Tot School: Brown Bear, Brown Bear

This week we've been reading Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr. and Eric Carle  I actually purchased this book a couple of years ago from Kohl's.  For those of you who may not know or do not have a Kohl's in your area, Kohl's has a program called Kohl's Cares.  Every few months they will feature classic hardback children's books by a certain author and a stuffed animal that goes along with it for $5 a piece!!!  Not only is it a great deal but it's also a great cause.  100% of the proceeds goes back to kids.  This month the featured author is Eric Carle.  The last couple of years in March they have offered Dr. Seuss!  So you may want to keep a check on it!

I think this has possibly been "Miss Priss'" favorite book yet.  Especially after doing Polar Bear last week she had learned the rhythm and words to the book and loved "reading" it herself!  It is also perfect for her age level and a great way to review colors.  There are TONS of activities to do on this book.  In fact, I'm hoping we can go back and do some more later.  I found all of our activities linked to A to Z Teacher Stuff but I'll try to link each individual activity too.

Table Time:

1. Created a Paper Plate Brown Bear Mask.  We then used it to retell the story and to play I Spy.
2. Created a Yellow Duck Necklace.  After reading the book several times I let her choose which animal she wanted to create.  We colored it and then added yellow beads to each side.
3. Painted a brown bear with pudding paint.  Then we got to eat some of the pudding! Yum!
4. Brown Bear Candy Sort - Actually made to use M&Ms but we had colored Tic Tacs and Reese Pieces so we used those.  She LOVED this activity.
5. Color Word Flip Book - Before we even put this book together, we used just the cards to match the colors.  You could also use them to play Memory.  Then we assembled the book and she could flip and match it that way.

Floor Time:

1. I Spy - With and without our Brown Bear Mask
2. Color Hunt - She would draw out a crayon and then see what else she could find in the room that matched the color.

Music:

1. Brown Bear, Brown Bear Turn Around (Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear Turn Around)

Matching our Candy according to Color

"Miss Priss" with her Brown Bear Mask and Yellow Duck necklace

Book and Bear from Kohls

Painting Brown Bear With Pudding (just a little on her chin :)

 

 Addiontal Links/Resources:

http://www.dltk-teach.com/books/brownbear/index.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdHCYgO9zh8 - Author Bill Martin reading Brown Bear
http://www.eric-carle.com/bb-bb.html
http://totallytots.blogspot.com/2010/09/once-upon-book-brown-bear-brown-bear.html
http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.com/BrowBearBrownBear.html

And I could go on and on....Have fun with this one!!