From Head to Toe

Juego de imitación: Pídele al niño o niños que realicen las mismas acciones que los animales que aparecen en el libro.

Puedes incluir animales y movimientos que quieras practicar con ellos.

Actividad musical: ¿Qué mejor manera de trabajar las partes del cuerpo, después de la lectura, que con Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes?

Eric Carle (Siracusa, Nueva York, 25 de junio de 1929) es un escritor e ilustrador de libros infantiles estadounidense, criado en Alemania. En resumen ha ilustrado más de setenta libros, y vendido 88 millones de copias.

Es conocido sobre todo por The Very Hungry Caterpillar, un volumen desplegable y troquelado que convierte el libro en juguete y da forma autónoma a la trama narrativa. Carle posee una técnica muy reconocible, que podría definirse como «collage impresionista», con las figuras casi siempre recortadas sobre fondo blanco.

La opinión de los lectores y expertos sobre From Head to Toe:

“Eric Carle’s book “From head to toe” is a fantastic book! The large, colorful pictures and the simple, clear text keep children bending and stretching right along with the animals! Each page of this book has a different animal moving a different body part and a kid doing the same thing. The kids can imitate you doing the movement.”. From goodreads.com

“Eric Carle does a fantastic job of teaching children all about the basics we take for granted and making it entertaining for everyone reading. Parents looking to help their kiddos out with basic body parts shouldn’t miss this book. You will enjoy every minute of wiggling and laughing as you explore with the little one’s around you all the fun body parts to know.”. From theresabook.com

“What does an elephant do? It stomps its foot. Can you? From the creator of classics as The Grouchy Ladybug comes this story that invites kids to imitate animal movements. Watching giraffes bend their necks or monkeys wave their arms is fun, but nothing could be better than joining in. From their heads down to their toes, kids will be wriggling, jiggling, and giggling!”. From diapers-and-daydreams.com

“Listen this is an incredible book. Not only is it a riveting story of attempts and accomplishments across multi-species lines, it celebrates each highlighted ability equally. Its greatest strength is the illustrations. The multi-racial children are ALL gender ambiguous and their animal pairings explode gender and racial stereotypes.”. From goodreads.com

“This is a very interactive book so this is not for circle time if you want them to sit. The children love to be real silly with the actions in this book mimicking what the can do from head to toe; funny indeed.”. From goodreads.com