Preschool Lesson Plan: Bears

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Eric Carle

Reading Center for Preschool Lesson Plan: Bears

Fill your preschool reading center not only with books about bears, but also with books about other woodland creatures.

Snacks for Preschool Lesson Plan: Bears

In keeping with the bear theme, serve your preschool students berries and nuts at snack time.

Concepts for Preschool Lesson Plan: Bears

Letter: Bb for bear
Number: 4 because there are 4 letters in the word bear
Shape: circle
Color: brown

Fine Motor Activity for Preschool Lesson Plan: Bears

Stringing: Give your preschools students black beads on which you have placed a piece of tape marked with either the letter b, e, a or r. Give them a length of black yarn and have them string the beads on the yarn, if possible in the order of b-e-a-r. This activity not only develops preschool students' fine motor skills, but also enhances their literacy skills.

Gross Motor Activity for Preschool Lesson Plan: Bears

Lead your preschool students in a bear hunt. The words can be found here.

Art Center Activity for Preschool Lesson Plan: Bears

Finger painting with pudding: Give each of your students a large bear cut out of white paper. Let them finger paint the bear cut out with chocolate pudding.

Songs/Finger Plays for Preschool Lesson Plan: Bears

Fuzzy Wuzzy

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

Pre-math Center Activity for Preschool Lesson Plan: Bears

Set out the letters b-e-a-r that you have previously cut from felt or laminated construction paper. Put out an example of the word bear for your students to use as a guide. Have them set out the letters, properly spelling the word bear. Instruct your preschool students to count the number of letters in the word bear. Now have your preschool students count out 4 brown bear shapes to set beneath the 4 lettered word.

Pre-writing Center Activities for Preschool Lesson Plan: Bears

For younger students, provide sheets of paper with the letters B and b lightly printed on them. Have the children trace the letters. Do the same with the number 4.

For older students, provide an example of the letters B and b and the number 4. Have the students practice writing the letters and number freehand.

Write the word bear on your preschool classroom's white erase board. Let your students copy the word bear on the white board with brown dry erase markers.