We are excited to be participating in a new weekly series called #toolsforlearning. Each week bloggers from around the world will be sharing learning activities based around a resource. This weeks chosen tool is Rainbow Bears. Due to my UK teaching background I know Rainbow Bears as Compare Bears. As Adam is at the early stages of writing we created an Alphabet Formation Compare Bear activity.
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For Christmas Adam received a wonderful Wipe Clean Shaped Alphabet Activity Book. Every page is cut out to form each capital letter of the alphabet. Although the book is designed to be written on using a dry wipe pen we used the letters as a template. I folded the book so that just one letter was visible. Adam then used the letter outline to place the Compare Bears
on top.
As soon as each letter was completed Adam pushed the compare bears to one side, turned the page over to reveal a new letter and started again. I was amazed at his level of concentration.
We attempted to make the Compare Bears face the correct way as if they had written. The Activity Book gave helpful indications as to which direction the letter should be formed.
Our Alphabet Formation Compare Bears could be used as a Busy Bag and used time and time again. It is incredibly easy to set up and the activity promotes independent play. The activity can also be easily adapted. If you do not have access to pre-made large letters you could write them yourself. Using this method you could create lower case letters and numbers to continue the Compare Bear formation fun.
As this activity doesn’t require any preparation and promotes independent play it can be classed as a Hyperemesis Gravidarum friendly activity.
Resources to make Alphabet Formation Compare Bears:
* Wipe Clean Shaped Alphabet Activity Book
Check out these other Rainbow Bear activities as part of the #toolsforlearning series:
Graphing with Rainbow Bears from Still Playing School
Rainbow Bears Preschool Letter Cards from Learning 2 Walk
Size Order Rainbow Bear Cards from Life Over C’s
Color and Size Sorting with Rainbow Counters from Line Upon Line Learning
Alphabet Formation Compare Bears from Adventures of Adam
Size and Color Sorting {Learning with Rainbow Bears} from Squiggles and Bubbles
Animal Counters Sensory Bin & Color Sort from Raising Little Superheroes
Color Graphing with Rainbow Bears from Schooltime Snippets
Rainbow Bears Sensory Bin from Something 2 Offer
Counting More or Less with Farm Animal Rainbow Counters from Stir the Wonder
Rainbow Bears Addition Cards from The Kindergarten Connection
Measuring with Rainbow Bears from Mom Inspired Life
Rainbow Chain Link Color Sort from Sugar Aunts
Don’t forget to use #toolsforlearning on Instagram to share your Rainbow Bear & Counter learning activities!!
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Love the idea to combine two products for one fun learning activity!
Plenty to occupy a little one!
As someone who is in the pits of HG at the moment – thankyou! I’ve been wanting to do some letter recognition activities but haven’t had the energy-we have one of those wipe clean books and rainbow bears too, so now we can!
I feel your pain. I am sorry you are in the clutches of HG. I hope you are being supported and glad our activity helped in some way. Stay strong x
Great no prep activity using Rainbow bears!
We adore no-prep activities!
I absolutely love this activity!
Thank you 🙂