Eric Carle - Watching A Master Paint

A live video of Eric Carle -- painting -- is posted on his website.

This video and a discussion of Carle's work is part of the KidReadz curriculum, teaching children about picture books, painting, collage, and art.

Check it out.

How to Use Venn Diagrams in Classroom

Look at the KidReadz Lesson Plan, Using a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast the illustrating styles of Eric Carle and Lois Ehlert. Both of these illustrators use collage. This lesson helps children learn to look critically at art, to learn how to see.

The lesson also introduces painting. Other lessons follow, to teach children about painting and mixing colors.

Using Picture Books to Teach Children's Art

Check out the KidReadz lesson plan, using the book Look ! Look! Look! to teach children about looking at art and to help them learn to paint.

In this lesson, the children will learn to mix warm colors, to mix flesh tones, and to paint the sun.

Collage, Shapes, and Design are also be introduced.

Google Earth and Mapping Skills are used to help the students grasp where the famous artists lived -- relative to where they live.