Teddy Bear Picnic

Teddy Bear Picnic     Saturday May 31, 1-2 pm

Story – We're going on a Bear Hunt

Crafts:  Teddy Bear Bag, Teddy Bear Picnic Basket

Teddy Bear Picnic - teddy snack mix and orange juice and  a Bear to go home with you.

Games

Parachute games with the Teddy Bears

Mr. Bear Are You Sleeping?:
One child is the bear and they go a short distance away from the larger group. This child lays down or sits down and closes their eyes and pretends to be asleep. The large group holds hands and says quietly "Mr. Bear are you Sleeping" The bear continues to sleep. The large group gets a little closer and asks the question again softly. This continues until the large group gets up to the sleeping bear. When they are real close they ask the question very loudly. "MR. BEAR ARE YOU SLEEPING?" The bear then roars and tries to grab the children who woke him from his sleep and the children run away screaming in excitement. The children then take turns being the bear.

What time is it Mr. Bear? 
This is a fun game to play outside. You can change the name to suit any theme. The children all line up against a wall or fence. And one child, (Mr. Bear) or the teacher faces away from the children, a good distance away from the children. The children yell, what time is it "Mr. Bear", Mr. Bear answers 1 o'clock, and the children all take one step toward Mr. Bear. The children yell again, what time is it "Mr. Bear", Mr. Bear answers (fill in the blank) o'clock, and the children all take same number of step toward Mr. Bear. This continues until all the children are very close to Mr. Bear then Mr. Bear will answer it's midnight, and Mr. Bear chases the children back to the fence or wall that they started at. The first person Mr. Bear touches will be the new Mr. Bear

Teddy Bears Picnic

Giant panda bear does handstand! BBC wildlife

Beautiful Black Bears in America (Classic Documentary)

Land of the Giant Bears (full documentary)

Disneynature's Bears - Official Trailer

National Geographic: Meet the Polar Bear

Safari Time for Kids - The Polar Bear

Bears

Bears

Storytime – Welcome Song and Storytime is Starting song

Read first story We're going on a bear hunt, Children make terrible pets, Teddy bears, teddy bears

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Song: Bears (Sung to 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 where 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 with at night.

Rhyme: Five Little Bears: Counting Down

Five little bears heard a loud roar

One ran away Then there were four!

Four little bears climbing up a tree

One slid down Then there were three!

Three little bears deciding what to do

One fell asleep Then there were two!

Two little bears having lots of fun

One went home Then there was one!

One little bear Feeling all alone

Ran to his mother Then there were none!

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Read second story Yum, yum, yummy, The very itchy bear

Rhyme: Teddy Bear (Do the motions suggested by the rhyme)

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear ,Pat your head.

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, Point to red.

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, Slap your knees.

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, Count to three. 1, 2, 3!

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, Touch your shoe.

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, Point to blue.

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, Touch your chin,

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, Count to ten.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!

Read third story It's the bear!, Three bears of the Pacific Northwest

 

5 Little Bears (finger play):
5 little bears were dancing on the floor one fell down and that left 4.
4 little bears climbed up a tree, one found a bee hive that left 3.
3 little bears were wondering what to do, one chased a bunny rabbit that left 2.
2 little bears were looking for some fun, one took a swim that left 1.
1 little bear sitting all alone he looked all around then ran home.

Pooh Bear's Stoutness Exercise:
Pooh Bear, Pooh Bear turn around.
Pooh Bear, Pooh Bear touch the ground.
Pooh Bear, Pooh Bear reach up high.
Pooh Bear, Pooh Bear touch the sky.
Pooh Bear, Pooh Bear bend down low.
Pooh Bear, Pooh Bear touch your toe.

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Crafts: Polar Bear

Materials: black construction paper polar bear cutout, white yarn, googly eyes, glue

Snip little pieces of yarn and glue all over the bear. Glue on googly eye.

Idea from Preschoolforrookies

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Colors

Colours           

 

Storytime – Welcome Song and Storytime is Starting song.

Read first story Little Beauty, What color is your underwear?

The Gummy Bear Song (Tune: "Six Little Ducks That I Once Knew") 
Down at the candy store, what did I see? 
Five little gummy bears smiling at me. 
Along came child's name with a penny one day. 
They bought a red one and they took it away. 
Continue singing children's names as you call out 
orange, yellow, green, and purple.

Read second story Pete the Cat and his four groovy buttons, Spot the dot

Sing:  Find the Colour

Oh, can you find the colour red,
The color red, the colour red?
Oh, can you find the colour red, 
Somewhere in this room

Substitute the names of other colours for red.

Read third story I spy on the farm, Pete the Cat: I love my white shoes

Sing: If You're Wearing Red - Sung to If You're Happy And You Know It

If you are wearing red shake your head
If you are wearing red shake your head
If you are wearing red
Then please shake your head
If you are wearing red shake your head

Additional Verses:

Blue, touch your shoe
Green, bow like a queen
Yellow, shake like Jell-O
Brown, turn around
Pink, give us a wink

Colors

The world is full of colors.
The coldest color I can think of is...
The warmest color I can think of is...
The softest color I can think of is...
The scariest color I can think of is...
When I think of yellow, I think of...
When I think of red, I think of...
When I think of blue, I think of...
When I think of green, I think of...
My favorite color for a house is...
My favorite color for a flower is..
The funniest color I can think of is...
The color that makes me the happiest is...

Craft: Tissue Paper Tree

Materials: Tissue paper squares, photocopy of tree, glue construction paper, glue, markers

Glue photocopy of tree to the blue construction paper. Scrunch up squares of tissue paper and glue to photocopy of the tree. 

Idea from Innerchildfun.com

Letter Z

Letter Z- Zoo, zebra, zipper, zip, zero, zigzag, zoom

Storytime – Welcome Song and Storytime is starting song.

Read first story Dinosaur Zoom!, Here comes Doctor Hippo

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Fingerplay: The Zoo
This is the way the elephant goes (clasp hands and move arms back and forth dangling)
With curly trunk instead of nose
The buffalo all shaggy and fat
Has two sharp horns in place of hat (point fingers out from forehead)
The hippo with his mouth so wide
Lets you see what is inside (open and close hands to make mouth movements)
The wiggly snake upon the ground
Crawls along without a sound (weave hands back and forth)
But the monkey see and monkey do
Is the funniest animal in the zoo (put thumbs in ears and wiggle hands) 

Read second story Trucks Whizz! Zoom! Rumble!, The Underpants Zoo

 

Action Song: You Can Hear (Tune: She’ll Be Coming ‘Round the Mountain)
You can hear the lions roaring at the zoo, ROAR ROAR!
You can hear the lions roaring at the zoo, ROAR ROAR!
You can hear the lions roaring, you can hear the lions roaring,
You can hear the lions roaring at the zoo, ROAR ROAR!
(Snakes hissing, bears growling, wolves howling, frogs croaking, zebras braying)

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Read third story A Moose that says moooo!, 1 Zany Zoo or Zella Zack and Zodiac

Fingerplay: Five Zebras

Five little zebras in the zoo door.

One ran away and then there were four.

Four little zebras saying, “Neeee, neee!”

One jumped away and then there were three.

Three little zebras, here’s someone new

It’s a lion! Now there are two.

Two little zebras, watch them run.

One was faster, now there is one.

One little zebra, looking for his friends.

The zebras all come back again!

Fingerplay: Roar, Hiss, and Growl (to the tune of: “Did You Ever See A Lassie?”)

Did you ever hear a (lion), a (lion), a (lion)?

Did you ever hear a (lion)? It sounds just like this!

It (roars) and (snarls); it (roars) and (snarls).

Did you ever hear a (lion)? It sounds just like this!

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 snake = rattles, hisses, monkey = ooh-oohs, aah-aahs, hyena = hee-hees, ha-has, zebra = whickers, whinnies, bear = grumbles, growls

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Craft: Colourful Striped Zebra

Materials: white construction paper zebra parts (rectangles for head, neck, body and legs), thin stripes of colourful paper, blue construction paper, glue, googly eyes

Assembly the zebra from the white construction paper and glue onto the blue construction paper. Use thin stripes of colourful paper and glue onto the zebra. 

Idea from Artsonia

Teddy Bear Picnic is a GO!

Letter Y

Letter Y- Yellow, yaks, yarn, you, yes, yawn, Yeti, yolks, yoyo, yummy, yucky, yam, yell

2’s and 3’s, 4’s and 5’s

Storytime – Welcome Song and Storytime is Starting Song

Read first story dinner time, There are cats in this book

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Fingerplay: Yawning Yaks

Five yaks yawned a lot--    (Hold up 5 fingers and yawn.)
Time for bed believe it or not.   (Lay hands aside of face as asleep.)
For your mother you must obey.     (Shake pointy finger.)
And when you get up, just yell yea!  (Jump up and say “yea.”)

Song: The Grand Old Duke of York

Oh, the Grand Old Duke of York, (march in place)
He had ten thousand men. He marched them up to the top of the hill, (reach arms up high)
And he marched them down again. (lower arms)
And when they were up, they were up. (reach arms up high)
And when they were down, they were down. (lower arms)
And when they were only half way up, (hold arms at waist height)
They were neither up nor down. (reach  up and down again)

The Grand Old Duke of York, (march in place)
He had ten thousand men. He marched them up to the top of the hill, (reach arms up high)
And he marched them down again. (lower  arms)
And he marched them to the left. (march left)
And he marched them to the right. (march right)
Then he marched them round and round (march around)
And marched them out of sight. (march to sitting down)

Read second story The Gingerbread Man, One Yak Called Jack

 

Action Song: Rhyming Game

Say farm Farm Now touch your arm

Say south South Now touch your mouth

Say crumb Crumb Now touch your thumb

Say sand Sand Now touch your hand

Say pin Pin Now touch your chin

Say rose Rose Now touch your nose

Say bread Bread Now touch your head

Say pie Pie Now touch your eye

Say yummy Yummy Now touch your tummy

Say colder Colder Now touch your shoulder

 

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Read third story Yuck!

 Fingerplay: Color Rhyme

If your clothes have any red, Put your finger on your head.

If your clothes have any blue, Put your finger on your shoe.

If your clothes have any green, Wave your hand so that you’re seen.

If your clothes have any yellow, Smile like a happy fellow.

If your clothes have any brown, Turn your smile into a frown.

If your clothes have any black, Put your hands behind your back.

If your clothes have any white, Stomp your feet with all your might.

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Craft: Yarn Butterfly

Materials: Craft sticks, pipe cleaners, yarn

Cross 2 craft sticks and twine together using half a pipe cleaner to make an “x”. Wrap each side of the x starting in the middle and moving out to the ends of the sticks. Using half a pipe cleaner wrap once around the middle and twist to make the two antennae.

Idea from Gummylump

Letter V: Miss Corrie

V is for Vacuum, Valentine, Voracious, Volume, Viper, Veterinarian, and Vulture!

Welcome to story time, come gather 'round. The story is starting, so let's all sit down.

Read first story.

"Big Bird Plays the Violin", by Deborah Hautzig.

Action Song: "Head and Shoulders".

Head and shoulders knees and toes, 
Knees and toes, 
Knees and toes. 
Head and shoulders knees and toes, 
Eyes, ears, mouth, and nose. 

Sing it slower, then sing it super-fast!

Read second story.

"Violet's Music", by Angela Johnson.

Read third story.

"Winston Was Worried", by Pamela Duncan Edwards.

For our craft, we made a vulture!

We expanded on this template by using our hands to make cut-outs for the wings, using our pinky fingers to make cut-outs for the claws, and making a triangle shape with our fingers to cut out the beak. We glued on some googly eyes, and colored in the feathers with markers!

We'll see you next week for Wonderful letter W!

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