The Art of Illustrator Eric Carle

Inspire first grade artists to learn about abstract and realistic art while reading Eric Carle's Where are you Going? To See My Friend. Young artists design and make a mural collage by tearing shapes of paper while comparing English and...

Engage and entertain young learners with this collection of readers theatre activities. With over 25 different scripts, a wide range of topics are covered from simple counting and rhyming exercises to adaptions of popular children's...

Recreate the iconic stylings of Eric Carle with a creative class project. Learners follow a step-by-step guide to make a collage using painted tissue paper.

Help readers understand the roles of authors and illustrators and why they have been recognized by medals of excellence. Your class will discuss and then create illustrations for a book. When they have finished, you can hold your own...

An author study PowerPoint introduces the author and illustrator, Eric Carle. The slides contain a variety of information about the author; such as a list of his books, examples of his art work, and details of his personal life. The...

Learn all about Eric Carle, find out about his famous caterpillar, and try out related art, science, writing, math, and social studies activities. The resource comes with plenty of materials to support your instruction.

Learners participate in a variety of emergent and early-literacy activities based on a "friendship" theme. Students listen to the book Do You Want to Be My Friend by Eric Carle, then echo read, choral read, and independently read...

Learners explore butterfly life cycles and movement.  In this integrated fine arts and biology life cycle lesson, students listen to the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle and identify the related life cycle stages. Learners...

Explore many aspects of the book, The Hungry Caterpillar. In this unit of six lessons, kindergartners will create a collage, discover healthy foods, retell a story in sequence, and make a graph. Other activities include cooking and...