Bear Unit Study

 

Our next animal study will be about bears!! They look soooo cute and cuddly, don’t they? LOL

I will never forget the first time Colin saw the taxidermy bears at Bass Pro. He wanted NOTHING to do with them! LOL

 

 

BOOKS – 

 

Watch Me Grow – Bear

 

 

Bears – Usborne Beginners

 

 

A Bed for the Winter – DK Readers

 

 

Bears: Polar Bears, Black Bears and Grizzly Bears

 

 

Bear-ology: Fascinating Bear Facts, Tales and Trivia

 

 

The Magic School Bus – Polar Bear Patrol

 

 

 

The Magic School Bus – Sleeps for the Winter

 

 

Bear Snores On – (There are a lot more books in this series.)

 

 

 

KINDLE BOOKS – 

 

 

Bears 5-Pack  – free for Prime members

 

 

Bears – Kids Look and Learn – free for Prime members

 

 

Bear Facts & Pictures – Free for Prime

 

 

Bears – Our Amazing World Series – FREE for Prime

 

 

Amazing Series for Kids – Bears – FREE for Prime

 

 

Grizzlies – Kids Look and Learn – FREE for Prime

 

 

The Wonderful World of Bears – FREE for Prime

 

 

MAGAZINES –

 

Zoobooks – Bears

Zoobooks – Polar Bears

Your Big Backyard – Dec/Jan 2011

National Geographic Kids – April 2012

 

 

PRINTABLES – 

Bears Unit Study and Lapbook – Homeschool Share

Giant Panda Lapbook – Homeschool Share

Bear Printable Activities and Crafts – DLTK-Kids

Bear Activity Sheets – School Express

Bear Coloring Pages – Coloring.ws

Bear Worksheets – Education.com

Montessori Printables (animal tracks, animal families) – Montessori for Everyone

All About Bears – Unit Study – Currclick – $6.95

Polar Bears – A Fun Study – Currclick – $1

Bears of North America – Simple Days Unit Study – Currclick – 99 cents

 

 

 

 

ONLINE RESOURCES – 

 

Bear Activities and Facts – Kid Zone (lots of printables here, too)

Polar Bear Animal Study – Squidoo

How to Draw a Grizzly Bear – Art Projects for Kids

Brown Bear Facts  – Nat Geo Kids

Bears – Kids Konnect

The American Bear Association

Learn About Bears – Squidoo

LearnAboutBears.com

Bear Pictures – Nat Geo

Facts About Bears – About.com

Bear Lesson Plans – Discovery

Bear Theme – Lesson Tutor

List of Bear Movies for Kids – Common Sense Media

Bears – Animal Planet

Planet Earth  and Living Planet are both great series that have several bear parts.

Jeff Corwin watches a bear.

 

 

I have to admit, there weren’t as many bear things easily found as I thought there would be. Most of the stuff seems to be geared toward the very young (teddy bears).

If you want to do a specific bear, you could probably find more things.

 

 

Coming up tomorrow, a SEWING tutorial!! YAY!! LOL