Connecting Literacy and Art

This week we have been enjoying the picture books "Little Cloud" by Eric Carle and "Apple" by Nikki McClure. Both of these books connect to our math study of shapes. The children have been able to use the flannel set for "Little Cloud" to retell the story. We also made our own cloud shape designs to connect back to our reading. This week we added a cloud poem into our poetry notebooks. 

In reading "Apple" by Nikki McClure, the children were able to experience the artist's beautiful illustrations created out of black paper using an exacto knife using red as an accent color. We talked about the word choice used in this book and how the author used just one word on each page to connect back to her illustration. Even with just one word per page, this book tells a full story of the life cycle of an apple and apple tree. We will be reading many other books by Nikki McClure so we can fully study and enjoy her illustration style. Today we used black and red oil pastels to create our own depiction of "Apple."

Exploring Shapes with "Little Cloud"