We're Going on a Bear Hunt: 1 (CBH Children / Picture Books)

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Suggest the children test out how good each of the mud samples is for making mud pies. Before they begin, use shared writing to list the characteristics of a good mud pie. Ask the children to test each bowl of mud in turn to create their own pies, then use a range of materials to decorate and embellish the pies. Act out the whole of Bear Hunt with only occasional references to the book. Children should now know most of it by heart. Press the grasses into thin plates of clay to make impressions or to add texture to the clay itself. Read The Elephant and the Bad Baby, encouraging children to join in with the repeated phrase. Compare with Little Rabbit Foo Foo. Which do children prefer? Why?

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Plan in chunks of time to observe the children’s play in the role-play area, and allow yourself regular opportunities to get involved in the play itself. This will not only show the children how much you value their play, but will also enable you to model and encourage particular language structures and to demonstrate ways in which language can be used. Let’s investigate! This award winning favorite is an entertaining adventure and a literary classic. It combines fun and adventure with suspense and surprise. It mixes alliteration and repetition to make for a story kids will love to revisit as they make predictions, recall the story events and repeat the phrases, “We can’t go over it. We can’t go under it. Oh no! We’ve got to go through it!” The book doesn’t date. For more than thirty years readers have been enjoying and learning from this book, and will continue to do so well into the future.Once children have got to know We’re Going on a Bear Hunt well by hearing it read aloud and through acting it out, they will enjoy concrete opportunities to explore and investigate some of the story’s ideas for themselves… Reread LRFF with children joining in. Rehearse the repeated phrases, so they start memorising these – invent and add actions to help children remember exactly how it goes. There are a myriad of learning opportunities here. Teachers and parents can use this story to inspire and to prompt discussions and lessons on environments, on language, and it can be used for drama and dramatic representations. You can take a look HERE at some online suggestions for learning experiences based on Bear Hunt. With the children’s help, collect together different sorts of soil from different places, using plastic washing-up bowls to collect each sample. Gradually begin to add water to each sample, using a container such as a yoghurt pot to measure out the amount of water used. Talk with the children about what they see happening as they mix the mud:

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Read Funnybones , encouraging children to join in with the repetitive phrase. Compare with We’re Going on a Bear Hunt. Which story do you prefer? Why? As they approach the dark, gloomy cave and slowly tiptoe through, suspense builds and they discover the bear! Suggest to the children that they carry out a scientific investigation to find out what makes the best mud. What do they think the best mud is like? Where do they think they can find it?We’re Going on a Bear Hunt is a fantastic, memorable romp of a story that sweeps children up in the adventure from the very first line. Written by Michael Rosen and illustrated by Helen Oxenbury, this well-loved picture book provides the perfect opportunity to explore things on a bigger scale both indoors and out. Role play goes large! The former Labour leader was suspended from the party in 2020 after he rejected the overall findings of a report on Labour antisemitism, saying: “One antisemite is one too many, but the scale of the problem was also dramatically overstated for political reasons by our opponents inside and outside the party, as well as by much of the media.” Read and enjoy We’re Going on a Bear Hunt. Notice repetition. Encourage children to join in wherever they can, enjoying the sounds of the words. Pause to look at and talk about illustrations This story begs to be sequenced and retold. And, physically acting it out is so smart. This idea from Rainy Day Mum encourages the use of language to describe your retelling.—> Act it Out Idea Introduce to children part-way through the week and discuss how, like Little Rabbit Foo Foo, someone has been naughty!

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The children will have lots of practical suggestions for how their role-play area should be equipped and the sort of practical things that they will need for their play. Encourage them to think about the different sorts of reading and written material that a bear’s den might contain. The addition of real examples of written materials such as leaflets, posters, diaries or calendars will not only provide authenticity for the role-play area but also develop children’s understanding of this sort of reading and writing. Enjoy reading the book with students and also make sure to watch Mr. Rosen read the story aloud in this video. We’re Going on a Bear Hunt Activities We Are Looking for the Bear Emergent Reader Get in a little yoga while retelling the story with this bear hunt themed yoga practice by Cosmic Kids.—> Yoga Routine Introduce to children at the beginning of the week, send a copy home to share with parents, rehearse and chant throughout the week, waiting to go to lunch, for fun! Develop performance and add actions. The Imagination Tree shares storytelling spoons perfect to use for retelling the story.—> Storytelling SpoonsBuild language skills through this art experience by Learning With Play at Home.—> Language and Art Idea