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Chatterboxes - Week 2

3. Week 2 - Wednesday

Age 2–3

  • Make a bear mask from a paper plate.

  • Use the things your child collected on your bear hunt and ask them to retell the story to others.

Age 3–4

  • Paint a picture of a bear with your child. Talk about the colours and ask them what extra details they could add to their painting such as the sun or a tree. Following this, Talk to your child about the picture they create and ask them to tell you what everything is. 

Model past tense verbs/action words to your child, for example “Look what you’ve painted” or “You pressed your finger onto the paper”.

Finger painting guide (BBC)

  • How many Teddy Bear songs do you know?

Teddy bear song 

Age 4–5

  • Have fun playing with the sound effects from the story. This will help your child to link sounds with the words.

Help with sound effects (BBC)

  • Take your child on a walk to your local park or outdoor area. Can you find similar experiences from the story and recreate the sounds.

Local parks 

  • Use different voices for the different emotions in the story.