Once we heard and moved along to our bean bag song, we read our first polar bear story. Baby Polar by Yannick Murphy is a sweet story about a young polar bear and mother. It's a bit on the long side, so we started off with this one.
Our first flannel board activity was Polar Bear Plays Ball, where we practiced our colors. Different colored flannel circles were handed out and each child had to wait for their color to be called so that polar bear could play. Polar Bear, Polar Bear come out to play...we have a red ball for you today...
Our next story was Polar Bear Night by Lauren Thompson. This bedtime storybook has modern illustrations as a young cub explores the star-filled sky.
It was time to help Polar Bear get dressed. We added different color felt clothes to polar bear to make his outfit. It was more color practice for the group, which was nice because we had more younger ones in this family storytime.
I wanted some time for us as a group to release some energy so we could sit a little better for our final story, so we did the polar bear stomp. We stomped, twirled, touched our toes, and reached for the sky while The Polar Bear Stomp by The Chenille Sisters for 123 Kids was playing. The song went on just a a little too long, but we still had fun with it.
Of course we couldn't have a polar bear storytime without Bill Martin Jr.'s Polar Bear, Polar Bear What Do You Hear? I love how this book is interactive. My group was a little shy yesterday, but I still hear some animal noises being made.
It was time to make our polar bear craft! We made polar bear faces out of paper plates and tissue paper. We added some color by using pom poms and pipe cleaners.
I did end up reading a short story to those who showed up a little late once they were done crafting. We read Virgil & Owen by Paulette Bogan, a story about a polar bear and penguin friendship.
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