BEARS
IN THEIR CAVE
Submitted by Jillian
1. You will need to gather one tissue box per
child
Preferrably the small boxes
2. Cut out a small bear that will be
able to go in and out of tissue box without difficulty.
3. Have children paint boxes and bears.
If you like you can also have them glue sticks
and leaves to box to make it look more like a cave
4. Add straw to the inside of the box when everything
is dry.
5. Place bear inside to "hibernate" , don't forget
to write the date that the bear will wake up!
Variation:Other animals hibernate , instead of
bears you could add squirrels and frogs ect.
GOING ON BEAR HUNT
Submitted by Alice
What I do is we read the story first, I tell
the kids we will be going on a bear hunt after rest time. I
have the children prepare a paper sack decorated however they want
put their names. During rest time, I put in honeycomb cereal,
and tie them up, hide each sack outside weather permitting, After
resttime, everyone get to go on a bear hunt for the honey pot. We
talk about the story again and the children really enjoy the snack
with thier milk.
CALICO BEARS
Using circles of different sizes and colors
of construction paper build a calico teddy bear. Children can glue
smaller circles on the largest one (the
body) to represent the arms, legs/feet, head,
ears, nose, mouth and eyes.
How many teddies am I
Loop side of velcor strip on wall-supply colorful
teddy cutouts laminate bears & place on hook side of velcro-set
bears near velcor strip-invite pairs of children to area-one child
stands with back against the wall besides the velcro. Have the other
child measure him/her by attaching teddies to the strip. Have the
children count the number of teddies-remove the teddies & repeat
with the other child.
BEAR FELT BOARD GAME
Put different colored hats, or letters, or
numbers on them.
Give each child a play dollar bill.
One at a time have them come up as they are
singing this song.
Down around the corner at the Teddy Bear Shop
Were 8 teddy bears with hats on top
Along came (child's name) with a dollar to spend
he/she picked the blue one and took it on home.
TEDDY BEAR IDEAS
A Teddy Bear
Two tiny eyes
And a little, round tummy
Two furry paws
For scooping up honey.
A soft, "snuggable" snout;
Ears that listen and care;
When you put them all together,
You have a teddy bear.
Teddy Bear Masks
A chance to role-play teddy bears will surely
delight each of your youngsters. To make a teddy bear mask, cut out
the center portion of a paper plate. Draw two half-circles on the
center portion to represent ears, and then cut on the resulting lines.
Staple or glue the ear cutouts to the outer rim of the paper plate,
and paint the mask. After the paint dries, paint the inner portion
of each ear pink and glue a craft stick to the bottom of the paper
plate. Then, using an eyebrow pencil, draw whiskers on each child's
face and a triangular shape on his nose. Have little ones hold up
the masks to their faces for "bear-y" nice teddies!
Hibernation Station
This winter your youngsters will be delighted
to hang out with the animals in Hibernation Station. From old magazines
and workbooks, have each youngster cut out pictures of animals that
hibernate in the wintertime and then mount them on trimmed pieces
of construction paper. Have each child make a mobile by suspending
the pictures from a hanger, using lengths of yarn or string. Hang
the mobiles over the rest area in your classroom. At rest time, announce
that it is time to hibernate with the animals in Hibernation Station.
Imaginations will roam as the animals gently drift over your little
ones.
BEAR-Y GOOD SNACKS
Bear-shaped Sandwiches
For each sandwich:
2 slices of brown bread
peanut butter
honey
3 raisins
Spread one slice of bread with peanut butter.
Drizzle with honey. Top with the second slice of bread. Use a teddy
bear cookie cutter to cut a bear from the center of the sandwich.
Press on raisins to make eyes and nose.
Beary Good Trail Mix
For each serving of four:
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup peanuts
1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
1/2 cup sunflower seeds (shelled)
Let your child measure and stir the ingredients.
Divide the mix into four servings and place in plastic bags. Carry
the trail mix on a "bear hunt" hike. Hide a teddy bear in one of
the trees on the hike.
TEDDY BEARS
One fine day in the woods I saw (hand over
your eyes)
A bear in a honey tree licking his paw (pretend
to lick your hand)
A bee buzzed by (use pointer finger to be the bee flying)
And what do you suppose? (put your hands out to side
as if to say you
have no idea)
The bee stung the bear on the tip of his nose (fly
bee to your nose)
"Ouch!" (hands on hips)
Said the bear as he slid down the tree (pretend to
slide down the
tree)
I do like the honey but I don't like the bees. (shaking
your finger)
I do a cute Teddy Bear Day with "Boo Boo Band-aid
Bear"..for part of safety week. The craft is so cute!
In circle we talk about the dangers of standing
in a chair (in this case it is a rocking chair). My poem goes like
this:
"Silly little Teddy Bear
Stood up in a rocking chair
Now he has to stay in bed
With a band-aid on his head!"
Craft: Cut 12" bear shapes or to fit on 1/2
sheet construction paper
Draw
a rectangle (the bed) on the paper
Cut squares
of cloth to cover most of the bear ( his blanket)
Enough band-aids
to match # of bears (let children unwrap)
Have children glue bear onto bed, add cloth blankets
and a band-aid for his forehead. The children love this. I bring in my child-size
rocker and actually demonstrate the bear falling out of the chair.
BEAR SONG
Submitted by Peg
Tune: A Sailor Went to Sea
Let me sing you a song about a bear, bear,
bear
He had nothing to wear, wear, wear.
So he did growl
With a great big scowl
And he grew himself a coat of hair.
BEAR STORY
Once there was a little bear who was sleeping
in his bed in his nice dark
cave.
"Have a little sleep bear, sleep bear, sleep
bear.
Have a little sleep bear, sleep bear, sleep."
The next day the sun came out and the bear
woke up and stretched.
"Have a little stretch bear, stretch bear, stretch
bear.
Have a little stretch bear, stretch bear, stretch."
And since it was a very sunny day the bear decided
to go for a walk.
"Have a little walk bear,."
But this was a very active little bear and soon he
became bored with walking
and began to run.
"Have a little run bear,."
And after all that running he was hot and sweaty. Before
him was a big cool
lake, so what do you think he did? Yes! He
jumped right in and swam!
"Have a little swim bear,."
And after he swam a little while he climbed out of
the water and he was all
drippy wet. And do you know how bears dry themselves
off when they are wet?
Yes, they shake!
"Have a little shake bear,."
And after all that shaking he looked up and saw a taaall
tree. You know how
bears love to climb!
"Have a little climb bear,."
And when he got to the top do you know what he saw? Some
golden, sweet,
delicious HONEY! And you know how much bears
love honey!
"Have a little taste bear,."
But you know wherever there is honey there are honeybees. And
those bees
did not like that bear messing with their honey. Do
you know what bees do
when they are angry? That right they sting!
"Have a little sting bee,."
The bear cried out, "OUCH!" (sing
fast and frantic)
"Have a little climb bear, climb bear, climb.
Have a little swim bear, swim bear, swim.
Have a little shake bear, shake bear, shake.
Have a little run bear, run bear, run.
Have a little walk bear, walk bear, walk."
And the bear reached his cave and called out to his
Mommy, "Mommy, Mommy! I
went for a walk, and a run, and a swim, and I shook
off, and then I climbed
a tree, and I found some honey, and it tasted good. But
the bees got mad
and one stung me on the nose!" And his mommy
said,
"Awww! Have a little hug bear, hug bear, hug
bear.
Have a little hug bear, hug bear, hug."
THE BEAR WENT UP THE MOUNTAIN
Submitted by Debbie
We all know this song. But I've revised
it a bit and we act it out when
we are singing it. Here's what we do: I
set up large wooden blocks so
the children can "safely" climb up the Mountain. One
child(as the bear)
starts at the foot of the mountain and as we sing the
following, the
"bear" climbs up to the top.
The Bear Went Up the Mountain
The Bear Went Up the Mountain
The Bear Went Up the Mountain
To see what he/she could
see.
When the bear reaches the top we sing:
Now tell us what you see!
Now tell us what you see!
The bear then looks around and either uses his/her
imagination or
chooses something he/she sees in our room
and tells us what he/she sees.
Then we sing about it as the bear climbs down
from the mountain.
The bear sees a "rabbit"
The bear sees a "rabbit"
The bear sees a "rabbit"
And that is what he/she
sees.
We have alot of fun with this song!
BEARS
We took a paper lunch bag rolled the top down.
This was the cave. The boys and girls cut free hand rocks to paste
on the bag. I had a bear they cut out and colored, glued to a popcicle
stick. I cut a slit in the bottom of the bag and then the bear could
go in and out of his cave
POEM ON HIBERNATION
Hi everyone, This year for hibernation I am
doing an activity from Mailbox a
few years ago. We will talk about animals
that have fur grow thic er,
more protective cost to insulate them from the cold
winter temperatures.
Just like animals, people need to bundle up for winter
too. After reading
the following poem, each child will draw and color
a picture of an animal in
its winter coat. A day or two before I will take
a picture of each child
wearing his winter garb. We will put the picture
next to their drawing and
write "The bear has a ----------- coat, Kevin has a
----------- coat.
The fluffy red fox has a warm winter coat
I can wear a red coat too!
The fluffy red fox needs a warm winter coat
Just like me and you
The frisky gray squirrel has a warm winter coat
I can wear a gray coat too!
The frisky gray squirrel needs a warm winter
coat,
Just like me and you
The old brown groundhog has a warm winter coat
I can wear a brown coat, too
The old brown groundhog needs a warm winter
coat
Just like me and you!
HIBERNATION
(sung to Alouette)
Hibernation. Time for Hibernation.
Hibernation. Time to go to sleep.
In the winter where's the bear?
Sleeping in its log or lair.
Where's the bear? Log or lair. OH!
In the winter where's the frog?
Sleeping by a pond or log.
In the winter where's the snake?
In the mud beneath the lake.
In the winter where's the bat?
In a cave is where its at.
HIBERNATION
Submitted by Marilyn
Here are some books that I read to my 3's when
introducing Hibernation.
Every Autumn Comes the Bear Jim
Arnosky
Time to Sleep Denise
Fleming
Animals in Winter 591.54
Sleepy Bear Lydia
Dobcovich
I talk to the children about how we stay warm
compared to how animals stay warm. I bring in a box of warm
clothing (ear muffs, scarf, mittens, boots, sweater, jacket) and
I put them on one by one. The children love this. I talk
about how warm and toasty I am, but how do the animals stay warm. We
discuss their coats, where they live, how they live and that some
animals sleep for long periods of time to stay away from the winter
snows.
For art, I give each child a small, square empty
tissue box. They can paint that black, or gray. The next time
we meet, I give them cotton balls, and the pull away cotton material
to glue onto the boxes (bear caves). Then I purchase different
sizes of brown, black pom-poms for them to glue inside the box caves.
They also have leaves, twigs that they glue on the box bottom. These
are our hibernating bears!
I then display them in the hallway with a
sign on the wall that says: Shhhhhhhhhh....bears sleeping!
On another day, I send a letter home, asking
the child to bring in a favorite teddy (or other animal) for the
next time we meet in class. When they come into school, I have
a dark army blanket draped over one of the tables now placed on a
back rug. The children each take turns placing their teddy
bears into our "table cave". We pretend that the bears are
hibernating for about 1 week. They really enjoy this and keep
going to the table to peek inside our "table cave" area.
For snack idea - we have hot chocolate and teddy
grahams for snack.
BEARS AND POSITIONAL WORDS
If you are doing bears and winter, you could
use a cool whip or butter tub for the den. Use the counting bears
and have your children put the bear on the den, under the den and
beside the den. Turn the tub on the side and put the bear in
the den. I had my children draw a picture of a den and then
gave them a sticker of a bear and they had to tell me where they
were placing the bear (on, over, under, beside, to the left, or to
the right of the den). I had a sentence at the bottom and filled
the position word in after they told me. The sentence was "The bear
is __________ the den
BEARS
Submitted by Wendy
Here Comes the Bear!
Here Comes the bear!
All you people beware!
down,
down,
down,
the stair,
Comes my lumpy-plumpty teddy bear!
by Carol Phillips
There was an old bear who lived down the
hill.
If I'm not mistaken, he's living there
still.
If you knock on his door, there under the
tree,
He'll very politely ask you in for tea.
by Carol Phillips
This little bear rides a red bike.
This little bear plays a kazoo.
This little bear rides a pony.
This little bear tries it too.
And this little bear shouts,
"Hooray for Circus Day
At the zoo-zoo-zoo!"
by Carol Phillips
Bears like honey
That comes from bees.
Bears like to nap
Under shady trees.
Bears can be cuddly,
Or big and mean.
My little Teddy Bear
Is the cuttest I've sen.
He's by my side
when I'm happy or blue,
Here's to my Teddy Bear-
"I love you!"
by Angel A. Nettles
'TEN LITTLE BEARS" BY GAIL NETTLES.
Ten little bears feeling just fine.
One feel asleep and then there were nine.
Nine little bears going through a gate,
One was too fat, and then there were eight.
Eight little bears looking up to heaven.
One went home and then there were seven.
Seven little bears climbing over some sticks,
One fell off, and then there were six.
Six little bears going to a beehive,
One stoppoed to rest, then there were five.
Five little bears walking through a door,
One turned back and then there were four.
Four little bears saw a pretty tree.
One stopped to play and then there were three.
Three little bears looking for something to
do,
One went swimming and then there were two.
Two little bears playing under the sun,
One got hot and then there was one.
One little bear when the day was done,
Decided to go to bed and then there was none.
FINGERPLAY BY GAIL NETTLES
One little bear, lonely and blue,
Met a good friend, then there were two.
Two little bears, happy as could be,
another joined in and that made three.=
Three little bears, looking for more,
Came across another, that made four.
Four little bears headed to a hive,
Found a bear there and that made five.
Five little bears while the day is sunny,
Eating from a bee's hive sweet golden honey.
BEAR ACTIVITES
Submitted By Wendy
Make A Bear.
Materials Needed: Bear body, arms
and Legs, paper fasteners, crayons to color in face. Books
with pictures of bears.
Procedure: Show the children pictures
of bears if you have them. Ask the children the name
of the animal. What letter does bear start with? Where
does a bear live? What does a bear eat? How
big is a bear? What does a bear sound like? Have any
children seen a real bear? Can they pretend
to walk and growl like a bear? Tell the children about hibernation. What
does it mean when we say a bear hibernates? The children
can pretend to be bears. He crawls into
a cave to hibernate. He sleeps all winter long. He
wakes up in spring and walks around, growls and
eats.
Tell the children they are going
to make a bear to take home. Pass out the bear bodies. Have them
color in the faces on the bears if you wish. Some may want to color
the body, too. Pass out the arms and attach them
to the body. Pass out the legs and attach them to the body with paper
fasteners.
A Bear Hunt
We are going on a bear hunt.
You can come along.
Let's walk. (Slap hands on thighs at a walking
rhythm.)
There's a log ahead.
Let's run and jump over it. (Slap hands
in running rhythm and pause as you
"jump" the log.
Then walking rhythm again.)
We're coming to a hill.
It's a steep hill.
We'll have to walk up the hill slowly. (Hit hands on
thighs slowly and make
sound of heavy breathing.)
Phew! we're at the top.
Let's look around. (Put hand eyes and look around.)
Let's go on everyone.
Run down the hill. (Hit hands on thighs in running
rhythm.)
There's a river...but no bridge.
We'll have to swim across to the other side. (Make
swimming motions with
arms.)
Quiet ...shhh! Woods ahead.
Walk very quietly in the woods. (Hit hands on
thighs slowly and quietly.)
(Shout), "It's a bear! Yikes! Let's get
out of Here!"
Do all the actions backwards very quickly.
Run
Swim the river
Run up the hill
Run down the hill
Run
Jump the log
Run until you get home at last.
Breathe a sigh of relief.
That's the end of the bear hunt.
TEDDY BEAR DAY IDEAS
Submitted by Krista
Teddy Bear Hat
Need: a picture of a teddy bear head, Brown
construction paper, Crayons, Glue, and Scissors.
Directions: Have the children color a picture
of a teddy bear head. About the size of a 8 x 11 page. Then cut strip
out of brown construction paper. Make headbands out of the strips.
(Either use glue or Tape, remember no stapes near a child's head.)
Cut out the teddy bear head and glue it to the front of the headband.
Now the children can be teddy bears too!
Paper Plate Teddy Bears
Need: Brown paint, paper plates, Scissors,
Crayons, Red and Brown constructing paper, Brown yarn, Glue, and
a Black pom pom.
Directions: Let the Children paint a paper
plate brown. Give then a chose of light, medium and dark drown.
When they are dry they can add construction paper ears, eyes and
bow tie (or hair bow). Let the children glue on some brown yarn
hair for texture. Draw a mouth and put on a pom pom nose.
You are my Teddy Bear
Sung to: "You Are My Sunshine"
You are my teddy bear
My only teddy bear
You make me smile dear
You are my friend
You'll never know dear
How much I like you
I'm so glad you're my
Teddy Bear today.
Hibernation
Submitted by Diane
Hi everyone, This year for hibernation I am
doing an activity from Mailbox a few years ago. We will talk
about animals that have fur grow thicker, more protective cost to
insulate them from the cold winter temperatures. Just like
animals, people need to bundle up for winter too. After reading
the following poem, each child will draw and color a picture of an
animal in its winter coat. A day or two before I will take
a picture of each child wearing his winter garb. We will put
the picture next to their drawing and write "The bear has a -----------
coat, Kevin has a ----------- coat.
The fluffy red fox has a warm winter coat
I can wear a red coat too!
The fluffy red fox needs a warm winter coat
Just like me and you
The frisky gray squirrel has a warm winter
coat
I can wear a gray coat too!
The frisky gray squirrel needs a warm winter
coat,
Just like me and you
The old brown groundhog has a warm winter
coat
I can wear a brown coat, too
The old brown groundhog needs a warm winter
coat
Just like me and you!
A cute action poem:
Winter is cold Hug
yourself and shiver
There is snow in the sky Flutter
fingers above your head
The squirrel gathers nuts Pretend to
gather nuts
And the wild geese fly Flap
arms
The fluffy red fox Cup
hands over head to form ears
Has his fur to keep warm Stroke
arms as if stroking fur
The bear's in her cave Form
a cave shape with your arms
Sleeping all through the storm Fold
hands under cheek and pretend to sleep
The kids are bringing in empty boxes (tissue,
oatmeal, etc) and will make bear caves, beaver lodges, fox dens or
squirrel dreys. As looped, I will drape a sheet over some chairs
and hide raisins and cheerios around the room for the children to
find and store in their caves...very cute. Plan to end
this lesson with a pajama day when we will bundle up in comforters,
pillows, slippers and have some fun as children.
BEARS
Submitted by Jan
Here is a easy flannel board song to use with
your children.
Teddy Wore His Red Shirt
You need ;
a Teddy Bear (I glued on wiggly eyes)
a red shirt
blue pants
white socks
green shoes
yellow hat (I glued on a yellow pom-pom)
(Sing to the tune of Mary Wore Her Red Dress)
Teddy wore his red shirt,red shirt, red shirt,
Teddy wore his red shirt all day long.
Teddy wore his blue pants, blue pants, blue
pants,
Teddy wore his blue pants all day long.
(Continue adding one piece of clothing to
Teddy at a time and sing about it.)
Tune: Mary Had a Little Lamb
Grizzly bears are big and brown.
Big and brown, big and brown.
Grizzly bears are big and brown.
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 were it is cold.
Panda bears are black and white,
Black and white, black and white
Panda bears are black and white.
And live in the jungle.
Teddy bears are just my size.
Just my size, just my size.
Teddy bears are just my size.
To cuddle up with at night.
The Dancing Bear
Tune: Bingo
There was a bear who loved to dance.
And Teddy was his name.
Left foot, tap, tap, tap.
Right foot, tap, tap, tap.
Both paws, clap, clap, clap.
And Teddy was his name.
There was bear who loved to dance.
And Teddy was his name.
Turn, turn, all around.
Bend and touch, touch the ground.
Jump, jump, up and down.
And Teddy was his name.
Horns and Fangs
Tune: Head and Shoulders
Horns and fangs,
Knees and claws.
Knees and claws.
Knees and claws.
Horns and fangs.
Knees and claws.
Eyes, ears, tail, and paws.
BEARS
Submitted by margie
ART/SENSORY:
"Bear feet painting"
Feet paint w/children...
Set up a large piece of butcher paper for them
to walk around on. When it dries, cut it up into wavy "borders" and
border your bulletin boards w/the children's prints. (can do
the same w/hand prints, of course).
SONG: The Bear Went Over the Mountain
Purpose: To help the children remember
their friends names.
The Bear went over the Mountain (repeat 2 more times)
To See WHO he could see.
Sarah was who he saw, Sarah was who he saw
On the other side of the mountain (repeat 2 more times)
Sarah was who he saw.
Bear Rap
Submitted by Sandy
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Hey there, Big Bear,
What d'you like for breakfast?
Cornflakes, rice cakes,
Weetabix or what?
I LIKE PORRIDGE!
GIVE ME PORRIDGE!
I LIKE A LOT OF PORRIDGE IN A
GREAT BIG POT.
Hey there, Mamma Bear,
What d'you like to sit in?
Arm chair, deck chair,
Rocking chair or what?
I LIKE MY CHAIR
MY SIT- AND -SHUT -YOUR -EYE CHAIR
MY WATCH- THE - WORLD- GO- BY CHAIR,
I LIKE MY CHAIR A LOT.
Hey there, Baby Bear,
What d'you like to sleep in?
Bath tub, coal bin'
Flower bed or what?
THAT'S REAL EASY!
IT'S EASY SQUEZZY WHEEZY!
THERE'S NOTHING IN THE WORLD
TO BEAT MY OWN SMALL COT!
Hey there, three Bears!
What do you think of Goldilocks?
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
HIBERNATION
Submitted by Marilyn
Literature
Tucker and the bear Jane
Chambless
Animals in Winter H. Bancroft
Every Autumn Comes the Bear Jim
Arnosky
The Mitten jan Brett
Time to Sleep Denise Fleming
I have saved the small, square tissue boxes
and each child will create their own bear's den (cave) by painting
the box, putting grass, sticks, stones, to be glued inside and then
brown and tan pom-poms to represent the bear sleeping in his cave. I
have a larger box that the children will work on cooperatively to
represent the bears den/cave and we will place a larger teddy bear
inside to hibernate throughout the entire winter. We will take
him out in Springtime.
Title: Bears Song/Game
Submitted by Sara
Make a circle of 6-10 children. One child has
to be in the center of the circle, who is the bear sleeping in a
cave, and had to cover her eyes. The circle of children moves
around the bear while singing "The Bear Song". At the end of the
song the group jumps while counting from 1 to 5, and say Wake up
bear". and the bear has to catch one of the children.
The Bear is sleeping (2)
Snore(6)
Maybe he will get you(2)
on the count of 5 (2)
1,2,3,4,5, Wake up bear, come out of your
cave.
HIBERNATING CLASS BEAR
Submitted by Kay
We have a classroom bear that we pack up in
a box and all of my five year olds say something to it like "Have
a nice rest, " etc. then on the outside of the box we write-SHH,
Bear in hibernation! Then on the first day of spring the kids can
hardly wait to wake the bear up! Have fun with this unit.
Title: TEDDY BEARS
Submitted by Terri
1. Twin Bears: I cut a shirt or
dress and a hat, shoes, or bow out of different types of material. I
glued on set of clothes on a teddy bear cutout and laminated it. I
then laminated the other pieces of clothing individually. I
covered a shoe box with wood looking contact paper and put the bears
inside. I then used clothespins to pin th indiv. clothing pieces
to the edge of the box. The object is for the children to find
one bear that is completely dressed and find the clothes to make
another bear look just like the other one. They have to unpin
the clothes from the box and then replace it when they are finished.
2. 1:1 corresp.: I cut out 10 honey pot
patterns. I then glued black dots on each (1-10 dots). I
covered an oatmeal with wood looking contact paper and then cut a
small hole in the can. this is supposed to be the tree. The
object is for the children to take a honey pot, put one teddy bear
counter on each dot and then climb the teddy bears up the tree and
into the hole. You could also simply put the number on the
honey pot for older children.
Title: Bears
Submitted by Betty of the K.O.S. Loop
Trace bear outlines on to good , all white
paper towels with a washable BLACK marker. Have the children
use water and a brush and soak the black line (good, fine motor)...since
black is made up of several colors, it will "bleed" out from the
line. It is facinating to the children....there's some science
in there, too!!!....
Area: Fine Motor
Also, we always finger paint with chocolate
pudding on our second day and fill in the center of a bear outline..of
course, we have already read"Corduroy"!!! After these dry
for a day, we rub a white piece of copy paper with a green crayon
over a corrogated board (light bulb packaging). We talk and
feel real samples of corduroy fabric and make overalls out of our
rubbings. Don't forget to add a pocket and buttons after
you have read "Pocket for Corduroy"!
Title: Furry Bear paint
Submitted by Michelle
Materials:
Flour, slat, water, Tempura paint
Mix equal amounts of flour, salt, and the water.
Add liquid tempura paint for color. Pour into squeeze bottles.
Cut bear shapes out of brown construction
paper. Let the children paint with the puffy paint by squeezing
the paint out of the bottles. The paint will harden into a puffy
shape.
Title: Furry Sewing Cards
Cut strudy teddy bear shapes out of card stock.
If age appropriate let children punch holes along the edge. The let
them glu small pieces of fur on their sewing card. This will make
it feel good while they sew. Give each a string of yarn and let them
lace. (Hint: Tie a Fruit Loop or Cherrios to one end - the yarn will
not slip through as sewong. Use bobby pin for needle)
Title: Ouchy Bear
What if your bear got hurt or sick? Set up
a doctor table just for doctoring bears. Make sure there are plenty
of bandaids, wraps, cold compresses, guauze pads, tape, play injections,
stethescope, ear looker, tongue depressors, and rubber gloves. You
would be amazed at all the stuff hospitals will give you if it's
for education. The children will spend a lot of timje at this table
so have lots of stuff. |
