retold the story and created painted picture collages in the style of Eric Carle.
A wonderful collection of Eric Carle books and activities
Come and see this wonderful collection of Eric Carle books and activities!
Sponge painted fish
We read the wonderful book titled "Mister Seahorse" by Eric Carle then enjoyed making our own under-the-sea paintings...
Tissue paper caterpillars
We read the wonderful book "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by Eric Carle and created our own tissue paper caterpillars!
Torn paper grouchy ladybugs
Exploring the wonderful books of Eric Carle. Today, we are reading "The Grouchy Ladybug" and making our own ladybugs too!
Starting with the activity and ending with the book in preschool
I have almost always started our day with circle time in preschool. I choose a great children's book along with other conversation sparkers that ultimately branch out into a variety [...]
Painting with a mop and a preschooler
Last week, I got a chuckle out of reading "The 'Correct' Tools?" and the comments from Mrs. Karen's Preschool. Towards the end of her post, Karen stated... "The "correct tools" [...]
Exploring mixed-up chameleons with Eric Carle
Today is Eric Carle's birthday and in honor of his birthday, a large group of bloggers have been putting together ideas that would go nicely with many of his books. [...]