Pre-KG 2025/ 26 Blog 13
The wonderful world of Eric Carle
Eric Carle is one of the most beloved authors of children‘s books in the world.
His books with a combination of charming illustrations, easy rhymes, interesting stories and colourful creativity catch children‘s interest and imagination.
Eric Carle’s parents immigrated from the south of Germany to the USA and he grew up in both countries. Being a big fan of his books, it was always my wish to meet him, but unfortunately he has already passed away.
What is left is his wonderful legacy and children everywhere growing up with very hungry caterpillars, brown bears and stories of papas getting the moon !
Eric Carle‘s books are colourful and meaningful, making them great sources for teaching all the units in our Pre–Kindergarten classroom.
After learning about the world of colours, the children are discovering the vast variety of animals on earth.
They are learning new names and love to match our toy Schleich animals to the corresponding pictures in the book. Of course we also read the stories, so the children not only hone their eye– hand coordination and their listening skills, but also their vocabulary skills.
We have one story with felt pieces and I have created cards of most of Eric Carle‘s books, so the activity of combining the parts and comparing the result with the book adds another depth to learning. It also fosters their love of books, reading and therefore literacy.
It is often assumed that literacy starts late in Kindergarten or even in first grade and means to teach young children how to read and write.
But actually developing language and literacy skills begins at birth with some arguing that it starts even in the womb, because babies already hear language spoken then.
In our daily interactions we use language: we talk with each other, we read books together, we sing songs, we play and role play and therefore we help our children develop skills to become successful readers.
Playing on a daily basis is an essential tool for children to express themselves, discover the meaning (and power !) of words and learn how to convey their feelings and later tell stories.
Reading to your child should be a daily routine as it fosters bonding, love for language and love for books.
The Pre-Kindergarten children go to the library every Monday to borrow a new book and they love it. Kindly read with your child at home and expand their private library. When ordering through our Scholastic school program, you are supporting our DSKI library program as well.
One of Eric Carle’s books has one guess what food animals like and food is also a topic we will dive into more. This week we handed out to the Pre–Kindergarten children the sweet potatoes which we harvested at the Peace and Nature Farm and we watched the K1 students make something delicious with the sweet potatoes purée. What a beautiful purple colour and what a delicious taste ! Thank you, K1 !
This week the Pre–Kindergarten children together with their friends from K1 and K2 also showed a lot of energy while practicing for Sports Day which will be held next Monday !
We are very excited about this event and found the perfect book to exercise a bit in the classroom as well : From Head to Toe by Eric Carle!
If you do not have the book at hand, please enjoy the read–aloud version.
Wishing you a fun and active weekend !
Kind regards, mit freundlichen Grüßen,
Anita Ursula Mönch
DSKI Pre-Kindergarten homeroom teacher Playgroup / EY GFL & Deutsch German Saturday School homeroom teacher
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