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 Play 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!
How do I get Let’s Explore Bears?
You can download a free sneak peek below and if you like what you see you can buy the full product in my shop here!
FREEBIE
I have a special free sample for all of you!
DOWNLOAD YOUR FREEBIE HERE!
Click below to be taken to the page where you can download this free printable! Look for the word “Download” and click it!