{"id":44142,"date":"2026-03-06T13:59:55","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T02:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/?post_type=article&#038;p=44142"},"modified":"2026-03-06T13:59:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T02:59:55","slug":"pre-kindergarten-responding-to-literature","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/article\/pre-kindergarten-responding-to-literature\/","title":{"rendered":"Pre-Kindergarten Responding to Literature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Pre-K girls have been developing their art skills, responding to the much-loved book \u2018The Very Hungry Caterpillar\u2019 by Eric Carle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The girls were intrigued by the textures, colours and shapes in Carle\u2019s collaged illustrations and demonstrated their ability to think creatively by collaborating on a variety of art techniques to produce this creative piece.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-44142 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/03\/IMG_2618.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/03\/IMG_2618-640x427.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/03\/IMG_2621.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/03\/IMG_2621-640x427.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/03\/Hungry-caterpillar.jpeg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/03\/Hungry-caterpillar-640x480.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"mailto:mdoull@mlcsyd.nsw.edu.au\">&#8211; Marian Doull<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em>Junior School Visual Arts teacher<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pre-K girls have been developing their art skills, responding to the much-loved book \u2018The Very Hungry Caterpillar\u2019 by Eric Carle.\u00a0 The girls were intrigued by the textures, colours and shapes in Carle\u2019s collaged illustrations and demonstrated their ability to think creatively by collaborating on a variety of art techniques to produce this creative piece. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":44199,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[5],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-44142","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_category-junior-school"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/44142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44142"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=44142"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=44142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}