Playgroup Activity

Hello everyone. We had fun at playgroup this week. I thought I would post the activity that we did for those of you who couldn't make it.I know I'm always looking for things to do since we can't do much outside these days. Our theme was BEARS! We talked specifically about the brown bear and hibernation. I feel like hibernating on these cold winter days.

For info on brown bears go here: www.kidzone.ws/lw/bears/facts-brownbear.htm Check it out ladies- brown bears don't even wake up to give birth! Don't we wish...

For a cute bear fingerplay go here: www.suzyred.com/mbirdbearcave.html

We read "Bear Snores On" but there are lots of other books that work too. Then we did a simple craft- a bear hibernating in a cave. For the craft all you need are a few simple things.

-a brown lunch bag
-Cotton balls
-glue
-this picture: www.si.umich.edu/chico/RainbowCrow/coloring/hibernate.gif

Cut your bag in half or more, open it up and lay it on its side. Color and cut out the picture. Fold the bottom inch under and glue it inside the bag near the opening. Glue cotton balls in front to look like snow. Easy as pie. Below are a couple of pictures for a visual.

Here's a link for more fun poems, fingerplays, songs and crafts about hibernating: www.stepbystepcc.com/hibernation.html