(Felt
Board Fun Index)
NOTE: the
free printable templates are found at the bottom of this page.
Brown Bear, Brown Bear What do You See?
(Also check out our Book Break for the sequel -- Polar
Bear, Polar Bear What do You Hear?)
About the story:
The repetition and colorful
illustrations in this classic picture book by Bill Martin Jr, make it a
favorite of many children. On each page, we meet a new animal who helps us
discover which creature will show up next. "Brown Bear, Brown Bear
what do you see? I see a redbird looking at me...". This
pattern is repeated over and over, until the pre-reader can join in with
the reader, easily predicting the next lines. Giggles and raised
eyebrows will accompany the story as the animals become stranger and
stranger (a purple cat!?).
You can read more reviews, view the front cover or purchase the story at
Amazon.com Or,
check out this story in another language:
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Spanish: Oso Pardo, oso pardo, que ves ahi?
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Author
website:
Bill Martin Jr. (the author) and
Eric Carle
(the illustrator) of this book both have websites. The sites have info
about the people, how they come up with ideas and what else they're working
on. They also often have books for sale (even autographed copies!). I
encourage people to buy on-line directly from the authors/illustrators
whenever feasible if they're planning to buy the author's books -- this
provides them with a bit more profit margin and I figure if they took the
time to build a website, they deserve a bit extra!
We have lots of animal crafts made from
toilet paper rolls,
paper, and
other materials. You can look through them to find a few bears,
a few frogs, a bird, horse, dog, cat, sheep, etc. I'm not going to
relist them all here.
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In this section I've put together some simple pages to go with the
story. You can use them in a number of ways:
Use the sheets as... COLORING PAGES
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simply print the black and white version of each page
and allow the children to color them.
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How much do they remember: provide the child with
all the colors of crayons they will need the to complete the pages, but
allow them to try to remember what color each animal should be.
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Color recognition: For younger children, you may
want to guide them a bit more, focusing on color recognition instead of
memory. Give them a variety of crayons and instruct them to color
the bear brown, the bird red, etc.
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Animal sounds: As you color the pictures, talk
about each animal. What sound does the animal make? Where
does the animal live? Has the child ever seen that animal?
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Writing: older children can write the color and
animal at the bottom of their coloring pages (ex: BROWN BEAR).
Or, for slightly younger children who are starting to read but cannot
yet write, have an adult write each color/animal on a slip of paper.
Allow the children to pick out the proper slips and glue it to their
coloring page.
Use the sheets as... PUPPETS
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Either complete the black and white sheets as coloring
pages (see above)
OR
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print the black and white sheets on appropriate colored
construction paper
OR
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print the color pages
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Cut out each animal and tape it to a popsicle stick or
an unsharpened pencil.
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If working with a group of children, each one can be a
certain animal.
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When their part of the story comes up, they can
wiggle around the puppet and either chant their section of the story
or make the animal sound.
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You can have an animal parade... line the children
up in the order they are mentioned in the story and let them march
around the room, waving their puppets.
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Animal sounds: As you color the pictures, talk
about each animal. What sound does the animal make? Where
does the animal live? Has the child ever seen that animal?
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Color recognition: First, ask all the bears to
stand up and wave their puppets (or make their animal sound), then all
the birds, etc. Then ask all the people with BROWN animals to
stand up, then all the RED animals, etc.
Use the sheets as... FELT BOARD CHARACTERS
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Either complete the black and white sheets as coloring
pages (see above)
OR
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print the black and white sheets on appropriate colored
construction paper
OR
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print the color pages
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You can cover with clear contact paper or laminate if
you want them to last longer.
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Cut out each page.
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Cut out a small piece of coarse sandpaper and tape or
glue it on the back of each animal (if you laminated, it will need to be
a larger piece of sandpaper). The sandpaper will allow the
characters to stick on your felt board.
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If working with a group, give each child an animal.
As you read the story, have the children bring up the appropriate
animals and put them on the board.
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Animal sounds: As you color the pictures, talk
about each animal. What sound does the animal make? Where
does the animal live? Has the child ever seen that animal?
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Color recognition: First, ask all the bears to
stand up and put their animals on the felt board (or make their animal
sound), then all the birds, etc. Resdistribute the animals.
Now ask all the people with BROWN animals to put on their animals, then
all the RED animals, etc.
THE TEMPLATES (in order of appearance in the story):
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close template window when done printing to return to
this screen.
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change your page margins to zero (FILE, PAGE SETUP or
FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers). See
print help for more info.
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BROWN BEAR
REDBIRD
YELLOW DUCK
BLUE HORSE
GREEN FROG
PURPLE CAT
WHITE DOG
BLACK SHEEP
GOLDFISH
MOTHER
GROUP OF CHILDREN
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Printable version of these instructions
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