BOOK GUIDE Sheet:Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Eric Carle

BOOK GUIDE Sheet:Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Eric Carle

BOOK GUIDE sheet:Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see? By Eric Carle

Supporting literacy development & school readiness.

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? features gentle rhythm and rhyming, as well as beautiful tissue-paper collage illustrations that the children in your care are sure to enjoy. The fun of hearing rhymes, predicting what comes next, and retelling the story are components of early literacy, cognitive development, and reading readiness. This book is also a great introduction to colors and animals for the younger children in your care, while older ones will enjoy adding to the story using their imaginations!

INtroducing the book

Sing a story time song!

  • This increases engagement and builds a routine, so children know what to expect.

Discuss the book cover before reading.

  • This is a good way to ease into the book and have fun. What animal do we see here? Who can point to its claws? Who can point to its eyes? What color is it?

Introduce characters and concepts beforehand.

  • This story is about animals and what they see. What do you think the brown bear sees?
Reading the book

Use the illustrations to discuss:

  • Colors:Redbird,bluehorse,whitedog,purplecat, etc.
  • Shapes and sizes:Big, brownbear, roundspots on frog,thin cat whiskers
  • Numbers:How many of these animals fly? How many legs does the horse have? How many children?
  • Relationships:The red birdfliesabovethe bear; the frog swims below the water’s surface

Invite children to relate parts of the story to their own experiences.

  • Have you ever seen a blue horse or a purple cat? How about a red bird?
  • Have you ever seen an animal looking at you? Where do you see animals?
  • Who knows what sound a dog makes?

Have the children reason things out, predict, and make choices.

  • Do you think the next animal will be a flying animal or a walking animal?
  • Where do you think the black sheep sees the goldfish?
  • Which animal is bigger, the horse or the frog? Where does a frog live?
Other suggestions

Take a break to fill in the children’s names (Ex: “Alicia, Alicia, what do you see?”) and allow each to answer with something in the room. Invite the rest of the children to find what each child claims to see.

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