![]() For example: How many bears are on the table? (Eat a few.) Now how many are there? Another example: How many green bears are on the table? Are there more red or orange bears? (For a less sugary option, use Teddy Grahams.) Help your child stretch their brain and have fun working on their math skills! Use gummy bears for simple counting games. Once spring arrives and the weather gets nice, place your bee bath outside and watch them land on the stones and pebbles! Arrange pebbles and stones inside so that they poke out of the water. You can help by making a bee bath, which will provide a safe and reliable place for fresh water! All you need to do is fill a shallow birdbath or small dish/bowl with clean water. The bee population is in trouble and we can help make our world a healthier place for bees. The beach? Outer space? The sky’s the limit! With your child, pantomime traveling to the location and enjoying your picnic in that place. Share with each other what you are packing so you don’t double pack! Next, ask your child to share where they want to eat the picnic. Ask them to pretend to pack the basket with you of whatever food items they want. Using our imaginations, we can have a picnic anywhere we want with whatever we want! Pantomime a large picnic basket and place it in front of your child. Įxplore and Activate! Activate your brains and bodies with these fun activities. ![]() Punch holes on the sides of the basket and the ends of the handle. Secure with a staple and repeat on the other side. Fold the basket by pulling the sides together, overlapping the corners in front of the center piece. Make a cut from each corner toward the center about 3.5” long. Materials needed: construction paper, scissors, decorating supplies (markers, crayons, stickers), stapler, brads, hole punchĬut out a 8” square and strip of paper for the handle from construction paper. Help your children make little picnic baskets for their teddy bears. Have fun buzzing around with your little bee! Cut out small wings from the white paper and glue them to the top. Glue on your googly eyes and draw on a mouth with a black marker. Make a small snip in the bottom, front edge of the egg carton and slip one end of a piece of black yarn into the slit. ![]() Paint your egg carton section yellow and let it dry (2 coats may be required.) Materials needed: 1 section of egg carton, scissors, yellow paint, paint brush, googly eyes, glue, black yarn, white paper, and black permanent marker Add a forest background to your masterpiece to make it even more detailed! Option: If the thumb didn’t work for the bear’s head, you can make a head out of brown construction paper and glue it on the bear body. Once it dries, add a nose, two eyes, and claws using the permanent marker Have them place it upside down on the piece of construction paper (so that the fingers are pointing down) Place brown paint all over your child’s hand Preserve your little cub’s “paw print” by helping them make a bear with their very own handprint! Materials needed: 1 piece of construction paper, brown paint, paintbrush, 1 black permanent marker. Get out your craft supplies and make a Teddy Bears’ Picnic-themed masterpiece with your little artist! ![]() Everyday household items can become drums and shaker Press “pause” occasionally and encourage your child to freeze whenever the song pauses Switch it up a bit by incorporating the following: ”(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear” - Elvis Presley ”Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, Turn Around” - The Wiggles ![]() Have a Dance Party! Want to get out some wiggles and groove to some new tunes? Check out this rocking bear playlist for you and your little bee to "buzz" to! Teddy bears are just my size to cuddle up with at night. Teddy bears are just my size, just my size, just my size. Panda bears are black and white and live in the jungle. Panda bears are black and white, black and white, black and white. Polar bears are soft and white and live where it is cold. Polar bears are soft and white, soft and white, soft and white. Grizzly bears are big and brown and live in the woods. Grizzly bears are big and brown, big and brown, big and brown. Soon it will be spring, soon it will be spring. Teddy bear, teddy bear turn out the lights. Sing a Song! After singing along with your favorite version of the treasured "Teddy Bears' Picnic" song, enjoy another song with your little cub! These activities are BEARY fun for you and your little one! Here are some fun pre- and post- Teddy Bears’ Picnic activities that you can share with your child at home. ![]()
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