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.
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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 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 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
Learning Colours with Brown Bear from Craftulate (Photo: Brown Container of Stuff)
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, 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 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, 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 from Chasing Cheerios
Montessori-Inspired Roundups with Activities That Could be Used with Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Montessori-Inspired Teddy Bear Activities
Montessori-Inspired Rainbow Activities
Montessori Color Mixing Activities – Rainbows of Color
More Eric Carle Activities
Montessori-Inspired Eric Carle Activities
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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!
Thanks so much for your sweet comment, Lisa! I had a lot of fun putting this together. 🙂
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!
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. 🙂
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?
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! 🙂
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/
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. 🙂
Thanks Deb, got it now 🙂 Have added the linky !
Thanks Deb for featuring our Brown Bear activities!
We love Brown Bear! Thanks for sharing this list of resources! Pinning it!
Pinned! What a great list of resources!
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!!
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.
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!!