Explore a bear-themed weekly planner for preschoolers inspired by Bear Came Along, featuring hands-on activities, songs, sensory play, and favorite bear books for early learning fun.
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Bear Comes Along Weekly Planner
Bring learning to life with our Bear Weekly Planner for Preschoolers, inspired by the beautifully illustrated story Bear Came Along by Richard T. Morris. This bear-themed week is designed to make planning easy while offering meaningful, hands-on activities that support early literacy, math, sensory exploration, art, music, and pretend play. Whether you’re teaching at home or in a classroom, this flexible planner helps you build a full week of playful learning around a favorite read-aloud—while still allowing you to stretch the activities over a few days or enjoy them all in one fun-filled day.
Cozy stories, engaging bear activities, and simple ideas come together to create a memorable learning experience for preschoolers.
Bear Came Along by Richard T. Morris
Bear Came Along by Richard T. Morris is a joyful, action-packed picture book about a curious bear who accidentally begins a river adventure when he ends up floating downstream on a log. As Bear travels, one by one a diverse cast of forest animals — from Froggy to Turtles to Beaver, Raccoons, and Duck — join him on the log, each bringing their own personality to the ride.
Together they face twists, turns, and even a plunge over a waterfall, ultimately discovering the fun and strength of friendship and community. Filled with colorful illustrations and a heartfelt message about connection and cooperation, this Caldecott Honor-winning story celebrates how much richer life is when we share the journey with others.
Bear Songs for Preschool
The Bear Went Over the Mountain | Super Simple Songs
Here Comes a Bear | The Wiggles
Teddy Bear Teddy Bear Turn Around | The Kiboomers
Bear Themed Activities for Preschoolers and Toddlers
Each week we provide a simple plan of activities for you and your preschoolers to do together. Although we don’t have a strict schedule the one shown below works really well if you are planning a full week.
If not you can always carry out the activities on a single day or across a couple.
Bear Weekly Planner for Preschool
Bear Weekly Planner for Preschool Inspired by Bear Came Along
This week’s Bear Theme Planner invites young learners to explore literacy, sensory play, math, and creativity—centered around the story Bear Comes Along.
Children will enjoy hands-on fun with a bear sensory bin filled with fake snow, practice early literacy skills with a Feed the Bear alphabet activity, and explore shapes using a bear shape printable designed just for preschoolers. The week also includes a cozy Teddy Bear Bread recipe for simple cooking fun and a creative pom-pom painted bear craft to wrap up the theme with art and imagination.
Bear sensory bin for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten kids. Perfect as part of your winter lesson plans or your next bear theme.
A fun bear alphabet activity to teach letter recognition and letter sounds to preschoolers.
More than one shape activity for preschoolers can be done with this fun bear shape printable. This would pair with a favorite bear book.
You can also play this adorable printable hide and seek bear game to practice number recognition too.
Make a Number Bear Book with this printable game.
Create adorable edible bears with your child with this simple recipe using biscuits. We’ll show you how to make teddy bear bread in this kids’ cooking lesson for your child with a fun bear theme.
You can also make this tasty Bear Shaped Rice Krispy Treats for extra fun for bear week.
Create this pom pom painted bear craft to go along with our story this week!
For playtime you could also make this bear headband costume.
Bear Books for Preschoolers
Our collection of bear books for preschoolers features a mix of playful stories, gentle counting, and cozy classics that young children love. From the rhythmic fun of Bear Snores On and Bear Counts by Karma Wilson to the adventurous excitement of We’re Going on a Bear Hunt, these stories support early literacy and engagement.
Beloved favorites like Corduroy and I Love You to the Moon and Back add warmth and connection, while humorous tales such as There’s a Bear on My Chair, I Want My Hat Back, and The Bear Ate Your Sandwich keep children laughing and eager to listen.
Together, these bear-themed books are perfect for read-alouds, storytime discussions, and extending learning through play.
- Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson
- The Bear Ate Your Sandwich by Julia Sarcone-Roach
- Bear Counts by Karma Wilson
- We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
- The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear by Audrey Wood
- Corduroy Don Freeman
- I Love You to the Moon and Back by Amelia Hepworth
- There’s a Bear on My Chair by Ross Collins
- I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen
Bear Activities from Preview Weekly Planners
You may also enjoy these activities with your child to go along with Cookie Week!
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