To increase Kaleb's interest in school, I recently asked him what he wanted to learn about. I wrote down everything he had to say and, if I can make it happen, I will. This week, as per his list, we learned about bears. Since he wanted to learn about bears, I paired our learning with a Before Five in a Row title that we hadn't had the time to row - Ask Mr. Bear by Marjorie Flack.
We started with B for bear craft, easy to do but he enjoys them.
His finished B for bear craft.
He made a beginning sounds pocket for the letter B. He sewed the sides with yarn and added b cards in the pocket. This was found from Making Learning Fun (link below).
Since we are reviewing the alphabet (until he is ready to read), he worked on a beginning sounds page for the letters A and B. He used the counting chips to cover each word that began with the correct sounds. These were found from The Measured Mom (link below).
Each letter I like to make a chart that we leave hanging all week in case we find more words that we want to add. Here Kaleb is working on our B chart. He really took an interest in this. He looked through the picture dictionary pages and added pictures to our B words.
As a part of the book, the boy Danny gives his mother a bear hug. We measured Kaleb's hug and added some string to his hands for his own bear hug.
He matched the gift ideas from each animal to the animal who suggested it. He even colored them. We added these cards to some pockets in the Bear book we made. These came from Homeschool Share (link below).
We just had his birthday so he learned to write his birthdate.
I had him choose a bear and he worked on a math page. He measured the bear, compared the bear to other animals. This was a free printable I found Julie Lee (link below).
Even though Kaleb is not ready to read right now, I still want him to work with letters. I printed out several word cards from the story and had him make the word using magnetic letters. Then, we discussed each letter sound and I showed him how to blend the words (just in case he changes his mind about the reading part:).
Here is our finished bear book. I added the items from the Homeschool Share books as well as our bear projects for the week. I copied the cover of the book to add to the front. Now he has a memory book for his bear learning. We are off learning about bats next. See you soon.
Links
Grade Onederful - has a few bear activities and ideas that may work for a bear study.
A Little Pinch of Perfect - has a hibernating bear craft idea that looks super cute and easy.
Growing Book by Book - has a free printable for the book The Bear Ate Your Sandwich.
A Special Place Called Kindergarten - has a free printable for comparing fictional and non-fictional books.
Glued to My Crafts - has a sleeping bear paper plate craft that is cute and easy.
Making Learning Fun - beginning sound lacing project came from here.
The Measured Mom - beginning sound worksheets free printable.
Homeschool Share - Ask Mr. Bear free printable lap book items.
Julie Lee - teddy bear exploration page freebie.
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