What a Wonderful World was a in a recent collection of books I was sent from Tiger Tales. It is wonderful tale told by a mother bear to her cub. She shares with them that we need to be thankful for each and everything placed on Earth for us to share. This book is filled with thanks to God the simply wonderful world we live in. The illustrations show the bears at the shore, the a field of flowers, in the forest and some much more. I love the warm illustrations. They draw you in and make you want to visit those same places to take them in and offer thanks for them. This wonderful book inspired a multitude of learning activities for children.
What activities for children we did with the book?
I went to JDaniel’s school with a bunch of paper bags and used the Ellison to cut out a bunch of bears. We have a lot of brown paper bag and I thought we should use them in honor of Earth Day. Paper bags really make a great material for learning activities.
I had JDaniel decorate the front of the one of the big bears. Then we punched holes around the edge of two of the bears stacked on top of each other and wove them together.
Alphabetical Order
The bears were lined up on the floor in alphabetical order.
Before and After
I asked JDaniel to find the letters that came before and after a letter a placed on the table. It really made me think about letters.
Match the Letter to an Object
I had JDaniel pick a letter and then find an object in the kitchen that matched that letter. We ended up with a lot of cooking tools. I think we should try this in his room and see what treasures he find there.
Write the Letter in Salt
JDaniel practiced one to one correspondence by placing the correct number of button on each bear on a card.
Write the Number
Then JDaniel practice writing those numbers in the salt I had placed in a tray.
Shape the Number
JDanel loves buttons. I had him form the number using some buttons I had placed in a cup.
Here are some other activities for children I know you will love:
Making Learning Fun with Rainbows
Kids Sensory Learning Activities
Outdoor Activities and Learning Games
What other activities for children could we do with these bears?
Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. I was sent the book What Wonderful World by Tiger Tales Books to review. All thought about it are my own.
I love all of the fun bear activities. That sounds like a sweet book. I will have to look for it. Thanks for hosting.
This is really fun. We love buttons too.
It sounds like a wonderful book. I love all the bear activities (have to say, I’m a bear person, myself!)
You came up with the best ideas on ways to theme out!!!
So cute! Thanks for sharing 😉
love that you use paper bags to do this!! you are so creative.
These are great ideas. My son’s Kindergarten teacher had us trace letters in flour when they first started school. It was fun and very useful!
This sounds really great! Thanks for sharing this.
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I always love all of the wonderful activities you do with books! Inspiring.
This post is a fantastic example of how a book can be a launch pad for so much more! I love that you thought of so many activities to do with paper bag cut outs of bears!
Such great ideas! My son always loved weaving!
lots of fun activities…
we need more buttons here to do that 🙂
I use colored sand in my classroom, but have had trouble finding trays or containers with flat bottoms. What did you use for your salt tray?