Who’s your  favourite bear?

Paddington Bear, Pooh Bear, Hugless Dougless, That very cranky bear,The very cranky bear cupcakesbears in the night random house ukPooh Bear and piglet  The Bear that snores on,The scary bear from We’re Going on a Bear Hunt,any of the three bears,Gummy bears,Corduroy,Brown bear brown bear or those cheeky little Berenstein bears out at night???

We love them all.

If your child’s favourite bear is going to a Teddy Bears picnic, (July 10 is Teddy Bear’s picnic day , but any special day will do,) have you chosen a book to share together on the day?

Bears from the 100 Stories Before School booklist

Click on our list to download,and add your own favourites on the second page .

Teddy Bears picnic 100 Stories Before School list- share with your teddy.

 Teddy Bear Breakfast

Paddington prefers a marmalade sandwich, but how about, super easy,  2 minute, teddy bear face toast? Step by step pics for your child to follow from crafty morning.com.

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Rhymes and games

Games and fun for the day-

http://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2013/jul/10/bear-hunt-teddy-bear-picnic-games

Try this quiz without opening the book.If you’ve read it as many times as we have you’re guaranteed a good result.

FB 10 We're Going on a Bear Hunt

http://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/quiz/2013/jul/03/going-on-a-bear-hunt-quiz

DLTK have 6 rhymes and action songs with downloadable PDFs, including the “Teddy Bears Picnic” song and “Round and Round the Garden”.

Lets Play Music has a Teddy Bear counting song with a video of the music on a xylophone.

Playgroup and Preschool teddy bear picnic ideas

Ideas for a teddy bears tea party with songs and recipes;Goldilocks and the Three Bears activities,a porridge recipe,and more bear book suggestions from Pikes Peak Library District.512px-goldilocks-and-three-bears-65947

Heaps of ideas including:songs,art, maths,science,group time,games , dramatic play, and snacks from The Activity Idea Place.

Parent ideas to put together a picnic with your child  (PDF) from LeapBC

Bear theme for preschool, from Preschool Alphabet by Lindsy has cut outs for the well known brown bear story.

To finish- the well loved Teddy Bears Picnic song, now over 8o years old.

The link will direct you to YouTube, sung by Anne Murray.