From head to toe by eric carle

Eric Carle’s books ( Brown Bear What Do You See, The Very Hungry Caterpillar…).Song “ Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes“ and “ If you’re Happy“.Encourage students’ creativity by having them ideas for other animals that could have been in the story (cat, dog, fish, tortoise, mouse.), and then have them demonstrate how those animals move.Each book provides hours of fun while encouraging them to stretch their imaginations. Grammatical structures There is/there are, What is it?/What’s this? It’s a … (+ animal). Eric Carles colorful collages have delighted children for more than a generation.

Incorporate exercise and use vocabulary from the book as you lead the students “can you …?” “I can…”: Can you wave your arms like a monkey? I can do it! Can you stamp your feet like an elephant? I can do it! Can you bend your knees like a camel ? I can do it.

Sentences structure: Can you… ? Yes I can do it/No I can’t do it/Yes I can…/No I can’t….

Move like the animal in the story is moving.

As you review vocabulary, ask students match the pictures with the words.

Create a word wall of vocabulary from the unit (animals and body parts).