We're Going On A Bear Hunt...

Tomorrow Michael and I are going into the boys school to read two of their favorite books. We are reading The Book with No Pictures by B.J. Novak and We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Helen Oxenbury and Michael Rosen. We are bringing in snack for the class, a classic favorite Oreos and then we are reading the books. We are going to read "The Book with no Pictures" first and then Michael and I are going to "perform" "We're Going on a Bear Hunt." We practiced a few ideas but ultimately ended up with the classic reading done by the brilliant Michael Rosen. As we say what we are going through, Michael is going to hold up the prop and I am going to act out what a person might look like while going through grass, water, mud, a forest, and a snowstorm.

After we act out the book, we are going to have the class engage in a little sensory activity. I am heading to the dollar store this evening to purchase some big plastic tupperware containers. I am going to fill them with:

 water and rocks for the river

chocolate pudding for the mud

sticks for the forrest

actual grass (if I can find any!) or easter grass for the long wavy grass

actual snow for the snowstorm

I picked up craft fur for the "two big furry ears" and two really really really "big goggly eyes" for the bear that the children will also be able to touch and jiggle. 

All in all I am truly hoping this works out! Michael and I have not practiced as much as I hoped!