Eric Carle Inspired Creations

Eric Carle is my of my favorite author studies to do especially in the spring time.

His books truly lead to endless possibilities. So i decide I would try to have a craft activity that related to our read aloud for the day or ......that just simple fit into the spring LOOK...... that also incorporated a little ELA and Math if possible............true integration at its best :0)

 After Reading Little Cloud we made these cute Little Cloud people and Rainbow Poems that I found on the wonderful  First Grade Parade Blog........

 This activity really didn't go with any specific story but last year we had a First Grade Teacher retire after many years of inspiring young minds and she bestowed her very organized and wonderful resource files to us down in the first grade wing.....................So I ran across this adorable coloring / writing activity. I had my students color and cut the bird sheets and glue them to a large piece of construction paper then I had them describe in their own words what was going on in the picture!! They turned out tooooo cute :0)

After read The Tiny Seed I had my First Graders make these adorable hand print sunflowers which we used as the starting activity to our Spring / Eric Carle inspired wall outside our classroom door.

Another cute flower idea we did that fit right in with composing numbers in math. I got this cute idea from First Grade Parade stop by her blog to get your free patterns for this activity.