Title: We re Going On a Bear Hunt Age: MegaBugs Both Learning Objectives: CLL: to be able to sustain listening, responding to what they have heard by relevant comments, questions or actions. PE: 1b- to remember and repeat simple skills and actions with increasing control and coordination. Physical Benefits: Snake tones the spine and strengthens the abdominal area. Dog releases stiffness in the shoulder joints and slows the heart rate. Bear is good for coordination. Gate helps prevent stiffness in the spine and maintains correct function of the abdominal organs. Additional Resources: Book written by Michael Rosen for pictures Introduction/ Warm up Who would like to meet a bear today? What do you think the bear will be like? Introduce teddy who will wake them up at the end. (Say he s soft, cuddly and very friendly! How about real bears?) Where might they sleep? What might they eat? How do they move? (Show Bear posture) Warm up Wouldn t it be good to go on a bear hunt and see for ourselves! Oh! But it s a bit gloomy outside this morning. I think it looks like rain. (Thunder storm) Rain is gently moving on and the sun comes out (Hello Sun x2) What a beautiful day!
Class Plan: Uh! Oh! Grass! Long, wavy grass. Swishy Swashy x three (leg raises). We re not scared ( Mountain hands on hips, neck turns). Uh! Oh! A river! A deep, cold river Splash Splosh x three (dive and volcano for swimming).
Uh! Oh! Mud! Thick oozy mud! Squelch squerch x three (Mud walking). We re not scared. (Mountain - hands on hips, neck turns). Uh! Oh! A forest! A big, dark forest. Can t go under it (snake) Can t go over it (dog) Stumble trip x three (tree walk through the trees to see if you can make them wobble then see if they re as good on the other side!) Uh! Oh! A snowstorm! A swirling whirling snowstorm.
Hooo Whoo! X three (washing machine). We re going to catch a big one Uh! Oh! A cave! A narrow gloomy cave. Tiptoe x three (Princess) What s that? One wet shiny nose! (massage nose). Two big furry ears! (massage ears). Two big googly eyes! (eye exercises, up, down, side to side, round an round). IT S A BEAR! Quick! Back through the cave! Tiptoe x three (Princess). Back through the snowstorm! Hooo Whooo! X three (washing machine). Back through the forest! Stumble trip x three (tree both sides). Back through the mud! Squelch squerch x three (Mud walking). Back through the river! Splash splosh x three (dive and volcano for swimming). Back through the grass! Swishy swashy x three (leg raises).
Get to the front door. Open door (gate). Upstairs (run on spot). Oh no! Forgot to shut door! Back downstairs (run on spot). Shut door (gate other side). Back upstairs (run on spot). Into bedroom Into bed (corpse). Under covers (pull up covers). WE RE NOT GOING ON A BEAR HUNT AGAIN! Relaxation and Visualisation: We ve had fun exploring on our bear hunt and we finally met a bear! He was a little scary but I think he was just letting us know, in the way that bears do, that he wasn t very keen on being disturbed! We re home safe and sound now so close your eyes and be very still. Feel your whole body relax into the bed. Let your legs relax on the sheets. Let your back melt into the soft comfy bed. Let your arms relax beside you. Your head too, feels relaxed on the feathery pillow. Remember going through the lovely long grass, swimming across the cool blue river, going through sticky mud, walking through the beautiful green forest and encountered a pretty snowstorm! What was your favourite part? Wake children up with snuggle from teddy bear! Suggested follow on Games and Activities: The Monster Game The children are shown the various Monster Poses 1. Scary Feet (cactus)
2. Top Bunk (standing Lion) 3. Bottom Bunk (lion on knees) 4. Kids awake (lie in corpse pose) 5. Monster Hide (child pose) The teacher s job is to shout out the various postures and the children have to them quickly and get them right.