Eric Carle

Eric Carle, world-renowned children’s author and illustrator, has touched the hearts, minds, and lives of millions of dedicated readers all over the world, including mine. Growing up, Eric Carle’s books were a staple in our home. My mom and dad have read, “The Very Hungry Caterpillar,” and “Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?” to me more times than I can recount. What I loved and still admire the most about Carle’s work is not his words, or story lines, but his illustrations. Though born…

celebrated author-illustrator Eric Carle. At first glance, the theme is made evident to readers; the front dust jacket cover illustrates a yellow duck popping out of a peeled banana. The text on the cover reads “THE NONSENSE SHOW”, and is written in a colorful block font, using all capital letters. The dedication page features Rene Magritte’s famous painting The Treachery of Images, which leads the reader to anticipate a heavy surrealistic theme, in the illustrations. Eric Carle puts the reader…

applies to the children’s story given that Carle uses characterization that expresses his idea on how child development is a long process but the results are significant and beautiful. In the book, Carle uses only one character, the caterpillar, that goes on a journey to discover its own beauty. In the very beginning, Carle writes, “One Sunday morning the warm sun came up and-pop!-out of the egg came a tiny and very hungry caterpillar”(Eric Carle 2). Carle indicates to the reader that the…

books can be easily overlooked because the stories appear to be so simple and short that there is no direct message. But, children’s books do entail a deep, meaningful underlying message. Of the many children's books, The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle is one to remember and has a lesson to teach children about the way they look at themselves. In the story, a caterpillar sets out for a number of different types of food but still is hungry at the end of the day. Finally, it finds what it…

The teacher will ask all the students to come and sit down on the carpet. The teacher will read the story The Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. After reading the story the teacher will tell the students that there are many words within the story that begin with the consonant blend “th”. The teacher will tell the students that today we will be talking about the /th/ sound. The teacher will then write th on the board and say the sound and have the students repeat the sound Anticipated…

writing is to read aloud a story to your students. When you read aloud you do not only look at the text you also look at the illustrations. One book that could be used for a mini-lesson is The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle. This book works great for a unit covering plants. In this book Eric Carle uses bright, colorful illustrations and uses dramatic text where children can understand the life cycle of a seed. Gerde, Bingham & Wasik suggest that teachers should plan their reading and writing…

home and complete. I made sure that the activities that I included could be done by just the student or the parents could also help (I know some parents are busy). For my book bag, I done Butterflies. I chose the books, “The Hungry Caterpillar” by Eric Carle and “Waiting for Wings” by Lois Ehlert, because they were bright, colorful, and engaging. The students could participate in “The Hungry Caterpillar because it was repetitive and there was a pattern, in “Waiting for Wings”, the student could…

Mia is a fun-loving six-year-old girl and is in kindergarten. During my literacy observation with her, we read Mr. Jones and Mr. Bones by Janis Asad Raabe and The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. Mr. Jones and Mr. Bones is an assigned phonics reader which will improve her consonant vowel consonant words and sight word memorization. While reading, Mr. Jones and Mr. Bones, Mia became frustrated with the unfamiliar words such as “bites, dines, ties, etc.” She was focused on finishing the book…

turlock on Carmichael way. Then when I was four, we moved out to our current house in Denair on Swanson Rd. I was potty trained when I was two and a half years old. I did not go to preschool. My favorite books were The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle and The ABC Book by Dr. Seuss. My favorite game were Candy Land. My favorite TV shows were The Backyardigans and Max & Ruby. My favorite movie were Monsters Inc. and The Bee Movie and My favorite foods were waffles and spaghetti. The First pet…

Shapes and Patterns Standards: SOL 1.4 The student will create art work inspired by stories or poems, ideas, and themes. SOL 1.5 The student will create art from real and imaginary sources of inspiration. SOL 1.7 The student will identify and use the following in works of art: c) shape- geometric, organic d) pattern- alternating, repeating Taken from the VA First Grade Curriculum Framework found at:…