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I do an author study with my kindergarten students using Eric Carle's books. There are a lot of resources (his website, The Mailbox magazine, theme books) that provide activities that coordinate with his stories. At our school all the kindergarten classes focus on his books during a month, and we do art, math, self-esteem activities based on them. One class last year made Eric Carle stars (with tissue paper squares)and another class made fireflies complete with white Christmas lights that were hung in the hall. So many of his books are good for math concepts (counting, Rooster's Off To See The World, sequencing, Very Hungry Caterpillar). What you need to do is gather all your Eric Carle books, go to resources and plan it out. As a former intermediate teacher I can tell you that author studies work great in kindergarten. You just need to get organized and not think of it in such a formal way. Be flexible. :-)
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