Unit Content
Ages 2 to 5: Gather some favorite art materials and/or loose parts (in white of course) to decorate the polar bear
Ages 2 to 5: Use dot markers to learn the letters I, P, and W as well as their corresponding sounds
Ages 2 to 5: Conduct a simple experiment to show how a penguin's feathers repel water to keep them dry
Ages 2 to 6: Increase fine motor strength, inspire creative thinking, and allow time for dramatic play
Ages 2 to 6: Engage in dramatic play and support language development by pretending to rescue arctic animals trapped in icy waters
Ages 3 to 5: Build fine motor and pre-handwriting skills by tracing lines to match the arctic animal to its silhouette
Ages 3 to 6: Build vocabulary and phonics skills by identifying letters of the alphabet and connecting the letters to beginning sounds in words
Ages 3 to 6: Draw and label a picture of one animal that camouflages itself and turns white in the winter
Ages 3 to 6: Build fine motor strength by covering the polar bear in fur and learn why the polar bear's fur isn't really white
Ages 3 to 6: Build visual discrimination skills by matching images of arctic animals to their corresponding silhouette
Ages 3 to 6: Build logic and reasoning skills by sorting a collection of arctic animals according to where they might be found
Ages 3 to 6: Expand vocabulary and support language development while learning about different types of animals that live in the arctic
Ages 3 to 6: Compile a book about arctic animals to practice beginning sounds in words, spelling, and letter formation
Ages 3 to 6: Count the arctic animals before organizing the data into a bar graph
Ages 3 to 6+: Practice measurement skills by comparing the length of a child's foot to the length of a polar bear's foot
Ages 4 to 6: Learn more an arctic animal by thinking about what the animal might hear, see, and feel in their habitat
Ages 4 to 6+: Practice phonetic spelling and handwriting by writing a newspaper article about a favorite arctic animal
Ages 4 to 6+: Practice counting, one-to-one correspondence and comparing quantities by determining which animal ate more fish
Ages 4 to 6+: Learn about different types of arctic animals by gathering interesting facts and sharing the information with others