Polar Bear Letters Match for Preschoolers
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Since International Polar Bear Day is celebrated on February 27 to raise awareness of the huge threats polar bears are facing and to encourage people to protect them, I created this FREE Polar Bear Letters Match activity for your preschoolers.
This hands-on Polar Bears Letter Match activity will allow preschoolers to develop their letter recognition by matching uppercase and lowercase letters, their concentration, visual discrimination, letter knowledge, one-to-one correspondence, eye-hand coordination, and fine motor skills.
The Polar Bear Letters Match activity includes all the letters of the alphabet. The polar bears have uppercase letters and the icebergs have matching lowercase letters. You can download it at the end of this post.
Polar Bears Letter Match
The Polar Bear Letter Match activity can be used in different areas and ways such as:
- Small group activity.
- Writing center option.
- Reading area option.
- Take home activity
- Quiet area option.
I always try to create activities that are easy to prepare and don’t need a lot of materials, such as this one. The only materials you will need are:
- The free Polar Bear Letters Match activity (found at the end of this post).
- Printer.
- White cardstock.
- Scissors.
- Laminator.
- Laminator sheets.
- Small basket or Ziploc bag.
Optional: manila folder, and glue.
To prepare for the activity, print each page using white cardstock, then cut out and laminate the polar bears and icebergs, to make them last longer. To protect them, place them in a small basket or a Ziploc bag.
How To Use Activity
This activity can be played individually or with a partner. Preschoolers will have to take one polar bear at a time, identify the letter, find the iceberg that matches that letter, and place the bear on top.
If your kids are just beginning to learn the names of the letters, let them start with just a few. Then you can add two or three more letters every time they play. When your kiddos know all the letter names, have them say the sound that each letter makes as they match polar bears and icebergs.
Other Ideas
- You can use this activity as a folder game. You just have to cut out the icebergs and glue them on a manila folder. Then cut out the polar bears and place them in a Ziploc bag, to keep them safe.
- You can have the children match the letters with magnetic, wooden, or foam letters, to have another option for them to do.
- They can find words that start with all or some of the letters, and match them with the appropriate polar bear or iceberg.
Books About Polar Bears
For me, there is no such thing as too much reading. The more you read to your children, the better. It is important to change your library periodically according to the theme and season to keep them interested and excited about books.
Below are some books about polar bears. You can find all of these books at your local library, at a used books store, and on Amazon. If you want to get to the page of a specific book on Amazon, you only have to click on the title and my affiliate link will take it in seconds.
- All Things Polar Bears for Kids by Animal Reads. This colorful book, filled with captivating real-life photographs, combines fun with education to help young readers explore the world of polar bears.
- Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? by Jill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle. This book uses the important pre-reading concepts of rhyme, rhythm, and repetition, to help children read by themselves.
- Are You a Polar Bear? by Andrew Gabriel. After a long slumber, a polar bear cub wakes in his den to the snowy world outside. There’s no one around, not even his mom and he can’t remember what she looks like! The little cub journeys out to find her and along the way, he meets many arctic creatures that are not like him.
- National Geographic Readers: Polar Bears by Laura Marsh. This book will help children will learn about polar bears, using fascinating facts and beautiful images.
- If I Knew a Polar Bear by Karen Sutula. This is a beautifully illustrated 20-page book that is a fun poem about a polar bear and other arctic animals.
- Polar Bear Island by Lindsay Bonilla. This cute story of a bear that doesn’t want to share the island with penguins, delivers a gentle message of inclusivity.
- All About Polar Bears by EDventure Reading. This book teaches children about polar bears’ bodies, habitats, behaviors, and more through engaging text and beautiful full-color photography.
- Hush Little Polar Bear by Jeff Mack. Children follow the dream of a baby polar bear from the back of a whale to a land of tall grass, and happily right back to his bed.
- The Polar Bear’s Home by Lara Bergen. This storybook shows how global warming affects two baby polar bear cubs and their family, with tips for kids on what they can do to help slow down global warming.
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I hope you find that this Polar Bear Letters Match activity will help and entertain your kiddos, and make your lesson planning a little easier. Don’t forget to get your FREE printable! You have to click on the bottom below to download it and start using it.
Be happy, safe, and creative. I wish you well.
Love,
P.S. Please let me know if this activity works for you, and if you would like to see an article or a printable about how to make something specific, please let me know and I will try my best to create it for you.
