From the Beautiful Brain of Eric Carle

So, after noticing a lack of fun creative reading units in Taylor's Kindergarten class, I decided we would do some at home. I chose the works of Eric Carle as the first one because I like his illustrations, and the stories have a fun sort of repetition that children can catch on to. Our first book was, 10 Little Rubber Ducks. I drew Taylor a big bubble bath for her and her rubber ducky to enjoy while I read them the story. The next night we read The Very Quiet Cricket at bedtime and kept rubbing our legs together trying to make a chirping sound whenever that part came up. I never did manage it. The Grouchy Ladybug was another one for bedtime, like the cricket one it is very repetitive so I simply got her to say the catch line with me. Then came The Very Hungary Caterpillar, I love this book. The craft we did was perfect for a Sunday afternoon at home. Last of all we read about Mr. Seahorse and the girls enjoyed using watercolors, salt, and glitter glue to create a special effect on their own seahorses. I wanted to end with Pancake, pancake, and of course make alphabet letter pancakes but it has been checked out at the library for a while. If it's there next time we'll pick it up. I plan to do some fun things with Dr. Seuss next.