Do your kids love bears? Let’s Explore Bears will be a great addition to your homeschool! Kids will be able to record their research about the 8 different types of bears on a special notebooking page for each bear featuring photographs! If you are planning a bear unit study, this will be a wonderful addition!

Bears are fascinating animals and while preparing this resource I learned so much. Did you know that the sun bear is the smallest bear? Did you know there are eight types of bears and many sub-species under those types?

INTEREST IN Bears?

In our homeschool, I have always loved simple and direct learning that is curiosity-based and not filled with busy work. I don’t print worksheets just to have something for my kids to do. If I print it, it’s for a reason. When I create new printables, I always keep this goal in mind and keep things as simple as possible. The lesson that you develop as a homeschooler will be filled with more than just what you’ll find here. I assume you are here on my blog, visiting this post because your child is interested in learning about bears and maybe you searched online to find resources for creating a bear unit study. If your child has a high interest, you can expand this bear-themed unit for weeks with tons of bear crafts, bear activities, bear books, and bear learning fun! Hopefully, this bear resource will give you a great place to begin!

Bear BOOKS

You’ll definitely need to check out some books about bears from the library or buy some from Amazon to add to your kids’ book collection. I have created an extensive list featuring books about bears that your child can learn from.

If you’re feeling super sweet, grab some bear toys so your child has little animals to explore with!

Bear SENSORY PLAY

Feeling SUPER sweet, create an bear-themed sensory bin, even older kids get into these!

A couple I found online:

Bear Sensory Bin from Fun A Day
Panda Sensory Pla y from Montessori From the Heart

LET’S EXPLORE Bears

WHAT’S INCLUDED?

Let’s Explore Bears includes a cover page in case you’d like to create a notebook {either using a binder with an option to insert a cover or by binding the pages with a binding machine}.

INFORMATION SHEETS

In addition to the bear books you add to this study, you’ll find a few printables included to add to your child’s research. I created these pages to insert at the beginning of your notebook as simple reference guides,

Interesting Facts About Bears
8 Different Types of Bears
Where are the Bears? A map showing the location of bears throughout the world as well as a page with photographs and a list of continents/countries where they are located.
Informational reading about the types of bears along with 5 multiple choice comprehension questions (written at a mid-elementary level)
Where to Find Information {a list of links to study types of bears online}

Bear NOTEBOOKING PAGES

The core of this printable unit study is the individual pages for each bear. You’ll find 30 different pages each featuring the following:

Name of bear
Latin name of bear
photographs of bear
Recording lines for your child to write in the height, weight, location, diet, and interesting facts

8 Bears Included

American black bear
Asiatic black bear
brown bear
giant panda
polar bear
sloth bear
spectacled bear
sun bear
walrus

MORE Bear PRINTABLES

We have a set of Bear 3 Part Cards here for free! These are a great addition to your bear unit study!

If you have a Kindergartner, be sure to check out our Kindergarten Literature Units featuring the book, Bear Says Thanks and Bear Stays Up for Christmas!