Teddy Bear Day

Teddy Bear Day was a huge success here in Kindergarten!

First, we began with the reading of the story, Somebody and the Three Blairs, written by Marilyn Tolhurst and illustrations by Simone Abel.  We made text to text connections, discuss setting and characters using our Book Nooks.  Then, we shared our teddy bears and told some information about our stuffed animals.  The shared the names of the bears, described them using color and texture words, how they got their teddy bears, and why they love them so much.  
Next, teddy bear exploration began!  We measured the height of our teddy bears using cubes and described our bears using terms such as  big, small, soft, hard, long fur or short fur.  The children also used a measuring scale to see whose bears weighed more or less than their own. Finally, we labeled the parts of our teddy bears.

 A good time was had by all!