Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?

Polar B Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? by Eric Carle

Show the children how to make a hand puppet of a polar bear from a styrofoam cup.  Have the children cut out a circle approximately 2 inches in diameter to use as the head.  Glue on wiggly eyes, a black pom-pom nose, and draw on the mouth with a black marker. Glue quarter-size circles behind the head for the ears.  Holding the cup upside down, the children can glue the  head to the cup, and add arms (already cut),wrapping the long strip around the body.




Let's sing the song, using the puppets!
Polar Bear, Polar Bear, turn around, Polar Bear, Polar Bear, touch the ground.
Polar Bear, Polar Bear, show your shoe, Polar Bear, Polar Bear, that will do!
Polar Bear, Polar Bear, go upstairs,  Polar Bear, Polar Bear, say your prayers,
Polar Bear, Polar Bear, turn off the light, Polar Bear, Polar Bear, sya "Good Night"!


Continue with facts about polar bears:

• mothers usually have 2 cubs at a time
• are the size of a rat, when born, and weigh only a pound
• a polar bear's fur is not white, each hair is a clear hollow tube
• their fur is oily and water repellent
•  wide front paws have webbed toes
• can swim up to 100 miles at a stretch
• primarily eat seals

 Other Classroom activities:

• We measure in the classroom how big a polar bear is: 10 feet tall, and can weigh up to 1400 pounds.
• (How many children would we have to put together to get to 1400 pounds?)
• We also sponge paint a polar bear, by painting inside the outline of a polar bear pattern.
• We conclude our class by playing "What's That Sound", where the children listen to a recording of various sounds, and find them on their "Bingo" type board.