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Polar Bear Habits

  • DOMAIN(S)
    Cognitive Development and General Knowledge (CD)
  • INDICATOR(S)
    CD-SC2.4a
  • AGE GROUP(S)
    48-60 months

During small group, read Little Polar Bear by Hans de Beer. Set up small polar bear habitats by freezing individual containers of ice for children to explore. Discuss the melting of glaciers. Ask the children what they think happens to all of the melted ice. Provide plastic polar bears and other plastic animal characters from the book for the children to use retelling the story.