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Bb is for Bears


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Fuzzy bears, floppy bears, cuddly bears too.

Big bears, small bears and bears at the zoo!

 

Crafts

Activites

Songs & Poems

Outings

Food

 

 

Crafts:

1. Eric Carle Style Bears:  This one is great for little one's.

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2. "Paw Prints":  Hand prints

3.Puzzle:  Cut an old photo into pieces and have your child put it back together.  I used an old calendar picture and glued it to a piece of cardboard for more stability.                                                         

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4. Pattern Stamping: I used a plastic bear figurine and a paw print stamp.  You can also make your own stamps out of fun foam and a block/piece of wood.

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5. Coffee & Cinnamon Bears

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6. Hungry Bear Collage: Cut out different types of foods that bears like to eat from your weekly grocery store flyers and glue them to a piece of paper to make a lovely collage.

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Activities:

Cognitive Development:

Gather some bears from around the house (any kind, stuffed, plastic, wooden, etc).
  • Sort them in to size/colour/texture/type (polar, brown, black)
  • Line them up from biggest to smallest. Talk about 1st, 2nd , 3rd etc. Small, smaller, smallest, big, bigger, biggest, medium
  • See if you can make a pattern: big/small, fuzzy/smooth
  • Count them, forwards and backwards

Letter Recognition:

  • Go for a letter walk and find the letter Bb!  Look on signs, vehicles, stores.
  • Alphabet Soup: Put some magnet letters in a pot and let your child pick one out. Practice the name and the sound
  • Find Bb's everywhere!  Look in books, magazines, computer/tablets, food packaging
  • Practice printing the letter Bb in the air, in a tray of rice/sand, on paper, with paint
  • Have a letter-rific snack:  Munch on some Alphabets cereal or alphabet soup, see what letters you find.

Number Recognition and Sequencing:

  • Honey Pot Number Matching: See Printouts
  • Gummy Bear or Teddy Graham Counting:  Count from 0-10/20 and back again as you eat them.
  • Paw Print Counting: Click here for printout

Set up centers using some of the listed activities and crafts.

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Bb bears Printouts

Games:

Large Motor:

  • Going on a Bear Hunt #1: Gather up some bears, have your child close there eyes and count to ten while you hide the bears around the room.  Then go find them!  Great on a rainy day.
  • Going on a Bear Hunt #2: Hide & Seek:  Have the person who is it pretend to be the Mama bear looking for her cubs.
  • Paw Print Hopscotch:  Just like regular hopscotch but make the spaces in the shape of paw print.  Have your child pretend to be the baby bear following Mama bear.
  • Let's Be Bears!:  Think of all the ways that bears move and see if you can do it too.  Bears can climb, run, jump, roll, swim, scoop fish, dig a den, lay in the sunshine, jump, stand up and be scary, curl up and go to sleep.

Fine Motor:

  • DSC02511Stacking Bears:  Using some bear figurines see how many you can stack before they fall over.
  • Play dough Bears:  Use brown, black and or white play dough to make some bears.
  • Sticker Pictures:  Find some bear stickers and make a picture or pattern.
  • Colouring: See if you can draw a bear, or find some bear colouring pages.
  • Cereal Bb's:  Print B b on a piece of paper or cardboard.  Have your child place cereal (oat circles) along the lines to form the letter Bb.  Then eat them!

 

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Songs & Poems:

Gathering Song:
One Polar Bear Went Out to Play (Tune: One Elephant Went Out to Play)
One polar bear went out to play
On an ice berg one day.
She had such enormous fun
That she called for another polar bear to come (have child pick the next person to join)
 
The Bear Went Over the Mountain
The bear went over the mountain (repeat 3 times)
To see what he could see.
 
The other side of the mountain (repeat 3 times)
Was all that he could see.
 
The Bear Song (Tune: Mary Had a Little Lamb)
Grizzly bears are big and strong, big and strong, big and strong
Grizzly bears are big and strong
And live in the woods
 
Polar bears are soft and white, soft and white, soft and white
Polar bears are soft and white 
And live where it's cold
 
Panda bears are black and white, black and white, black and white
Panda bears are black and white
And live in China
 
Teddy bears are just my size, just my size, just my size
Teddy bears are just my size
For snuggling at night!
 

See The Sleeping Grizzly Bear (Tune: Sleeping Bunnies)

See the sleeping grizzly bear,
Oh so still.  Is he ill?
Wake up grizzly bear and STOMP, STOMP STOMP
Wake up grizzly bear and STOMP, STOMP, STOMP
Wake up grizzly bear and STOMP, STOMP, STOP
 
Repeat with a different type of bear and action.
 

Hibernation Song (Tune:  Are You Sleeping?)

Bear is sleeping, bear is sleeping
In his den, in his den,
When will he wake up?  When will he wake up?
In the spring, in the spring!

 

T-E-D-D-Y(Tune: B-I-N-G-O)

(Use child's name) Johnny Smith had a bear 
And Teddy was his name oh!
T-E-D-D-Y, T-E-D-D-Y, T-E-D-D-Y
And Teddy was his name oh!
 
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear Turn Around (poem)
Teddy bear, teddy bear turn around,
Teddy bear, teddy bear touch the ground
Teddy bear, teddy bear dance on your toes
Teddy bear, teddy bear touch your nose
Teddy bear, teddy bear stand on your head
Teddy bear, teddy bear go to bed
Teddy bear, teddy bear say good-night
Teddy bear, teddy bear turn out the light
Teddy bear, teddy bear wake up now
Teddy bear, teddy bear take a bow!
 
Round and Round the Garden (poem)
Round and round th garden goes the teddy bear,
One step, two step, a tickle under there!
 

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Outings:

Library: Favourite Books

The Berenstains' B Book
Baby Bear, Baby Bear; Eric Carle
Panda Bear, Panda Bear; Eric Carle
Goldilocks and the Three Bears; Jan Brett
The Three Snow Bears; Jan Brett
Dusty Locks and the Three Bears; Susan Lowell
Ninja, Cowboy, Bear; D. Bruins & H. Leung **And play the game!
The Gummy Bear Counting Book; L. Boegohold
Winnie the Pooh; A.A. Milne
Powerful Polar Bears; E. Bennett
 
DSC04266Teddy Bear's Picnic:  Grab a blanket and your teddies and head to your local park, forest, beach, backyard and have a picnic!  Bring some bear themed snacks such as berries, teddy graham crackers, honey or Bear Paws and some beary good books!
 
Zoo Visit:  See how many different types of bears you can find.
 
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Food:

Bears are omnivores, which means they will eat anything.  Try some of their favourite foods.

  • berries
  • nuts
  • seeds
  • fish
  • apples
  • honey

Have a picky eater?  Try having them pretend they are a bear…bears eat anything!

 

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