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Montessori-Inspired Brown Bear, Brown Bear Activities

September 8, 2014 By Deb Chitwood 16 Comments

Looking for some fun literature-based activities? I want to share some great Montessori-inspired activities that can be used with the extremely popular classic book about colors Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? A Brown Bear, Brown Bear theme is great at any time, but it’s often used early in the school year as a fun way to reinforce color names.

Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links (at no cost to you).

While not a Montessori book that uses realistic images, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr., (illustrated by Eric Carle) is one of those books that I consider too wonderful to pass by when choosing books for babies and toddlers. My 10-month-old granddaughter is read the Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Slide and Find board book almost every night at bedtime.

Following are some Montessori-inspired activities for toddlers and preschoolers to extend the reading of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? I’m also adding some printables that work well for preparing Montessori-inspired brown bear activities.

Free Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? Printables

See my post on How to Use Printables to Create Montessori-Inspired Activities.

Brown Bear, Brown Bear Printables from 1+1+1=1

Brown Bear, Brown Bear Printables from 1+1+1=1

Brown Bear, Brown Bear Printables from 1+1+1=1

Brown Bear Printables from Making Learning Fun

Brown Bear Packs from Royal Baloo

Brown Bear, Brown Bear Color Words by Doodle Bugs Teaching

Brown Bear Smart Charts by Jayne Gammons

Brown Bear Animal Count by Anita Gerberry

Brown Bear Emergent Color Word Reader by Lisa W.

Brown Bear Retelling by Amy Crockett

Brown Bear Printables from Happy and Blessed Home

Montessori-Inspired Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Activities

Color Identification and Literacy Activity from Reading Confetti

Color Identification and Literacy Activity from Reading Confetti

Color Identification and Literacy Game from Reading Confetti

Brown Bear Texture Book from Mrs. Lee’s Kindergarten

 Brown Bear, Brown Bear for Speech and Language (including Brown Bear retelling necklace) from Speech Room News

Brown Bear, Brown Bear Necklace Sequencing from Life’s Adventures the Wright Way!

Brown Container of Stuff from Craftulate

Brown Container of Stuff from Craftulate

Learning Colours with Brown Bear from Craftulate (Photo: Brown Container of Stuff)

Brown Bear Sensory Basket from The Good Long Road

Brown Bear Sensory Basket from The Good Long Road (Blog is no longer available)

Brown Bear, Brown Bear: Fun With Colors from The Berry Bunch

Brown Bear Color Week Posts from Mr Little Man

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? from Creative Kid Snacks

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? from The Work Plan

Brown Bear, Brown Bear Matching Game from Handmade by Meg K

Brown Bear, Brown Bear Felt Activity from Mommy Moment

Brown Bear, Brown Bear Tray (Photo from Delightful Learning)

Brown Bear, Brown Bear Tray (Photo from Delightful Learning)

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Tot Trays from Delightful Learning

Brown Bear, Brown Bear Clink Can (Photo from 1+1+1=1)

Brown Bear, Brown Bear Clink Can (Photo from 1+1+1=1)

Brown Bear, Brown Bear Theme from 1+1+1=1

Brown Bear {Color of the Week} from Cute and Peculiar

Tea Bag Brown Bear from Little Bright Sparks

Brown Bear What Do You See Kebabs from Little Bright Sparks

Brown Bear Brown Bear Toddler Story Stones from Montessori Beginnings

Brown Bear Color Game from Toddler Approved

Brown Bear Color Game from Toddler Approved

Brown Bear, Brown Bear Color Game from Toddler Approved

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See I Spy Bottle (Photo from Chasing Cheerios)

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See I Spy Bottle (Photo from Chasing Cheerios)

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? I Spy Bottle from Chasing Cheerios

Montessori-Inspired Roundups with Activities That Could be Used with Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

Color Toys on Amazon

Montessori-Inspired Teddy Bear Activities

Montessori-Inspired Teddy Bear Activities

DIY Montessori Color TabletsDIY Montessori Color Tablets

Montessori-Inspired Rainbow ActivitiesMontessori-Inspired Rainbow Activities

Montessori Color Mixing Activities - Rainbows of Color

Montessori Color Mixing Activities – Rainbows of Color

More Eric Carle Activities

Montessori-Inspired Eric Carle Activities

Montessori-Inspired Eric Carle Activities

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Filed Under: Activities - Sensorial, Best Books for Kids, Literature-Based Activities, Montessori Monday Tagged With: Brown Bear Brown Bear, color activities, kidlit, Montessori, Montessori Monday, Montessori-Inspired Brown Bear Activities

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Comments

  1. Lisa/SyncopatedMama says

    September 8, 2014 at 5:30 am

    These were great ideas! I loved that you took a non-Montessori book that everyone seems to have and then found ways to make it more child-centered!

    Reply
    • Deb says

      September 9, 2014 at 11:01 pm

      Thanks so much for your sweet comment, Lisa! I had a lot of fun putting this together. 🙂

      Reply
  2. Tearri Rivers says

    September 8, 2014 at 6:10 am

    Hi Deb! Thank you for including The Work Plan in your round up. You are a genius at doing round ups that make me what to revisit past activities. Thank you for sharing and have a great day!

    Reply
    • Deb says

      September 9, 2014 at 11:04 pm

      Thanks so much for your kind comment, Tearri! I love revisiting your past activities. And I love seeing what awesome things you’re doing at present. Have a great week. 🙂

      Reply
  3. Lauren says

    September 9, 2014 at 4:12 am

    Wonderful resources Deb! Brown Bear is such a fabulous book for young children. I have added my Eric Carle Author Study post to the link up. Did you know there are also two follow up books? Polar Bear Polar Bear what do you hear, and Panda Bear Panda Bear what do you see?

    Reply
    • Deb says

      September 9, 2014 at 11:17 pm

      Thanks so much Lauren! I’m really glad you linked up your post. I’m going to add your post link to my Montessori-Inspired Eric Carle Activities post. I’m so glad there are follow-up books to Brown Bear, Brown Bear. Such amazing contributions to children’s literature! 🙂

      Reply
  4. Amruta Ram says

    September 9, 2014 at 4:15 am

    Hi Deb! What an amazing post – my son is currently obsessed with Teddy bears, so will definitely try some of these activities for him 🙂 Thank you for making your blog so resourceful!

    For Monday-linky, here is my post about “Yellow-color” themed toddler activities that i have created for my 21 month old son: http://mummadiaries.com/early-learning-play-explore-learn-repeat/yellow-themed-toddler-activities/

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    • Deb says

      September 9, 2014 at 11:23 pm

      Thanks so much for your sweet comment, Amruta! That’s a great post. You can add it right to the linky by clicking on the blue rectangle that says “Add your link.” Then more people will see it. 🙂

      Reply
      • Amruta Ram says

        September 10, 2014 at 1:15 pm

        Thanks Deb, got it now 🙂 Have added the linky !

        Reply
  5. Carisa {1+1+1=1} says

    September 10, 2014 at 5:23 am

    Thanks Deb for featuring our Brown Bear activities!

    Reply
  6. Debbie says

    September 12, 2014 at 7:50 am

    We love Brown Bear! Thanks for sharing this list of resources! Pinning it!

    Reply
  7. Shecki says

    September 14, 2014 at 9:03 pm

    Pinned! What a great list of resources!

    Reply
  8. Carrie says

    September 19, 2014 at 6:10 pm

    So fun!! Hazel has been reading Brown Bear, Brown Bear every time we go into Gymboree since they have the Eric Carle clothes and books there now. Her teacher read it in the first week of school, so she has it memorized/uses the pictures to read it to me. I love all the activities you found to go with it. Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday!!

    Reply
  9. Catherine says

    September 20, 2014 at 11:11 am

    We love Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? and featured it on Story Snug yesterday. I love your range of activities to use alongside the story 🙂 Thank you for sharing.

    Reply
  10. Monica Villa says

    January 6, 2016 at 3:31 pm

    These printables are great!! I also liked the Spanish rainbow ones– do you have these in Spanish? We’d love to have them for our Spanish playgroup (not for profit, of course, and with credit to you!). Otherwise I can send you a translated copy…whenever I get to making one!

    Thanks!!

    Reply

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