The Very Hungry Caterpillar in Tuscany E-Book

Enzo Catarsi

• Herausgeber: Firenze University Press
• Kategorie: Bildung
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2013

Beschreibung

The volume publishes some essays illustrating experiences which attempted to promote reading with very young children in nurseries and infant schools, as part of a project on the picture books by Eric Carle, a well-known American illustrator of children's books. In particular, this initiative took place during the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 school years, in a large number of nurseries and infant schools in some areas of Tuscany (Pistoia, Firenze, Grosseto, Livorno, Lucca, Viareggio, and the Empolese area). The main aim of the project, carried out as action-research, was to present the books of Eric Carle and investigate the level of understanding of the stories proposed by the famous illustrator. The specific goal of the project was to introduce teachers, educators, librarians and parents to the picture books written and illustrated by Eric Carle and translated into Italian.Enzo Catarsi is director of the University of Florence Department of Education and Training Science and Psychology. He directs the «Rivista Italiana di Educazione Familiare» and is a member of the editorial teams of the journals «Studi sulla Formazione», and «Ricerche Pedagogiche». He is part of the scientific consultancy committee of the journal «Bambini» and directs the 'Bruno Ciari' Study Centre. He deals with childhood and family pedagogy and storytelling and comprehension in early and later childhood.

Leseprobe

Strumenti per la didattica e la ricerca

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The Very Hungry Caterpillar in Tuscany

edited by

Enzo Catarsi

Firenze University Press

2013

The Very Hungry Caterpillar in Tuscany / edited by Enzo Catarsi. – Firenze : Firenze University Press, 2013.

(Strumenti per la didattica e la ricerca ; 145)

http://digital.casalini.it/9788866553267

ISBN 978-88-6655-325-0 (print)

ISBN 978-88-6655-326-7 (online PDF)

ISBN 978-88-6655-327-4 (online EPUB)

Progetto grafico di Alberto Pizarro Fernández, Pagina Maestra snc

Cover image: The drawing, taking inspiration from The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle (ed. Philomel Books, 1969), is by a child from the municipal infant school in Marina di Grosseto.

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Firenze University Press Editorial Board

G. Nigro (Co-ordinator), M.T. Bartoli, M. Boddi, F. Cambi, R. Casalbuoni, C. Ciappei, R. Del Punta, A. Dolfi, V. Fargion, S. Ferrone, M. Garzaniti, P. Guarnieri, G. Mari, M. Marini, M. Verga, A. Zorzi.

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Table of contents

The Very Hungry Caterpillar in Tuscany

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Table of contents

Preface

The very hungry caterpillar in Tuscany – Enzo Catarsi

Eric Carle and the Caterpillar

The Human Traits of the Sun and Moon

The Flight of the Butterfly

The Ladder to the Moon

Mums and Butterflies

Bibliographical references

Eric Carle’s Illustrated Books – Walter Fochesato

Learning to Look and Looking to Learn – Rosemary Agoglia

The Galleries

The Reading Library

The Art Studio

Conclusion

Bibliographical references

Reading to Children at Nursery and Infant School: the Message from the Eric Carle Museum – Anna Lia Galardini

Book Areas

A Space for Relationships

Shared Book Reading as a Context for Promoting Children’s Social Cognition – Dorit Aram, Margalit Ziv, Yaara Fine

Shared Reading and Children’s Literacy and Social Cognition

Enhancing the Nature of Shared Reading among Families from Low SES

The intervention

The four readings model

Assessment of mother-child storybook reading.

Implementing the Reading Model on a Book by Eric Carle

Conclusion

Bibliographical references

Eric Carle and the Education Project. The Experience in Livorno – Enrica Freschi

Eric Carle: Creating Art

The Experience in Livorno

Bibliographical references

Webliography

Books at Play… Stories to Enter Reality. Pedagogical Projects in the City of Grosseto’s Pre-Schools – Barbara Biagioni, Orietta Franceschetti, Tiziana Ciacci

Introduction

Objectives

Nursery School Projects

Infant School Projects

Results

Reading Eric Carle – Roberta Baldini

The Project Experience

From Book Building Using Eric Carle’s Techniques to Understanding His Stories: the Experience in the Empolese-Valdelsa Area – Elisa Bertelli

Book building using Eric Carle’s techniques

L’orto di nonna Paolona: the experience at the ‘Arcobaleno’ nursery and the ‘Sturiale’ infant school in Certaldo

‘Our’ book… cued by Eric Carle: the experience at the ‘Lo Scoiattolo’ educational playgroup in Castelfiorentino

Perla: the experience at the ‘Il Cerbiatto’ nursery in Montaione

Understanding the stories of Eric Carle

The Very Busy Spider: the experience at the ‘Aquilone’ nursery in Montespertoli

‘All About Caterpillars’: the experience at the ‘Il Tamburello’ educational playgroup in Montespertoli

‘The Very Busy Spider at Nursery and in the Family’: the experience at the ‘Madamadorè’ nursery in the municipality of Montelupo Fiorentino

Conclusions

Bibliographical references

Eric Carle’s Books and Educational Planning in the Municipality of Florence Early Childhood Services – Anna Tomaselli

Very Hungry Caterpillars, Roosters Off to See the World and Other Stories. Books and reading as a ‘place for relations’ and ‘opportunity to promote’ the healthy growth of children and their parents in nurseries – Roberta Cardini

Premise

An experience (for children and their parents) hinging around books and reading

A short concluding reflection

Adults and Children Together Around the Books of Eric Carle – Deborah Cappellini, Alga Giacomelli

A new way to tell the story

Activities with the book

Individual conversation. The importance of comprehension

Bibliographical references

The authors

Collana Strumenti per la didattica e la ricerca – Titoli Pubblicati

Preface

In Italy a great many experiences have attempted to promote reading with very young children in nurseries and infant schools. As a result, over the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 school years, in particular, we proposed an action-research project in the nurseries and infant schools of some areas of Tuscany (Pistoia, Florence, Grosseto, Livorno, Lucca, Viareggio, Empolese area) with the purpose of presenting Eric Carle’s books and investigating the levels of understanding of the stories proposed by the famous illustrator. The specific aim of the project was to introduce teachers, educators, librarians and parents to the picture books written and illustrated by Eric Carle and translated into Italian.

Eric Carle is author of many books addressed to pre-school children: they are texts that can boost the young listeners’ knowledge and imagination, because they deal with tipical themes and issues while accounting for the children’s point of view. They are publications in which fun overlaps with irony, fantasy alternates with reality, surprise encounters rituality. Through these books, the adults can introduce the young listeners to the ‘passion’ and ‘pleasure’ of reading: children need an adult person who is patient, willing and encouraging to read stories to them.

Another important goal was to pursue a reading programme on Eric Carle’s books with the children attending the nurseries and infant schools in Tuscany, check their understanding of the stories and compare the results achieved, while bearing in mind the age of the children involved, the story read to them and the context in which the reading experience took place. The results were indeed very interesting, as can be seen by reading the book we are proposing. The essays in the volume have been designed to account for the overall experience, which proved to be highly interesting for both the children and their families.*

* Particular thanks go to the ‘Bruno Ciari’ Study Centre for authorizing the publication of some essays first published in the Italian volume which presented all the experiences in the project centred around Eric Carle’s illustrated books.

The very hungry caterpillar in Tuscany – Enzo Catarsi

Yesterday I ate everything like the

Very Hungry Caterpillar, and I did today too.