Corduroy Book Unit - ANGELICSCALLIWAGS

This week we started our Corduroy Book Unit. This is such a fantastic book for hands on activities, of which we seemed to do hundreds! The theme this week was, perhaps unsurprisingly, teddy bears. And, boy, did we have fun!

Check out other bear themed book units! Jessie Bear, What Will You Wear? Book Unit was one of the first books we rowed from the excellent Five in a Row Curriculum. And We’re Going on a Bear Hunt was one of our messiest!

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Books to Go-Along with a Corduroy Book Unit

Corduroy by Don Freeman

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury

Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear? by Nancy White Carlstrom and Bruce Degen

The Bear and the Piano by David Litchfield

Old Bear: An Old Bear and Friends Adventure by Jane Hissey

Can’t You Sleep, Little Bear? by Martin Waddell and Barbara Firth

Corduroy Teddy Bears’ Picnic

I had them dress up after giving them an invite to a teddy bears picnic. Oh, the fun!

Corduroy Book Unit Activities

Activity Trays

I was able to reuse activities we had used during previous rows. It was interesting to see how far B2 had come since before Christmas.

Ceramic bears to paint and pop on our fridge (they were magnetic):

Button Sorting:

Bear Puzzles

Skill-based toys to help with dressing independently:

Games or group activities

The older girls put together a toy shop for A4 and B2 to buy toys from:

And a teddy bears’ picnic (as above):

Special A4 and Mummy Activity

Over the last week or so I had gathered bits and pieces for a small needlework basket. I knew that this would greatly excite A4, given that she always wants to be like her older sisters, both of whom enjoy sewing:

We had bought a bear from a charity shop for 40p, which whilst not exactly like corduroy, was close enough. Especially if one was to add green overalls. And this was my plan. I had just enough green felt to cut a pair of overalls out. I cut tiny holes around the seams to make it simple for A4 to sew them together. I added a couple of buttons and we were away!

For just 40p we had made a Corduroy!

Special B1 and Mummy Activity

I cut a bear out of black foam and then a set of green overalls from felt. I added a couple of buttons and some foam bits for a face in a contrasting colour and we had us an activity!