Make text come alive around your home by using a sticky note, index card, or extra piece of paper to label a door.

Hang the label on a door and discuss the letters and their meaning with your child. Labeling helps children learn that letters come together to make words and creates a print rich environment in your home.

Use the lyrics below to “Going on a Bear Hunt” to act out the adventure the bear goes on withyour child!

We're going on a bear hunt

I've got my binoculars

I'm not scared

Ooh, look at that tall, wavy grass

We can't go over it

We can't go under it

We're gonna have to go through it

Swish, swish, swish, swish

Repeat the second stanza replacing tall, wavy grass with the following until you reach the bear:

- Big river (splash, splash)

- Mud (squish, squish)

- Cave (step, step)

It sure is dark in here

What's that in the corner?

I feel two big ears

I feel one wet nose

I feel two sharp teeth

I know what that is!

What? It's a bear!

Let's get outta here!

Use a small stuffed animal or a drawing to represent the mouse from the story, A Visitor for Bear. Hide the mouse around the house, in places where the mouse hid in the story (see examples below). After the adult hides the mouse, the child looks for the mouse. Take turns hiding the mouse and looking for it. Hide the mouse: in the cupboard, in the refrigerator, in a drawer, at the front door. Let your child take turns hiding the mouse for the adult to find!