Our Adventures with Before Five in a Row - We're Going on a Bear Hunt

 

This week our book that we are studying with Before Five in a Row is We're Going on a Bear Hunt.  We adore this lovely story of a family who goes on a fun adventure in search of the bear and the journey that they are on!  Here are a few things that we did this week for learning fun!

 

First, we decided that it was proper to go on a Bear Hunt of our own, so out we went to a park right behind our neighborhood to re-create our own story and Bear Hunt. 

We went through the long, wavy grass!

 

 Through the deep, cold river!

 

Searched the thick, oozy mud!

 

Through a big, dark forest

 

 We didn't find a snowstorm in August (like in the Book), but we did do some super awesome nature exploring along the way with flowers, spider webs and animals who do live in the woods near our home.

 We were getting a little scared that we MIGHT run into a bear!!

 Finally we found a cave at the nearby park and our middle child graciously decided to act the part of the bear with a giant ROAR!

Then for our afternoon snack we had Chocolate Pudding (or MUD) and Teddy Grahams as we read the story again and talked about the sequence of the story!  This was such a fun way to incorporate the story to our snack time!

 

 

One morning after reading the book we worked with these sequencing cards to see if they remembered the order of the story and where they went on their Bear Hunt.  Our 3 1/2 year old put the pictures in order and then our 5 1/2 year old matched the correct phrases with the pictures!

 

 

We always talk about a Bible Verse or idea that also relates to the story and this week we learned Isaiah 41:10 "Do not fear for I am with you, do not be dismayed for I am your God."  Our children discussed how they can talk to God or their Guardian Angels when they get scared!



 

We continued with fun activities from Homeschool Creations and again worked on our tracing, word/letter recognition, re-telling the story and lots more fun!

 

We have big plans for next week to go to our city zoo to explore and learn more about the Bears in combination with this story and our book for next week Blueberries for Sal.  Plus, we have started CHC's Explore the Continents and we are currently studying the animals of North America!

 

See more books that we have "Rowed" on our Homeschool Page!