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*NOTE:
If you're looking for Goldilocks
and the Three Bears ideas
click here to go to the
Goldilocks page. |
Music
Music is an important part of
any Early Childhood program.
For links to the
musical artists click here to go to the music
page.
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Five Little
Teddy Bears
Five
little teddy bears standing in a line.
The
first one said, "I'm feeling fine"
The
second one said, "Let's go and play"
The
third one said, "Let's play all day!"
The
fourth one said, "Let's run and run and run"
The
fifth one said, "Isn't Pre-K fun?" |
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Corduroy Was a
Bear
(tune:
This Old Man)
Corduroy
was a bear,
He had
no friends anywhere.
He lost
his button and he was all alone,
Until a
girl named Lisa took him home. |
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Teacher Resources |
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Literacy Activities |
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Instructions |
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Setting: Large and Small Group, Literacy Centers
Objective: oral language, re-telling
Materials: 10 tiny
stuffed teddy bears, shoe box, fabric, scissors, hot glue.
Directions:
Decorate a shoe box to look like a bed using fabric, scissors,
and a hot glue gun. When not in use the teddy bears can be
stored inside the shoe box. Introduce this re-telling
activity to the class during whole group time. Have
students help you re-tell the rhyme by removing the bears from
the bed as you sing the rhyme.
Once the students have learned the
rhyme place the activity in a center and encourage the children
the re-tell the rhyme using the bed and the bears at a center.
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Setting: Large and Small Group, Literacy Centers
Objective: oral language, re-telling
Materials: bear
accents (see resources section below), tongue depressors, file
folder, one sheet of scrapbooking paper, tape, glue, Sharpie
Directions:
Write the numbers 1-10 on the stomach of 10 teddy bear accents
with a Sharpie. Attach the teddy bear accents to tongue
depressors with glue or tape. Cut one side of a file
folder in half (see picture at left). Cut a sheet of your
preferred scrapbooking paper to fit the front of the file folder
and glue it to the front. Close the sides of the file
folder with packing tape.
Act out the rhyme "10 in a Bed"
during your whole group time for several days. As you sing
the rhyme take the bears out of the bed according to the numbers
on their stomach. Once the students have learned the rhyme
place the activity in a center and encourage the children the
re-tell the rhyme at a center.
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Setting: Small Group, Literacy Centers
Objective: Sight Word recognition
Materials: teddy bear
accents/cut-outs, Sharpie marker, laminating film, plastic container or
basket to put cut-outs in
Directions:
This game is a modified version of the
Bang Game. Write one sight word on each bear cut-out using the Sharpie marker. On the 27th
snowman write the word "Corduroy!" with the Sharpie marker.
Laminate the bear cut-outs for durability. Place all the
bears in
a basket or plastic tub. This game can be played in
large or small groups. Have the students sit in a circle
and pass the basket of snowmen around. Each student closes his eyes and
removes one bear, then identifies the word written on the bear aloud.
If the student can read the letter he keeps the bear.
If not, then he may ask a friend to help him read the word.
If a student gets the bear that says "Corduroy!" all the
students can sing the Corduroy song out loud together. After the
"Corduroy" bear is chosen the person who selected it must put all
of his bears back in the basket.
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Math Activities |
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Activity |
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Bear 1-5 Counting Grid
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Setting: Small Group, Math Centers
Objective: Number recognition, number sense, one-to-one
Materials: 1-5
counting grid recording sheet (available in printables section
below), bear stickers or die-cuts
Directions:
Students glue the appropriate number of bear die-cuts in the
boxes next to each number.
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Bear Patterning Strips
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Setting: Small Group, Math Centers
Objective: patterning
Materials: patterning strips (available in printables
section below), bear stickers or bear die-cuts
Directions:
Students make a pattern in the grid using bear stickers or bear
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Bear 1:1 Mat
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Setting: Small Group, Math Centers
Objective: 1:1 correspondence, number sense
Materials: printable
bear mat- one for each child in the small group (available in printables
section below), cardstock, laminating film, foam die,
white, brown, and black pom-pom's
Directions:
Print the bear mats on cardstock and laminate. Give each student in the small group a
bear mat. Place the pom-poms in the center
of the table in a bowl or other container so they are easily
accessible to all students. Each student takes a turn
rolling the die and putting the corresponding number of
poms on their mat. When there is one pom on each bear on their
mat they are finished.
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Going on a Bear Hunt Board Game
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Setting: Small Group, Math Centers
Objective: 1:1 correspondence
Materials: 2 pieces of cardstock, packing
tape, clipart, teddy bear counters, paw-print stickers
(available in resources section below), laminating film, one
foam die.
Directions:
Tape two pieces of cardstock together as pictured at left.
Next, glue Microsoft clipart to the playing board that
corresponds to the story. Affix paw-print stickers to the
playing board to create the path from the house to the cave.
When the board is complete laminate it for durability.
Use the teddy bear
counters as playing pieces. Place the playing pieces on
the house to start. Students will take turns rolling the
die and moving along the paw-prints towards the cave.
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Bear Roll 'N Stamp
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Setting: Small Group, Math Centers
Objective: Number recognition, number sense, one-to-one
Materials: foam die,
teddy bear roll 'n stamp sheet (available in printables
section below), Do-A-Dot markers
Directions:
Students take turns rolling the die, identifying the
corresponding number on their paper and stamping that number
with a Do-A-Dot marker (see picture at left).
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Bear Roll 'N Count game
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Setting: Small Group, Math Centers
Objective: 1:1 correspondence, number sense
Materials: Bear
recording sheet, Do-A-Dot markers (see resources section below),
one foam die
Directions:
Using your Sharpie marker, write the numbers 1-6 on the outline
of a bear and copy, you will need one page per child.
Give one page to each child in your small group.
Each child takes a turn rolling the die and stamping the corresponding number
with a Do-A-Dot marker on their bear sheet.
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Button Matching
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Setting: Small Group, Math Centers
Objective: visual discrimination, matching
Materials: buttons, bear notepad, hot glue
gun, laminating film
Directions:
Laminate the bear notepad pages first. Hot glue one
button to each notepad page on the bear's overalls (see picture
at left). Make sure the buttons on each bear are different.
Place a bowl or container of buttons in the middle of the table.
Students will search for the matching buttons and place them on
the correct bear mats. |
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10 in the Bed
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Materials: Teddy Graham crackers, pictures of a bed,
crayons.
Directions using Teddy Grahams: This is a small group
activity the children will LOVE. Provide each student with
a Xerox picture of a bed, students may color the bed with
crayons if they choose. Next, give each student 10 Teddy
Graham crackers and ask them to put the bears in the bed.
When everybody is ready we begin singing the song and eating the
bears as we go along. This activity is great for
one-to-one correspondence.
Directions using
die-cuts (pictured at left): glue, small
teddy bear die-cuts, crayons
Provide each student with a
Xerox picture of a bed, students may color the bed with crayons
if they choose. Next, give each student 10 die-cut bears
and ask them to glue the bears in the bed. |
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Favorite Bear Story Graph |
Materials: large piece
of chart paper, crayons, paper, glue stick.
Make a graph on the chart
paper. At the top of the graph place a Xerox picture of the
cover of four or five bear stories that were read aloud to the
class during your bear unit. You may need to shrink the
copies to fit them at the top of the graph. Next, provide
each student with a 5x5 piece of paper and ask them to draw a
picture from their favorite bear story, making sure to point out
which 4 or 5 stories to choose from. Finally, have each
student come up to the graph and glue his or her picture in the
appropriate spot. As a whole class review the graph and
determine which story was the class favorite and read that story
to the class again. |
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Fun Activities
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Corduroy
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Materials:
brown construction paper, green construction paper, buttons,
liquid glue, scissors, crayons, corrugated cardboard, wiggly
eyes. Provide each
student a brown sheet of construction with a copied outline of
teddy bear. Have each student cut out the teddy bear.
Next, provide each student with a green piece of construction
paper with a copied picture of Corduroy's overalls. Place
the green paper over the top of the corrugated cardboard and rub
a green crayon flat over the top of the paper. This will create
the effect of corduroy fabric. Next, cut out the overalls,
glue them on the teddy bear, and add buttons with glue.
Finally, use wiggly eyes and crayons to add Corduroy's facial
features. (the sample at left is missing the eyes and
corrugated cardboard effect) |
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5 Little Teddy Bears |
Materials:
construction paper, coffee, teddy bear sponge, glue, copies of
Five Little Teddy Bear poem.
Dip a teddy bear sponge in
liquid Elmer's glue and press on construction paper five times
to create five little teddy bears. Next, sprinkle coffee
grounds over the bears, cut out the poem and glue it to the
bottom of the page. |
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Teddy Bear's Picnic |
Materials:
stuffed teddy bears, Teddy Bear Picnic song, tablecloth/napkins, snacks.
Have a Teddy Bear's Picnic
day and allow each child to bring their favorite bear from home.
Make sure you have plenty extra for those children who forget or
don't own a teddy bear. March around in a circle with your
bears while the Teddy Bear's Picnic song plays in the
background. Lay the tablecloth in the middle of the circle
and have the students arrange their bears around the edge.
To avoid mishaps, I have the students sit at the tables and the
bears on the floor while we eat our snack. Take pictures
throughout the day to make a class book titled "Our Teddy Bear's
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Pocket for Corduroy
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Materials:
purple construction paper, hole punch, scissors, crayons, yarn, index cards
In the story Pocket for
Corduroy the little bear wants a pocket to keep things in.
In keeping with this theme provide each child with a purple
piece of construction paper copied with an outline of a pocket.
Have each child cut out their pocket and lace the yarn around
the edges, you can tie off the yarn for each child when they are
finished lacing. Next, give
each student a blank index card and ask them to draw something
they would like to keep in their pocket. Finally,
insert the index card into the pocket. |
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Bear Buddy Bag
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Materials: stuffed teddy bear, note to parents,
composition journal, cassette tape, tape player, Corduroy book.
If you are not familiar with
my Buddy Bag program click here.
I send home a stuffed Teddy Bear in a bag along with the book
Corduroy. Record yourself reading the story on a
cassette tape for those students whose parents cannot or will
not read it to them at home. Put the cassette tape in the
tape player ($5 at Wal Mart) along with a composition notebook
and instructions to treat Corduroy as a "friend" just like Lisa
in the book. The parents can write about their experiences
with Corduroy in the notebook. If you have a
Corduroy bear that's great, but any bear will do.
The Corduroy bears are available from Barnes & Noble. |
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Bear Hunt |
Materials: NONE
This is one of our
favorites! After reading the book Going on a Bear Hunt
and singing the song for a few days we go on a "Bear Hunt" just
like in the book. I hide a bear somewhere in the school
and we all set out on our "journey" to find him. As we go
to places like the cafeteria we sing the song and use words like
"munch, munch, munch". When we go through the office we
put our fingers to our lips like we're saying "shhhh" and we
whisper "tiptoe, tiptoe, tiptoe". We look for the bear in
the library, cafeteria, office, playground, and janitor's office
(that's where he usually hides). This is one adventure
your kids will never forget!
TIP: Take
pictures along the way so you can make a class book later.
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*NOTE:
If you're looking for Goldilocks and
the Three Bears ideas
click here to go to the
Goldilocks page. |
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