- Bear Snores On (book)
- blocks
- small plush animals (to represent characters in the book, e.g., teddy bears, mice, rabbits, badgers, birds, etc.)
- habitat
- sound
MA Standards:
Speaking and Listening/SL.PK.MA.5: Create representations of experiences or stories (e.g., drawings, constructions with blocks or other materials, clay models) and explain them to others.
Head Start Outcomes:
Logic and Reasoning/Symbolic Representation: Represents people, places, or things through drawings, movement, and three-dimensional objects.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Reading and Literature 15: Listen to, recognize, and use a broad vocabulary of sensory words.
Bear Cave Sounds
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Skill Focus: Creative Expression, Imaginative Play, Vocabulary
Invite children to recreate the bear habitat. Allow them to use the book Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson as a guide.
Have children build the bear’s cave with blocks.
- Once children have built the cave, encourage them to bring the stuffed animals into the cave.
- Prompt children to think about the sounds they might hear while they are sitting in the cave (inside and outside sounds).
- You may want to review the book with children to help them recall the sounds from the book.