Yesterday, June 25, was the birthday of beloved children’s book author and illustrator Eric Carle. Many are celebrating Happy Birthday Eric Carle throughout the week. I always loved sharing Eric Carle’s books with young children, and today I’m happy to share Montessori-inspired Eric Carle activities I found online.
Many Eric Carle activities I find online have touches of Montessori inspiration, but I’ll just share a few activities here that use a number of Montessori principles. Of course, most Eric Carle activities can be adapted for use in a Montessori-inspired unit.
My Very First Book of Shapes
Shapes and Patterns Tray from Critters and Crayons
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Trays from Caterpillar Unit (Photo from 1+1+1=1)
Tot School ~ C is for Caterpillar (including free Very Hungry Caterpillar printables and a number of Very Hungry Caterpillar activities)
Make Your Own Very Hungry Caterpillar (Photo from Pink and Green Mama)
Make Your Own Very Hungry Caterpillar from Pink and Green Mama
Caterpillar-Butterfly Tray (Photo from Little Wonders’ Days)
From Caterpillar to Butterfly from Little Wonders’ Days
Very Hungry Caterpillar Bead Stringing (Photo from The Education of Ours)
Very Hungry Caterpillar Party from The Education of Ours
Counting with The Very Hungry Caterpillar (Photo from The Princess and the Tot)
Counting with The Very Hungry Caterpillar from The Princess and the Tot
The Very Hungry Kiddo Pair from OurMontessoriHome.Wordpress.com
Be sure to check out my Montessori-Inspired Caterpillar-Butterfly Unit (roundup post) for LOTS of ideas that can be used with The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
The Very Quiet Cricket
The Very Quiet Cricket Hunt from The Iowa Farmer’s Wife
The Very Busy Spider
Spider Activities from Just Montessori
A House for Hermit Crab
Low Tide Beach Exploration Activities from Carrots Are Orange
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
DIY Lacing Cards from Our Feminist Playschool
Today Is Monday
Today Is Monday Cards from Montessori Mama
Happy Birthday Eric Carle Linky 2012
Please check out the Eric Carle activities at the linky co-hosts:
Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas
No Twiddle Twaddle
Reading Confetti
Teach Preschool
Mommy and Me Book Club
The Educators’ Spin On It
Living Montessori Now
Living at the Whiteheads Zoo
Famiglia and Seoul
Smiling Like Sunshine
The Iowa Farmer’s Wife
Rainy Day Mum
Familylicious
Our Feminist Play School
Inspiration Laboratories
Royal Baloo
Kitchen Counter Chronicles
Smile Play Learn
Don’t miss out on the activities on the collaborative Eric Carle Activities Pinterest board. And please link up any Eric Carle activities (they don’t have to be Montessori-inspired) in the Happy Birthday Eric Carle Linky! (Note: You may link up Montessori-inspired activities of any kind in the Montessori Monday linky.
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Thanks for featuring our caterpillar set again. This is a great theme for a blog party. I linked up a couple of our older posts that fit the theme too. Congrats on doing so well in the Circle of Mom’s. I voted for you, good luck!
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My pleasure, Kelly! I’m glad you linked up some more of your awesome activities. And thanks so much for voting for me!
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Thanks for including our shapes tray, Deb!
Great post!
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Thanks for your kind comment, Tricia … and my pleasure! I love your shapes tray!
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What a wonderful idea for a linky! The book projects are fabulous. Nice! Carolyn
Thanks so much, Carolyn! Bern at Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas started the linky … I’m loving all the ideas, too!
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I am honored to be featured on this post! Thank you so much for remembering me. We are taking the summer off, but will be back up and running on August 1. I finished revamping my school room yesterday in preparation for the new year, and we are all so excited! I am thrilled to see so many people linking up to your post and can’t wait to take a look at some of those wonderful ideas! Thank you again, Rebecca
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My pleasure, Rebecca … I always love your ideas! I’m just one of the co-hosts for the Eric Carle linky, so bloggers are linking up at a number of blogs. There are lots of awesome ideas to check out! Have a wonderful summer, and I’ll love to see what you do after your break!
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Thank you for sharing our cricket hunt! Have gotten a lot of traffic from your post and popped over to see why! I LOVE so many of the ideas you posted, especially that little caterpillar pony bead necklace! So cute!
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My pleasure … I’m so glad you’ve gotten lots of traffic from my post! I had so much fun finding these great ideas online!
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Wow! Deb! I am so impressed with this round up. Loving it ALL. I can’t wait to try these out with my son. Bookmarked and shared….
Thanks so much for your kind comment, Marnie! And thanks for bookmarking and sharing!
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Love Eric Carle!
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Thanks for your comment, Bronwyn … I totally agree!
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Another great post. Love the fruit tray with the book activity. Thanks for sharing on kids co-op- frogs and snails and puppy dog tails
Thanks so much, Jaime! I love that activity, too!
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I think this is my favourite linky ever! You picked some great projects to share!
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Thanks so much, Charlotte! I love Eric Carle, and this was a fun linky!
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Wow! So many really cool ideas here! Thanks for linking up to TGIF – I pinned it and can’t wait to try some of these!!
Beth =-)
Thanks, Beth! I really appreciate your pinning my post!
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Hungry Caterpillar is the first book I can ever recalled reading/having read to me as a child! Isn’t it incredible that it has not only lasted the test of time but continues to be a staple within a child’s learning process even to this very day!
Thanks for your comment, BJ! The Very Hungry Caterpillar was one of the favorite books I read to my now-adult children, too!
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