NOTE: the free printable Templates are found at the bottom of this page.
Polar Bear, Polar Bear What Do You
Hear?
The sequel to Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?
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 and allows us to imagine the different sounds each animal makes. |
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toilet paper rolls,
paper, and
other materials. You can look through them to find a many of the
animals mentioned in the story. I'm not going to relist them all here
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
- simply print the black and white version of each page and allow the
children to color them.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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?
- Writing: older children can write the color and animal at the
bottom of their coloring pages (ex: POLAR BEAR). Or, for slightly
younger children who are starting to read but cannot yet write, have an
adult write each 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
- Either complete the black and white sheets as coloring pages (see
above)
OR
- print the black and white sheets on appropriate colored construction
paper
OR
- print the color pages
- Cut out each animal and tape it to a popsicle stick or an unsharpened pencil.
- If working with a group of children, each one can be a certain
animal.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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?
Use the sheets as... FELT BOARD CHARACTERS
- Either complete the black and white sheets as coloring pages (see
above)
OR
- print the black and white sheets on appropriate colored construction
paper
OR
- print the color pages
- You can cover with clear contact paper or laminate if you want them
to last longer.
- Cut out each page.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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?
Templates (in order of appearance in the story):
- close template window when done printing to return to this screen.
- 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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POLAR BEAR
LION
HIPPOPOTAMUS
FLAMINGO
ZEBRA
BOA CONSTRICTOR
ELEPHANT
LEOPARD
PEACOCK
WALRUS
ZOOKEEPER
CHILDREN |
color
color
color
color
color
color
color
color
color
color
color
color |
B&W
B&W
B&W
B&W
B&W
B&W
B&W
B&W
B&W
B&W
B&W
B&W |
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