Eric Carle - German: Von Kopf bis Fuss

In this book, various animals and children move parts of their body and encourage other children to do so.

Eric Carle is truly a master of this kind of text. Each spread follows the same repetitive structure - "I'm a $ANIMAL and I can $VERB my $BODYPART - can you? I can do it!" - which makes it very

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suitable both for young children learning to speak and older children figuring out how to read.

This book is also, obviously good to encourage kids to move during a rainy-day storytime, or to let them move if they always are fidgeting during storytime.

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This is a great story to introduce children to size and shape. This should be read to chidlren at an early age.

A very easy book with classic Eric Carle illustrations, this is a book younger children will love. It discusses movements of various types of animals that children can also do. This would be great for an interactive lesson about animals. It is also good because children could practice doing the

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movements while the story is read.

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Allows readers to learn various movements of different animals & gets them to get up, & move around! A very fun book with great illustrations!

This books encourages children to exercise by showing how humans can move like animals. It is a very encouraging way to get students excited about being healthy. It can also be used to get students up and moving around if students seem to become restless in the classroom.

Great book about movement and interaction with children. Its a good way for kids to get involved with the story from the book and follow directions. It makes the reading fun. Because of this I liked this book. It was my first time reading it and I can only imagine reading it to a group of toddlers!

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It would be so much funny experience.

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This is a concept book about parts of the body and movement. An animal compares itself to a human. " I am a giraffe and I bend my neck. Can you do it?" "I can do it!" (repsonds a boy). This is a great book to teach children about the different parts of the body and can get physical by copying the

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movement. Children can become part of the action of the story. A great read aloud for toddlers.This is an Eric Carle books with delightful Eric Carle illustrations.

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Extra awesome Eric Carle. Pictures of animals doing some physical activity, with a picture of a kid doing the analog: "Can you bend your neck like a giraffe?" Kids love it, and it encourages the adult reader to join in too. My 16mo loves to get on the floor & kick her legs, wiggle her toes, stomp

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her feet. A diversity of kids -- boys and girls -- are shown, so points there too.

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Children gain the confidence that they can do anything they want to do when they are read this book. They will learn the importance of paying attention, listing carefully, and following instuctions. Children also are given the opportuntiy to practice body movements becuase From Head to Toe is a

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book that teaches children different parts of the body and the movements of each part.

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This is a book about how humans and animals can do the same things. From a giraffe bending it neck to an elephant stomping its feet, human can do this also. Although human can not do these activities to the same extent, they can still be done.

This is an alright book. I understand that it is for teaching children different animals as well as body parts and movement, but it just does not seem to get my son's attention the way that Mr. Carle's other books do. Still it is better than a lot of the other board books out there, I just want

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more.

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Great for grades k-2. Illustrations drawn using watercolors. Children learn such important skills as careful listening, focusing attention, and following instructions. Head to Toe introduces the basic body parts and simple body movements.

A child's favorite. A fun story about the actions various animals can do. The pictures are traditional Eric Carle illustrations with lots of color and texture. A great book for teaching about questions and hunting for question marks. Also a fun book to use for repetition. I use this story as a read

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aloud during our animal reading unit and my class always loves doing the actions along with the story.

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I would use this book with Kindergarteners. It is a fun book to teach children about the different parts of the body and how they move. It has great pictures and many different animals. Its a fun way to show how humans and animals can be alike. It is also a book that would be easy for children to

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read.

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Cute book. Eric Carle always has great illustrations. Teaching children about different body parts.

Written and Illustrated in the usual macabre fashion by Eric Carle, "From Head to Toe" is available as a picture book and as a board book. Featuring animals in action, Eric Carle challenges children small and large to imitate the movements, just like the children in the story. Themes focus on

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movement, hand eye-coordination, and image recognition. Perfect to read aloud to children to teach them key lessons such as how to listen, focus and follow instructions.

"I am a cat and I can arch my back, can you do it?" (I can do it!)

"I am a crocodile and I can wiggle my hips can you do it?" (I can do it!)

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This picture book by Eric Carle is also an information book. It teaches the young reader about the movement of different body parts. Using colorful animals and people.

Classroom Connections: This book can be used by families with young children to entertain and teach about animals and movement. It

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can also be used to help ESL students learn about movement and body parts, even up to 2nd or 3rd grade students would enjoy the bright pictures.

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Kids are at the zoo, or a place where there are many animals, while there they notice what the animals can do and realize that they can do it too. For example, "I am a camel and I bend my knees. Can you do it?" Then the student responds with, "I can do it".

This is a great little book to encourage movement and physical fitness in the youngest children.

This story is about how humans and animals and the things they can do the same. This is a great book used to compare humans to animals.

Contrasts human anatomy with other animals. Science for preschoolers! A perennial favorite.

Genre: This is an informational book because we learn about different moves that animals make and how we can make them too. This is an interactive book that allows readers to learn how animals might move and how readers can try to imitate them by making the same moves. This helps them to follow

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directions along with learning about how animals act and identify with the animals.

Rating: 3

Media: colored pencil

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Summary: In this book, different animals named things they could do and asked different children the question "Can you do it?" The children replied, "I can do it!" and showed the animal they could. The different animals included a penguin, giraffe, buffalo, monkey, seal, gorilla, cat, crocodile,

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camel, donkey, elephant, and a parakeet.

Personal reaction: I really liked this book. It was simple and easy for children to understand. I absolutely loved the pictures.

Classroom Extension Ideas:
This book can be used to teach following directions.
This book can also be used to teach about different animals.

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This book teaches children about movements skills. They also know these animals such as a penguin children will learn to turn their head, a giraffe to bend their neck, buffalo to raise their shoulders, a monkey to wave their arms, a seal to clap their hands, a cat to arch their back, a crocodile to

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wiggle their hips, a camel to bend their knee, and a donkey to kick their leg, and an elephant to stomp their foot. Children also learn about their body part as well. They will have a lot fun when they do some exercise like this.

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