Art Experience for Toddlers Based on The Very Hungry Caterpillar Story

This report focuses on developing art experiences for toddlers aged 12-36 months, inspired by Eric Carle's book, 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar'. The paper emphasizes art as a vital communication method for young children, highlighting the book's suitability for fostering motor skills, decision-making abilities, and language development through engaging activities. The report details how to use collage techniques and other simple art forms, with readily available materials, to encourage children's creativity and exploration. The core of the assignment revolves around the book's themes of transformation and the educational value of prediction, pattern use, and picture cueing. It also discusses the social and environmental responsibility aspect of the activities, while encouraging the use of recycled materials. The report concludes by suggesting practical art projects, such as puppet making, to enhance the learning experience, referencing various academic sources to support its findings.

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Introduction
Art is probably the most ideal ways for children to communicate. This paper develops an art
experience for toddlers between the age of 12 to 36 months on the basis of story book “the very
hungry caterpillar “ by Eric Carl’s. While it might seem as though they are simply causing a
wreck, they too can really be learning significant motor abilities or in any event, something as
straightforward as simply releasing things on the off chance that they commit an error
(Bazalgette,2018). Workmanship will likewise show your preschooler how to settle on a choice
when they are choosing hues or what supplies to utilize.
So as to make the accompanying artworks on this book for children youngsters should utilize
their listening aptitudes to benefit. Thus, the book allows children to learn various skills in a fun
way. This illustrates the reason for the choice of the book (Clark,2017).
The accompanying specialty thoughts are really straightforward and amusing to make. The vast
majority of the things utilized can be found around the house or they are cheap in the event that
you need to get them. Try not to be hesitant to let your children utilize their own minds and make
these thoughts their own experiences and above all have a great time (Hobbs 2017)
The book encourages children to use various natural and environmental models in these activities

Fig 1.1 Various models (Hogan,Henderson,Terry & Jinnah,2018).
Reasons for the choice and target group
The book is chosen due to its collage and educational techniques’ mainly target children between
the age of 12 to 36 months. The essential duty of the storyteller toward the start of a book to set
up why this substance, regardless of whether it be individual, place, bowl of mush, or caterpillar,
is recognized from every single other element or potentially all different instances of said
element or individuals from the network with which said element distinguishes. Mr. Carle burns
through no time in doing so utilizing a descriptive word and a qualifier in the title to recognize
this caterpillar as a hero from every single other caterpillar that are not heroes
(Hogan,Henderson,Terry & Jinnah,2018). Similarly, as with any demonstration of
differentiation, Mr. Carle suggests as much about the remainder of the number of inhabitants in
potential heroes as he states about the divinely selected individual. Since this specific caterpillar
isn't only "hungry" however "hungry," we see that the condition of appetite is normal yet not
widespread. To put this another way, our legend isn't recognized by a key contrast yet by a level
of some other progressively normal quality.

Given a definitive finish of the content and elements one needs to think about whether Carle is
endeavoring a more amazing explanation about the natures of virtuoso and significance or maybe
about the capacity of qualification to supplanted or supplanted by the negligible strengthening of
itself, however as we will see, there is a lot to address in the escalating maybe even in the more
key "hungry," a scrutinizing that eventually prompts a fundamental, yet inconceivable decision
The book also teaches various pedagogical aspects in the curriculum. It enables children to
develop motors skills, communication and language (Omidvar,Wright, Beazley, & Seguin,2019).
Fig 1.2 Toddlers collage (Hogan,Henderson,Terry & Jinnah,2018).

Art and elements used
From multiple points of view, this demonstration progressively like a feline, playing with its
nourishment, just expending a piece and afterward deserting the rest as a demonstration of its
capacity. Appetite itself, at that point, isn't the essential propelling component. As opposed to
eating, likewise with a feline, the caterpillar shows the capacity to eat. It is no happenstance that
the caterpillar eats directly through the very center of all it experiences (Perry,2019). After a
reasonable green leaf on Sunday (Carle plainly playing off the connection between the
wrongdoing on Saturday and the admission on Sunday), the caterpillar changes, a strangely
unexpected change given the manner in which nourishment as a rule influences the body.
The main art and element used in the book thus is imagery and metaphor as the caterpillar
changes to give transformation meanings’ transformation can be how children grow and develop
while acquiring distinct skills in life like problem solving and critical thinking
Education purpose
It's instructive, as well, giving educators the ideal device for educate is apparent that children
usually learn in three manners like prediction, use of patterns and picture cueing
(Thiede,2018). At that point there are the photos. Through his utilization of a basic collage
strategy, Carle unintentionally expanded the education quality of the book since it is so natural to
duplicate. It improves art talent for children as it is not easy to copy. Children have to work hard
and be skillful also develop the emotions and behavioral difficulties in children.

Fig 1.3 children to use the book in a test (Thiede,2018).
A significant part of the book's emotional effect holds tight the focal change. Following seven
days' taking care of, the caterpillar withdraws into his cover and rises in a sprinkle of splendid
shading on the last page as a wonderful butterfly (Trelease & Giorgis,2019). The structure has
clear strict hints, and the book includes in lessons and Sunday schools the same - however its
message goes further than that. "It is stating that if this caterpillar can turn into a butterfly there is
promise for us all.
In addition, is it improves the school curriculum to be fun and socially inclusive as a result of the
drawing activities.

Fig 1.4 Toddlers using various art models (Trelease & Giorgis,2019).
Children usually become quite socially responsible and indicate respect for the natural
environment. They also acquire keys kills like experimentation, research and hypothesizing. The
book offer meaning through utilization of media to express children personal ideas.
It makes young learners between the age of 12 to 36 years explore with sculpture by utilizing
reused materials to design and make characters from Mister Seahorse. Provide an
assortment of reused materials to make three dimensional characters from Mister Seahorse
(Vardell,2019). Other resources such as an opening punch, scissors, string and tape can
encourage the development of the sculptures. Discuss with students why recycling materials is
significant on the off chance that we are to look after our condition.
Conclusion
Acquaint collage techniques as an experience for students with make work of art propelled by
Eric Carle. If appropriate watch Eric Carle talking about the technique. Provide understudies
with an assortment of contrasting and finished paper to create a collection enlivened by Mister
Seahorse or the other Carle books. Other drawing materials such as scissors and glue will

facilitate the creation of the composition fine art. Children might be motivated to make
straightforward manikins after seeing. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show. Teachers should
Provide students with beads, pipe cleaner, string and sticks to design and make a puppet with
development.

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