Social Studies

1. Ask: "What are most chairs made out of?" (i.e., wood, plastic, or metal)
2. Ask: "What do you think baby bears chair was make of?" (wood).
3. Using a map identify the areas in your state that are woodlands, farmlands, wetlands, or urban areas. (e.g., 2/3 of Virginia is wooded).
4. Discuss what else is made of wood (e.g., houses, paper, furniture).
5. Ask: "What will happen if we run out of wood?"

1. Play the game "Musical Chairs".
2. Vary the game by having the participants hop, skip, or jump from chair to chair.

1. Make bear rugs.
2. Cut paper grocery bags into bear shapes.
3. Use paint to make designs on the bear rugs.

1. Make a chair using simple materials (e.g., tongue depressors, popsicle or interlocking sticks, modeling clay, and string).
2. Test the chair to see if it is strong enough for a clay Goldilocks to sit on it without breaking it.
3. Present chair designs to the class.

1. Count the number of items Goldilocks used in the bears' house.
2. Create several story problems involving Goldilocks and the bears. (e.g., If Goldilocks arrived at the bears' house at 8:00 am and stayed until 4:00 pm, how long did she visit?)

1. Identify bears as omnivorous animals.
2. Give examples of what bears eat (berries, fish, rodents).
3. Compare what bears eat with what humans eat (another omnivorous animal).
4. Demonstrate how bears catch salmon with an activity such as Project WILD 's "Hooks and Ladders".

1. Play recordings from a musical such as "Into the Woods".
2. Try to identify the fairy tale from the tune played.

1. Read the fictional tale Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
2. Discuss why this is a fictional story.
3. List all the activities that the three bears performed that real bears could not do.

1. Ask "Why do you think Goldilocks ate the bear's porridge?" (i.e., She was hungry or cold).
2. Discuss how other humans satisfy their basic needs.

• The Biggest Bear/McCloskey
• Blueberries for Sal/McCloskey

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