Companion guide to the grouchy ladybug

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Kindergarten Art Project:The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle

Amy Zschaber

www.artfulartsyamy.com artful.artsy.amy@gmail.com

Read The Grouchy Ladybug

What’s a ladybug?

Who is the main character of The Grouchy Ladybug?

What happens in The Grouchy Ladybug?

Eric Carle wrote and made art for The Grouchy Ladybug

Eric Carle paints paper. Then he cuts and glues paper to make art

We are going to paint paper today. We will use it next time to make ladybugs.

What color are ladybugs?

Paint your paper red. Make sure lots of texture and streaks appear!

We painted our ladybug paper red

What shape should we use for our ladybug’s body?

square

circle

triangle

Ladybugs have spots. What color are a ladybug’s spots?

Ladybug counting presentation from author: http://goo.gl/FtaMZL

What shape should we use for our ladybug’s body?

square

circle

triangle

Trace your circle on red painted paper

Cut out your red circle

Can you make your body look

like these lines?!

Make different lines on your blue paper

Draw a leaf on green paper

Draw different lines on your green leaf

Cut out your green leaf

Glue your green leaf to your blue paper

Glue your red circle on your blue paper. It might be nice if sits on your green leaf!

Draw a straight black line through your redcircle

Ladybugs have spots. What color are a ladybug’s spots?

How many circles will your ladybug have? Draw black circles on your red ladybug

How many legs does a ladybug have?

1 One2 Two3 Three4 Four5 Five6 Six

Cut your black paper to make 6 (six) rectangles

Glue the black legs to the ladybug’s body

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What color is a ladybug’s head?

Take your crayon for a walk and draw a circle on your black paper

Cut out your black circle and glue it to your red ladybug

Take 2 (two) bottlecaps and glue them to your red ladybug to make eyes

1. What color is a ladybug’s body?

2. What color is a ladybug’s legs and head?

3. How many legs does a ladybug have?

4. What does a zig-zag line look like?

5. What is the name of the book we read?

6. Who wrote the book we read?

7. What shape is a ladybug’s body?

What do you remember?

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