Eric Carle Animals

Here is project I created for a lesson about Eric Carle. Carle is famous for using different types of paper and prints to create different animals, as such in  Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
For my project, I was given a duck. To create my duck, I used different types of yellow paper and prints. You can't really see them all in my image, but there are three different ones used. I used one type  of paper for my ducks tail and back half. I used a second type of print for my ducks body. I used another type of paper for my ducks neck and head. Finally, I used an orange print for my ducks beak and feet. Once my duck was complete, I glued him to a sheet of construction paper. We than had to name our animal and write a few sentences about it on a separate sheet of paper.. I named my duck Howard. My sentences were, "I see a yellow duck looking at me. He had a long neck and bright orange feet. His name is Howard, and he is the best." I could out that the sheet, and glued it right under Howard.


An extension activity you could do for a younger students is split them into groups and create a story involving the groups animals. This would give students the opportunity to use team work to create a story to share with the class. This activity would get each student involved, and it would be fun for the students to create a little story about their animals.