Eric Carle Paintings Part One-Mrs. Sickbert

The Kindergarteners are learning the job of a book illustrator. These students are have already looked at the book "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see?" illustrated by Eric Carle. Today, I read them a collection of poems illustrated by Eric Carle as well. We talked about the job of an author and the job of an illustrator. I told them that Eric Carle illustrates books and sometimes writes them. Then I told them that he creates pictures by painting pieces of paper, letting them dry and then cutting out the shapes he needs. Today, we began by painting three pieces of paper, red, yellow, and blue. We are going to make a picture of a mouse the way Mr. Carle would do it.