Once Upon a Time there were Three Bears.
There are the three bears that Goldilocks encountered but in Alaska there are also three types of real bears.
(Ok, Four if you count the Kodiak but it fits the tale better to combine the Kodiak with the Brown or Grizzly Bears.)
The three best known bears are all found in Alaska. Polar Bears, of course, live near the north pole. Grizzly or Brown Bears live further south along river and streams and Black Bears live in the Forests.
You can use the Fairy Tale bears and the real Alaskan bears to teach a Unit Study that will get your children mixing up the porridge of math and science with the Bear Hugs of reading and writing. Snuggle into the Bear's Den and find out all about the bears...
The Three Bears Table of Contents
- The Three Bears Unit Study
- Alaska's Three Bears
- The Three Alaskan Bears on Youtube
- Alaska's Three Bears 2
- Black Bear Links
- Brown Bear Links
- Brown Bear, Brown Bear What do you see?
- Polar Bear Links
- Polar Bear, Polar Bear What do you hear?
- Alaska has Three Bears
- The Three Bears Reading Nook
- The Three Bears Sensory Table
- Goldilocks and the Three Bears
- Three Bowls of Porridge
- The Three Chairs
- The Three Beds
- The Three Bears Literacy Bags
- Bears on CafePress
- The Three Bears Games
- The Three Bears Puzzles
- The Three Bears go Berry Picking
- Berry Tasting
- Three Bears Math
- The Three Bears on eBay
- Polar Bears are clashing with our need for oil
- Fly to Bear Country!
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The Three Bears Unit Study
Most children have their own Teddy Bears. I invite the children to bring them in for Morning Meeting. Each child gets to introduce their bear and explain how they picked it's name. We then use the bears in various activities throughout the day such as putting them in order from smallest to biggest, sorting by colors, or writing them letters.
Children often don't know as much about the real bears but are eager to learn. We draw life sized silhouettes of each kind of bear and measure them. We compare and contrast the habitats that the bears live in. We write new versions of The Three Bear's story to reflect the three different kinds of bears for example Goldilocks becomes an Eskimo and the Three Polar Bears live in an Igloo. Their porridge is made from fish soup and they sleep on seals skins.
Alaska's Three Bears
I like to write the questions on separate sheets of three ring notebook paper. As we find answers we write them on other sheets and add them behind the answers. Towards the end of the unit we learn how to rearrange and edit our book and then publish it. Once published we add a stuffed bear and a couple of games and we now can use it as a Literacy Bag to take home and share with parents.
Alaska's Three Bears (Last Wilderness Adventure)
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The Three Alaskan Bears on Youtube
Alaska's Three Bears 2
Black Bear Links
- Black Bear - Defenders of Wildlife
- A fact sheet about black bears. Black bears are endangered in Florida, Louisiana, Texas and Mississippi.
Brown Bear Links
- Brown Bear: Wildlife Notebook Series - Alaska Department of Fish and Game
- Brown bear species description for the Alaska Fish and Game Wildlife Notebook Series.
Brown Bear, Brown Bear What do you see?
Polar Bear Links
- Polar Bears International - Polar Bear Conservation Through Research and Education
- Tons of educational polar bear information and research, gorgeous polar bear photos, and a huge polar bear FAQ file from an organization dedicated to saving polar bears.
- Black oil, white bears and the color of money
- As the global warming debate rages, Harry Fuller and Heather Clancy chronicle alternative energy start-ups, green data center projects and other high-tech and political developments shaping the green technology movement.
Polar Bear, Polar Bear What do you hear?
Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?
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Alaska has Three Bears
The Three Bears Reading Nook
Having a good assortment of stuffed bears is ideal for any classroom. The children love to have Papa Bear, Mama Bear and Baby Bear in the reading nook to snuggle with and read stories to.
The Three Bears Sensory Table
Fill the rice table with snow, or, failing that, shaved ice. Add a pool of water and some ice cubes for icebergs. Add plastic animals such as polar bears and leopard seals for a fun biology game.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Three Bowls of Porridge
Who's Been Eating My Porridge?
The Three Chairs
Who's been sitting in my chair?
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The Three Beds
Who's been sleeping in my bed?
The wooden carved bear beds would be great for when you are ready to go all out and turn your home into a Bear's Cottage.
The Three Bears Literacy Bags
I put everything in a Bear Tote and use these cute shower curtain hooks to hang them on a clothing rack in my room.
Bears on CafePress
The Three Bears Games
Papa Bear
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The Three Bears Puzzles
The Three Bears go Berry Picking
Papa Bear had 2 berries in his pail and Baby Bear came along and dropped 2 more in. How many blueberries does Papa Bear have now?
The children record what they have learned in a Math journal. This aids them in writing for a purpose.
Getting Ready for Winter Game
1. Make a game board with berry bushes for the bears to pick berries.
2. Program a die with a wooden block with the names of various berries on each side. One side will say winter.
blueberry (blue)
raspberry (fuchsia)
strawberry (red)
blackberry (black)
grape (purple)
winter (white)
3. Use unifix cubes as berries.
4. Make cards with felt bears with 4 squares each of the types of berries the bear will eat.
5. Make a 4 piece puzzle from a winter scene. Make a board with the same scene in summer.
Children roll the die and pick the type of berry on the die and put it on the bear in the correct square. If they roll winter one piece of winter goes on the summer scene.
If someone fills up their bear they may help the other fill up their bears.
The children win if the bears are all full before winter comes.
Three Bears Math
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The Three Bears on eBay
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Polar Bears are clashing with our need for oil
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