Do you love Eric Carle books as much as I do? I don’t think I’ve had a single year of teaching when I haven’t read at least a dozen of his books to my class. I have fantastic ideas and resources for your next Eric Carle book lesson plan! A great list of must-have Eric Carle books, activities for preschool learning centers that match Eric Carle’s books, and preschool lessons are all here on one page, so it’s easier than ever to find what you need! Filling out your lesson plans has never been easier with these ideas, lesson plans, and resources for preschool!
Lesson Plans & Circle Time Activities That Match Eric Carle Books
After reading these Eric Carle books, expand on the experience with these circle time activities for your preschool class. You will notice that some of these lessons are originally matched with other books but they all fit these Eric Carle books perfectly too!
A House For A Hermit Crab – Discuss where people and animals live and then sort wild animals vs. pets.
Brown Bear, Brown Bear – Move Like An Animal Gross Motor Game
Little Cloud – Create cloud shapes together!
Mister Seahorse – Explore men’s emotions with this activity
Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? – Try this listening game. or sort Arctic vs other animals
The Mixed-Up Chameleon: Graph everyone’s favorite colors and discuss individual tastes.
The Tiny Seed – Act out growing like a seed or explore which flower smells better!
The Very Busy Spider – Try this great spider circle time activity
The Very Grouchy Ladybug – Sing a song about ladybugs or work on learning more about emotions!
The Very Hungry Caterpillar – Little Caterpillar Song, Bug Classification Game , Missing Letter Activity
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Preschool Crafts That Match Eric Carle Books
Add these crafts and play ideas to your amazing lesson plans. After reading the matching books, continue to explore by creating while working on fine motor skills!
A House For A Hermit Crab – Make your own house!
Brown Bear, Brown Bear – Continue to explore animals like in the book with these crafts
Little Cloud – make puffy paint clouds!
Mister Seahorse – Make a seahorse S or Create a whole ocean full of animals with these ideas.
Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? – This will always be a favorite polar bear craft.
The Mixed-Up Chameleon – Make a mosaic Chameleon
The Tiny Seed – Make a huge sunflower!
The Very Busy Spider – I love these spider webs , and pool noodle spiders!
The Very Grouchy Lady Bug – You have to make some paper plate ladybugs!
The Very Hungry Caterpillar – Here are a bunch of caterpillar and butterfly crafts!
Need Even more ideas ?
Check out my Extra Resource Guide. It has 3 more circle time activities and 6 more learning activities with printables that match Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? The Tiny Seed, and The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Get it here!
Preschool Learning Center Activities To Match Eric Carle Books
A House For A Hermit Crab – Sort ocean vs. forest animals with a hands on sorting tray
Brown Bear, Brown Bear – Match up simple puzzles, and color match with magnets!
Little Cloud – Make a real cloud or track the weather in a printable weather journal.
Mister Seahorse – Make playdough sea animals and add tiny bits to increase fine motor development.
Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? – Make an arctic ice tray or Explore hearing and all 5 senses with these ideas!
The Mixed-Up Chameleon – Do some color mixing!
The Tiny Seed – Make and use this seed tray in your science center.
The Very Busy Spider – Work on balance and have fun with this walk on spider web
The Very Grouchy Lady Bug – Make ladybugs with playdough
The Very Hungry Caterpillar – Explore the caterpillar life cycle first hand!
Need Even more ideas ?
Check out my Extra Resource Guide. It has 3 more circle time and 6 more learning activities with printables that match Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See ? The Tiny Seed, and The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Get your copy here.
Must-Have Eric Carle Books For Preschoolers
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A House For A Hermit Crab
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Little Cloud
Mister Seahorse
Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?
The Mixed-Up Chameleon
The Tiny Seed
The Very Busy Spider
The Very Grouchy Ladybug
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
