What's extra cool about this author is that he is also his own illustrator! Eric Carle is loved by many and that is also true for our classroom! Whether it's the simple text or the vibrant artwork, the children are always enthralled while listening to his stories. We read "The Very Hungry Caterpillar," "Pancakes, Pancakes," "Panda Bear, Panda Bear What Do You See?" (illustrator) and "The Very Clumsy Click Bug" just to name a few. Now, most of these stories were written AND illustrated by Eric Carle, however, Eric also worked with his buddy, Bill Martin, Jr. Bill wrote lots of great stories and Eric would illustrate them. This worked out so well that we decided to make Eric Carle our artist of the month. Have you ever noticed the beautiful artwork in any of his books? Eric mostly used tissue paper cuttings to create animals, people and the scenery in his stories and many others. So, the children explored this art technique based on the book, "Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See." Did you also know that this book was inspired by the growing number of endangered animals in our world? This book highlights just 10 of them, the panda bear, bald eagle, water buffalo, spider monkey, green sea turtle, macaroni penguin, sea lion, red wolf, whooping crane and the black panther. Now, this book was written in 2003 and I am very happy to report that the bald eagle is now considered recovered (no longer endangered). The rest of this list is still endangered or critically endangered. We briefly talked about how we can help the animals of the world. Plant trees and bushes for animals to live in, recycle to decrease our carbon footprint and walk to nearby stores and playgrounds. Let's all take the initiative to do our part!
Did I mention we had pancakes for snack on Tuesday after reading, "Pancakes, Pancakes"?!
Important Dates and Reminders:
April 18-22: SEE closed for Spring Break
April 24: April gathering at Rising Storm Training Academy
April 24: April gathering at Rising Storm Training Academy
May 11-12: Picture Day! Info on the fliers that went home
May 21: May gathering at the Stone Zoo
June 23-24: End-of-the-year school performance, more info to come!
May 21: May gathering at the Stone Zoo
June 23-24: End-of-the-year school performance, more info to come!
Check out some pictures from this week!
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| An Eric Carle inspired bulletin board! |
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| A close up of the spider monkeys and the sea turtles |
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| The beginning of the black panther |
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| The making of a green sea turtle |
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| Very carefully creating a panda bear! I hope everyone has a fun, safe and WARM spring break! We'll see you all on the 25th! Joanna |
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