Bear Activities for Preschoolers (and Kindergarteners)

Are you looking for bear activities for preschoolers and kindergarteners? You’re in the right spot! Scan through the lists below and you’ll find some treasures–bear themed literature units, lapbooks, fine motor activities, math activities, and literacy activities.

Bear Themed Literature Units

Grab one of your favorite picture books and jump into a variety of subjects. Some of these units include lapbook printables.

• Ask Mr. Bear Lapbook
• Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? Unit (for toddlers and preschoolers)
• Corduroy Lapbook
• Corduroy Lost and Found Lessons
• Jamberry Lessons
• Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear? Lapbook
• The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear Lapbook
• A Pocket for Corduroy Lessons & Lapbook
• We’re Going on a Bear Hunt Lapbook

Bear Themed Dramatic Play

If you need a new idea for your dramatic play area, try our teddy bear picnic pretend play printables. This set includes signs, name badges, invitations, a teddy bear headband (for students to make), a sandwich making station, a picnic sequencing activity, and more!

Teddy Bear Themed Printables

This pack of free teddy bear themed printables includes a bit of everything: patterns, dot-to-dot, finish the alphabet, find the letter B, color by number, cutting practice pages, and spot the difference.

Bear Themed Fine Motor Activities

Painter Bear Tracing Lines
Practice pre-writing skills with this set of tracing lines worksheets. This set comes in a color version as well as a black and white version.

Bear Cutting Practice Pages
Give those scissor skills a workout with this set of cutting practice pages.

Shapes Tracing Pages
Practice learning shapes with these polar bear themed tracing pages.

Bear Themed Math Activities

Bears and Bees Count and Clip Cards
Practice comparing and counting with this set of free count and clip cards.

Bear Roll and Cover Dice Games
If your student is ready for simple addition and subtraction, try this set of roll and cover games. You can print these in full color, or you can print the black and white option.

Counting Buttons Math Mat
This teddy bear math mat is so much fun! Students roll the dice and add the corresponding number of buttons to the teddy bear. A great go-along for Corduroy.

Bear Literacy Activities

Bear Emergent Reader
This bear printable book is perfect for little learners. After students color and cut to put the book together, they can “read” it or read it–over and over again.

Bear Color Word Playdough Mats
Your student can learn how to spell color words with this set of playdough mats.

Goldilocks and the Three Bears Puppets
Your student can practice retelling a story with this set of popsicle puppets. Great for early literacy!