Our Author- Eric Carle

We have been learning about author/illustrator Eric Carle. 

He has written and illustrated some very well known stories like The Very Hungry Caterpillar, The Very Busy Spider, The Mixed Up Chameleon, The Bad-Tempered Ladybird and many others.

The Very Busy Spider

The very busy spider made her web, she didn't make a sound but kept working hard.  All the other animals wanted to play but she only wanted to catch a fly and she did.

We made the web and caught a few 'flies' too.

We made a book cover for The Bad-Tempered Ladybird using some of Eric Carle's painting techniques.  This will be displayed in the library.

We really enjoyed reading his books and wrote a big book based on his story, 

The Mixed-Up Chameleon.

Sewing

Needle in, needle out, over, under and we have made a stitch.  

We are learning to stitch and this week we have learned to do knots, thread the needle and make straight stitches across the hessian so we can make a border.  It will take us a few weeks of hard work and patience before we can finish!

Let's Go Shopping

We are learning about money so we decided to go shopping to see what we could buy from the play shop.

The shopkeepers had to give us the correct change and we had to make sure that we knew how much change we should get back.

There were so many choices, from ice-cream to strawberries to hamburgers.  We had to be very wise with our choices so we could get what we wanted.  Lots of us spent our money on junk food!!!!