We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen

Keep a copy of the book handy so that you can all refer to the illustrations as you plan. The children can then use this for reference, adding on later ideas for themselves as well as ticking off the ideas that they have used.

List the suggestions together on a chart or make a mind map. Try not to respond too quickly to any one suggestion, although you may recognise that it may be the most easily realisable idea. Talk together with them to share ideas about how this might be done, for example, what do you think the bear’s den would be like? Once the book has been introduced and re-read a few times, suggest to the children that they might like to change the role-play area to fit with this story world. It provides a way for them to view the world through somebody else’s eyes and to explore how this other person or thing might feel. It offers them an immediate route into another world and an opportunity to try out what it might be like to be somebody, or something, completely different. Role play goes large!Ĭhildren love large-scale dramatic play. Written by Michael Rosen and illustrated by Helen Oxenbury, this well-loved picture book provides the perfect opportunity to explore things on a bigger scale both indoors and out. We’re Going on a Bear Hunt is a fantastic, memorable romp of a story that sweeps children up in the adventure from the very first line. 'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title.Get ready to go large with these bear-sized activities and investigations! Jane Bunting offers creative ideas to get the most from We’re Going on a Bear Hunt… This is a book not to be missed, one to be chanted aloud and acted out, to be enjoyed over and over again. The pictures by Helen Oxenbury, one of the most widely loved contemporary artists, are full of masterly characterizations, delightful comedy, and high drama, set in lovely sweeping landscapes. WHAT'S THAT? You'll soon learn just what to do to escape from abig, furry bear! With tremendous pace, humor, and verve, Michael Rosen has retold a favorite traditional story. With them you will cross a field of tall, wavy grass ('Swishy swashy!'), wade through a deep, cold river ('Splash splosh!'), struggle through swampy mud ('Squelch squerch!'), find your way through a big, dark forest, ('Stumble trip!'), fight through a whirling snowstorm ('Hooo wooo!'), and enter a narrow, gloomy cave. Have you ever gone on a bear hunt? Come along on this one with a brave young family - four children (including the baby) and their father.

We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen