Toddler
Books: From Head to Toe and Little Cloud by Eric Carle
Songs / Rhymes: “Good Morning”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “Open, Shut Them”, “Johnny Hammers One Hammer”, “Who’s That Knocking at My Door?” game on the felt board, “I Wiggle My Fingers”, and “The More We Get Together”.
Craft: Tissue Paper Collages. Materials: tissue paper squares, dark blue construction paper, and glue. The toddlers collaborated with each other to make a collage in the style of Eric Carle. When they were finished, I used their creations as artwork in the meeting room.
Preschool
Books: My Apron; Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (written by Bill Martin, Jr.) on the felt board; and The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse. All written and/or illustrated by Eric Carle. The felt board template came from Kiz Club.
Songs / Rhymes: “Welcome to the Library”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “If You’re Happy and You Know It”, “Open, Shut Them”, “Johnny Hammers One Hammer”, and “The More We Get Together”.
Special Note: Many of the children already knew the words to Brown Bear, Brown Bear. I explained to the caregivers that even though it can be tiresome to read the same book repeatedly, repetition can be extremely helpful to children. It creates pathways in their brains that will help them read on their own when the time comes.
Craft: Tissue Paper Collages. Materials: tissue paper squares, dark blue construction paper, and glue. The preschoolers collaborated with each other to make a collage in the style of Eric Carle. When they were finished, I used their creations as artwork in the meeting room.
Songs/Rhymes
Johnny Hammers One Hammer
--Lapsit Services for the Very Young II by Linda L. Ernst. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc, 2001.
Who’s That Knocking? Felt board
Who’s that knocking at my door?
make knocking motion
Who’s that knocking at my door?
Let’s guess who is out there!
KNOCK, KNOCK!
clap in rhythm
WHO’S THERE?
MEOW!
MEOW WHO ?
IT’S A CAT!
(Repeat with other animals, singing the song between the chants and prompting children for the answer to the riddle.)
--Children’s Programming Monthly v. 1 no. 12 pg. 27 by Judy Nichols
I recently did an Eric Carle preschool storytime and used Brown Bear, Brown Bear. I learned through a blog post on Mel's Desk that you can actually sing Brown Bear to the tune of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star - absolutely wonderful different approach! I had a few preschoolers join in because they were familiar with both book and tune.
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