A Bug, a Bear, and a Boy
Play Hide and Seek
CHALLENGING WORDS
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SUMMARY
A boy, a bug, and a bear play hide-and seek. It is very difficult for the bear and the boy to find the bug. They decide to take a nap.--- Conversation Questions---
(1) / What game did the children play in this story?(Answer) / Hide and seek.
(Follow Up) / When was the last time you played hide and seek?
(2) / Pretend you are the bug. Explain what you are thinking when the boy and bear are looking for you?
(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / Has anyone ever had a difficult time finding you? Tell me about it.
(3) / Imagine you are the bear. Why do you think you are so hard to find?
(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / Share with me the last time you had a hard time finding something.
(4) / Compare the characters in the book hide and seek game to one of yours. How are they similar?
(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / Describe you favorite game.
(5) / Define "nap".
(Answer) / A short rest during the daytime.
(Follow Up) / Can you tell me about the last time that you took a nap?
(6) / List the characters in the book.
(Answer) / A boy, a bug, and a bear.
(Follow Up) / Tell me which one is your favorite.
(7) / Describe one of the places the bear hid.
(Answer) / Behind a chair.
(Follow Up) / Explain why the bear was easy to find.
(8) / Share with me where the boy hid.
(Answer) / Under a table, and behind a curtain.
(Follow Up) / Which would be the better place to hide?
(9) / Reminisce where the bug hid in the story.
(Answer) / In a bowl.
(Follow Up) / Can you tell why the bug would be hard to find.
(10) / At the end of the story, what did the bear and boy decide to do?
(Answer) / Take a nap.
(Follow Up) / Explain how you think the bug felt when they took the nap.
Activities
1. / Draw the boy, the bear and the bug. Label them.
2. / Write about the last time you played hid and seek.
3. / Pretend you are the author. Change the ending of the story.
4. / List some ways that would make it easier for the boy and the bear to find the bug.
Introductions
1. / Show the children a picture of a boy, a bear and a bug. Ask them if they think it would be difficult for them to play hide and seek? Let's read and find out.2. / Hide something small like a button on the table. Ask children to find the hidden object. Ask them if it is easier to find a small item or a larger one? Introduce the book.
3. / Show the children a plastic bug. Ask them if they think it would be difficult to find this bug in a game of hide-and-seek. Let's read the book to see if the boy and the bear are able to find the bug. Introduce book.
Book Title: A Bug, a Bear, and a Boy Play Hide and Seek
Author: David McPhail / Illustrator: David McPhailISBN: 0-590-76216-8 / # of Text Pages: 8 RL: 1.2 LEX: N/A
Building Oral Vocabulary
1 / hide-and-seek / 5 / little / 8 / nap
Prediction Questions
1 / Where do you think the boy will hide?
3 / What do you think they will do next?
7 / What do you think the boy and the bear will do?