The Berenstain Bears:
Lesson plans and teaching activities

A Bear of a Poem: Composing and Performing Found Poetry
To add to students' growing ways of looking at and listening to words, students will "mine" texts for favorite words from favorite stories. Working together, students select words and phrases to create a collective class poem that they will then turn into a performance.

The Berenstain Bears
This site from PBS Kids offers lesson plans addressing a variety of themes. Accessing these plans requires Adobe Acrobat Reader or compatible application.

The Berenstain Bears Activities
Follow the links to a variety of printables.

Berenstain Bears Home Page
Click on "activities" or the schoolhouse for both printable and interactive activities.

The Berenstain Bears' Mad, Mad, Mad Toy Craze
Students learn about spending, saving, and speculating. Park of the Wise Pockets project.

The Berenstain Bears' Trouble with Money
Students learn figures of speech and concepts of personal finance, including spending and saving. Part of the Wise Pockets project.

Character and Citizenship Education
Using The Berenstain Bears to the Rescue or similar title, students learn about serving others as part of citizenship. Includes activity and assessment.

Explore the Moon with the Berenstain Bears
This K-1 lesson uses The Berenstain Bears on the Moon as the opening of a physical education lesson.

The Playful Community
Students explore their families as communities. As a class, they will create a "Family Album" using all of the family pictures brought in by the students. This document requires MS-Word or compatible software for access.

Stay Away, Tooth Decay
Using The Berenstain Bears Visit the Dentist, students learn about oral hygiene. Includes activity, handout, and assessment. Access to the handout requires Adobe Acrobat Reader or compatible software.

Using an Egg Hunt to Teach about Nutrition
Using Berenstain Bears and Too Much Junk Food, students learn about making healthy nutritional choices. Includes activities and assessment.

What Sound Does the Letter "Bb" Make?
Using Berenstain's B Book and selected poems, students learn the sound of Bb. Includes assessment and additional activity.