Sleeping Bears

Sleeping bears, sleeping bears, sleeping all a-round
Sleeping bears, sleeping bears, sleeping on the ground
Danc-ing bears, dancing bears, dancing all a-round
Dancing bears, dancing bears, dancing on the ground
Sleeping bears, sleeping bears, sleeping all around
Sleeping bears, sleeping bears, sleeping on the ground
Wiggling bears, wiggling bears, etc...

Five Little Bears

One little bear Wondering what to do
Along came another Then there were two!
Two little bears Climbing up a tree
Along came another Then there were three!
Three little bears Ate an apple core
Along came another Then there were four!
Four little honey bears Found honey in a hive
Along came another Then there were five!
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!
 

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, turn around,
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, touch the ground,
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, reach up high
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, touch the sky,
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, slap your knees,
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, sit down please.
 

Teddy Bear Song*

________ has a teddy bear, teddy bear, teddy bear.
________ has a teddy bear,
and it's ________  and _______ all over.

*Mary Had a Little Lamb

Me and My Teddy Bear

Me and my teddy bear,
Have no worries, have no care,
Me and my teddy bear,
Just play and play all day.

Night Bear
Lee Bennett Hopkins

In the dark of the night
    When all is still
And I'm half sleeping in my bed;

It's good to know
    my Teddy Bear
is snuggling at my head.
 
 

T-E-D-D-Y*

_______ had a bear
and Teddy was his name -o.
T-E-D-D-Y
T-E-D-D-Y
T-E-D-D-Y
and Teddy was his name-o.

* Bingo

Fuzzy Wuzzy

Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear
Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair
Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't fuzzy, was he?

Winnie the Pooh

Winnie the Pooh, Winnie the Pooh,
Tubby little cubby all stuffed with fluff.
He's Winnie the Pooh, Winnie the Pooh,
Willy, nilly, silly old bear.

Three Brown Bears*

Three brown bears,
Three brown bears,
See all their beds,
See all their chairs,
The mommy cooked in
A big brown pot,
The daddy's porridge
Was much too hot
The baby bear always cried a lot,
Three brown bears.

*Three Blind Mice
 

Cinnamon Bear
Cinnamon, cinnamon,
Cinnamon bear,
Sitting on a kitchen chair.

Cinnamon sugar in a shaker.
Shake it, shake it,
like a baker.

Sprinkle it on some butter toast.
It's the treat
You'll love the most.

Cinnamon, cinnamon,
Cinnamon bear,
Don't you think that we may share?

Cinnamon, cinnamon,
Cinnamon bear,
Don't you think that we may share?

Happy Birthday Moon                       Frank Asch
Bear Shadow
Mooncake
Moon Bear
Berenstain Bears Series                   Stan and Jan Berenstain
Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear?            Nancy Carlstrom
What Time Is It, Jesse Bear?
Corduroy
Ask Mr.Bear                               Marjorie Flack
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?     Bill Martin, Jr.
Little Bear Series                         Else Minarik
Winnie the Pooh                              A.A. Milne
Ira SleepsOver                            Bernard Waber
Numbears: A Counting Book                Kathleen Hague
Alphabears: An ABC Book
The Teddy Bear's Picnic                    Jimmy Kennedy
This is the Bear and the Picnic Lunch    Sarah Hayes & Helen Craig
The Runaway Teddy Bear                    Ginnie Hoffman
Where's My Teddy?                         Jez Alborough
 
 

Have students describe their teddy bears, write down each response and make a class book. You might also use the following pattern sentence. My teddy bear is ________ and ________.

Compare bear parts to human body parts - talk about likenesses and differences.

Read Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? to students, use the pattern of the book to make a class big book.

Send a teddy bear home each week. Have the children and parents keep a journal of what they and the teddy bear did all weekend.

Read Ira Sleeps Over by Bernard Waber. Have students brainstorm a list of their favorite sleeping items.

Compare two teddy bears: likenesses and differences.

Letter B:  Cut out a brown bear and glue him/her on blue paper, then add a band aid, buttons, black beans (for eyes) and a bow or a bandana on its head or around its neck.  Then your class can write a class book of how their bear got hurt (the reason for the band aid for their Boo Boo!)

Read This is the Boy and the Picnic Lunch. After reading, have the studenst brainstorm things they would take on a picnic. Play an oral language game, "I'm Going on A Picnic." Begin by having the first child (or yourself) what they would like to take on a picnic. The second child must say what they first child said and add an item. At the first of the year you might break the large group into groups of five.

Read Corduroy and A Pocket for Corduroy. Provide a template of a bear, overalls and a pocket along with different colors of constrution paper and buttons. Have students trace their pieces and glue together. Add buttons on the overalls. Have students tell what they would put in their pocket if they were Corduroy.

Read Where's My Teddy?. After sharing the story, write each child's teddy bear's name or on chart paper. Brainstorm rhyming words for each bear's name (can be a made up word). Encourage students to make up a rhyme for the rhyming pair and illustrate. Make a class book.

Read a version of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, provide props and have students dramatize the story. Place in dramatic play center.

At www.kindergarten.com there are terrific early emergent readers that can be used with a teddy bear theme. They are very inexpensive to purchase. As an added bonus you can download lots of great free stuff!!
 

Language Arts Links

Brown Bear, Brown Bear
 

Goldilocks and the Three Bears
 

ABC Teach Teddy Bear Actvities
 

Cooking Activities

Cinnamon Bear Biscuits
Each student should be provided with an unbaked canned biscuit and a small piece of aluminum foil with their name written on it with a Sharpie marker.  The student will tear the biscuit dough into 6 pieces and form a bear's head, body, arms, and legs.  Sprinkle the bear with cinnamon and bake according to the package directions.
 

Bear Biscuits
10 - oz. tube refrigerated biscuits
raisins
maraschino cherries
honey
Separate biscuits.  Cut three biscuits into 1/8's.  Leave six whole.  For each bear biscuit, roll three of the small pieces into balls for the two ears and the nose.  Firmly press them onto the face.  Press in raisins for eyes and nose.  Add 1/4 maraschino cherry to each ear.  Bake on a cookie sheet for 8 - 10 minutes at 400 degrees until golden brown.  Enjoy with honey, of course!

Mini Teddy Bear Pancakes
Make your favorite pancake batter.  Pour a small amount of batter to form a 2" pancake in the pan.  Add two small drops of mixture to form ears.
Remove cooked pancake to a plate and add features using chocolate chips,banana slices, raisins, etc!

Toasty Bears
Using a bear shaped cookie cutter, cut a bear shape in a piece of toast.Top with peanut butter or honey and raisins or other dried fruit for eyes.

Bear Sandwiches
whole wheat bread slices
peanut butter
raisins or chocolate chips
maraschino cherries

Let the children use a heart-shape cookie cutter to cut heart shapes out of bread slices (partially frozen bread cuts easily or lightly toast the bread).
Show them how to cut the points off their hearts to make the shapes resemble bear faces. Then let them spread peanut butter over heart shape .
Add raisins or chips to make eyes and mouth. Add cherries to make nose.
 
 

Have students bring their favorite teddy bear and graph them by size, color, or gender.

Use teddy bear counters in Math activities and for graphing.  Students can graph them by color individually.

Provide them with a handful of bears and a graphing form with the appropriate color words already in place.  The students graph the color bears that they received, then share their graphs with the class.

Have students estimate how many teddy bear counters, Teddy Grahams, or gummy bears are in a jar.

Sorting Fun
Ask the children to sort the teddy bears by categories(size, color, those wearing bows, etc.)  Then count the number in each category. Also, let the children come up with ideas for categories.  Talk about more and less.

Teddy Graphing
Use teddy bear counters in Math activities and for graphing.  Students can graph them by color individually.  Provide them with a handful of bears and a graphing form with the appropriate color words already in place.  The students graph the color bears that they received, then share their graphs with the class.

Teddy Estimation
Have students estimate how many teddy bear counters, Teddy Grahams,or gummy bears are in a jar.

Honey Hives
Photocopy beehives onto yellow construction paper and program them with a number.   Laminate.  The students will count out the correct number of mini bee erasers and place them on the hives.

Teddy Patterns
Use a bear die-cut and cut out different color bears.  (If you laminate the construction paper first, then cut them out with the die-cut, it will save you lots of cutting!)  The students will use the bear cutouts to create patterns either in a pocket chart, on a table, or the floor.   They create AB patterns such as pink, purple, pink, purple, or ABC patterns such as red, white, black or AAB patterns such as green, green, blue, etc.

Jamberry Activities
Have a jam tasting party with the four berry flavors listed in the book and Ritz crackers. Have students draw their favorite berry and make a class graph.

Bear Cave
Use a small cardboard box or a styrofoam meat tray as a base. The cave can be made by stapling a brown crumpled paper bag in place. Children can add bits of pine needles, twigs, moss, sawdust, straw and rocks. A teddy graham bear can be tucked inside to hibernate!

Tea Bears
Precut teddy bear from poster board.  Have parents save used tea bags. Let children open the dried bags and shake the dried tea over the bear that has been covered with glue.   Use a tub to lay the bear in first so the excess tea doesn't get all over.   When they dry they look like fuzzy bears.  Staple on  bows for a really cute bear!
 
 

Cinnamon Bear
Mix sugar and cinnamon. Have children cut out bear shape. Children can place glue anywhere on the bear and add cinnamon and sugar mixture.

Smelly Bears
Glue sandpaper to tag board and then cut out bear shapes. Give the children cinnamon sticks and let them rub thesticks on the sandpaper. The bears will smell like cinnamon!