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This unit is fun even if you never leave the speech room to go to the zoo!

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Polar Bear, Polar Bear

Activities to Use with "Polar Bear, Polar Bear"

Polar Bear, Polar Bear Animals

Use these templates from this site for multiple activities

  1. Print on different colored paper and play musical zoo
  2. Use as story props as you read
  3. Make puppets

More Activities for Polar Bear

Animal Baseline
This is a baseline based on the animals in the book.  Give it as a pre/post test to check retention of animals.
 

Polar Bear, Polar Bear Baseline

Polar Bear Lotto
Includes 8 out of 10 of the animals from the book

Polar Bear Lotto

Artic Reinforcement Game

Zoo Artic Game

Ocean or Zoo?
A category game about the two settings

Ocean or Zoo

Zany Zebra Craft
Have kids marble paint a zebra using black paint and a marble.  You can change it up and have them use different colors other than black.
 

Zoo Pal Fun
The very cute (and cheap) plates can be used for tons of fun!  Look at my favorite links to find online games.
  • Cut plates in half and play a matching game
  • Have a pair for each animal and play matching
  • Place around the room and play "I Spy"
  • Have the children sort the plates
  • When you have snack, allow the kids to ask a question to request an animal
  • Hold up two plates and and have the kids compare the two 

The Animals are Loose!
Scatter plastic zoo animals all around the room.  When the kids come in, inform that a local zoo lost all their animals.  Their job is to catch and group them. 

Zookeeper Language Activity
Focuses on lengthening utterances

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