Teaching Texture with Eric Carle: All week I’m writing about five texture techniques inspired by Eric Carle’s books: The Very Hungry Caterpillar and The Very Quiet Cricket Board Book. Color Wash and Splash Textures– Monday Brush & Scratch Textures – Tuesday Insect Textures- (You’re Here) Blotting Textures- Thursday Project Completion- Friday Today your child will consider what type of insect […]
Grassy Textures – Eric Carle Art Lesson
Teaching Texture with Eric Carle: This week I’m writing about teaching textures with Eric Carle’s books: The Very Hungry Caterpillar and The Very Quiet Cricket . Color Wash and Splash Textures -Monday Brush & Scratch Textures – (You are here) Insect Textures- Wednesday Blotting Textures- Thursday Project Completion- Friday
Teaching Texture with Eric Carle
What educator doesn’t love Eric Carle’s books and illustrations? We read them with our children and students because they have so much to offer, both the literature and the artwork. This post will focus on an artist study and art lesson, so it can be used with children older than the normal range for reading the picture […]
Dear Veteran Homeschool Mom
Mother’s Day is right around the corner and I’ve gotten together with a group of bloggers to bring you a giveaway and blog hop that we are hoping will bless your socks off! We not only hope to bless several moms with some pretty awesome giveaway prizes, but we also hope to bless many more moms […]
How to Make Tangrams for a Felt Board
For our Ancient China lesson we told Chinese Folktales using Tangrams. If you’re looking for a book for telling Tangram stories I recommend you get started with Tangram Tales: Story Theater Using the Ancient Chinese Puzzle. It is a comprehensive teaching guide and all you would ever need for Tangrams over the course of your homeschooling. It contains a […]