Brown Bears Week Sept 16-20

Monday
3:00 - 3:20  Snack
3:20 - 3:30  Read Brown Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
3:30 - 3:35  Look at photos, pictures, drawings of bears.  Discuss simple/obvious features.
3:35 - 3:50  Learn the ASL sign for, "Bear" and try a yoga bear pose.
3:50 - 4:00  Free play in centers.
4:00 - 4:15  Play "Steal the Bear's Honey"  (played with beanbags)
4:15 - 4: 30  Free play in centers.
4:30 - 4:45   Bear songs and bear bubbles.
4:45 - 5:00   Bear counting.  Count three pictures of bears.  Count to three using other manipulatives.
5:00 - 5:15   Closing circle reviewing what we learned about bears.

Ask parents to bring stuffed animal bears to school on Tuesday.


Tuesday
3:00 - 3:20  Snack
3:20 - 3:30  Read Brown Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
3:30 - 3:35  Look at photos, pictures, drawings of bears.  Talk about what bears eat & where they live.
3:35 - 3:45  Practice ASL sign and yoga pose.
3:45 - 3:55  Make a bear cave out of a sheet.  Pretend to hibernate because winter is here.
3:55 - 4:05  Free play in centers.
4:05 - 4:15  Play "Steal the Bear's ______"
4:15 - 4:30  Bear songs (Teddy Bear Teddy Bear Turn Around ...Touch the Ground) and bear bubbles.
4:30 - 4:45  Free play in centers.
4:45 - 5:00

Wednesday
3:00 - 3:20  Snack
3:20 - 3:30  Read __________________
3:30 - 3:35  Look at photos, pictures, drawings of bears.  Talk about bear sizes and color.
3:35 - 3:45  Practice ASL sign and yoga pose.
3:45 - 3:55  Graph the teddy bears by size, count the bears, try counting (3) brown bears.
3:55 - 4:05  Free play in centers.
4:05 - 4:15  Play ________________ _
4:15 - 4:30  Bear songs (Teddy Bear Picnic) and bear bubbles.
4:30 - 4:45  Free play in centers.
4:45 - 5:00  Paint a brown bear.

Thursday

3:00 - 3:20  Snack
3:20 - 3:30  Read Goldilocks and The Three Bears.
3:30 - 3:35  Look at photos, pictures, drawings of bears.  Count the photos (only have 3).
3:35 - 3:45  Practice ASL sign and yoga pose.
3:45 - 3:55  Count the number of legs a bear has.
3:55 - 4:05  Sensory Table.
4:05 - 4:15  Continue Sensory Table.
4:15 - 4:30  Bear songs and bear bubbles.
4:30 - 4:45  Free play in centers.
4:45 - 5:00


Friday

3:00 - 3:20  Snack
3:20 - 3:30  Read __________________ A bear book.
3:30 - 3:35  Look at photos, pictures, drawings of bears.  Pass around soft furry fabric (7 needed).
3:35 - 3:45  Practice ASL sign and yoga pose.
3:45 - 3:55  Count the number of legs a bear has.  Count the number of legs a human has.
3:55 - 4:15  Go on a Bear Hunt (Find hidden bears like finding Easter eggs).
4:05 - 4:15  Free play in centers.
4:15 - 4:30  Bear songs and bear bubbles.
4:30 - 4:45  Free play in centers.
4:45 - 5:00  Glue furry fabric on ?