Eric Carle Brown Bears and Panda Bears Art Lesson

The kinders have been enjoying the writings of Bill Martin Jr. and the illustrations of Eric Carle in their series of bear books. We started with a discussion of mammals and the life of a bear. We observed photographs of pandas and brown bears, focusing on their shape, proportions, and habitats. Now, we could build our own bears by cutting out and gluing shapes from our painted papers that we had completed a week prior.

While working, the kids love to choral read the repetitive lines of "Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see..." and were delighted when I read "We're Going on a Bear Hunt"-- the fabulous trek through onomatopoeias and prepositions while a family explores the countryside looking for a bear.

WHAT WE LEARNED:
Observe a photograph for details, size, shapes, color, surroundings
What a mammal is- where bears live and what they eat
Painting with tempera cakes and tempera on a wide variety of papers
Cutting and Gluing
Creating a scene for a subject
Writing letters
Craftsmanship
Listening to reading and reading aloud in choral fashion
Predicting events in a story