Its hard not to love the fun and catchy story Were Going on a Bear Hunt from Childrens Poet Laureate, Michael Rosen. This enchanting and rhythmic tale is perfect for developing childrens knowledge of language, sentence rhythm and storytelling skills. Were Going on a Bear Hunt choral chant describes a fantastic adventure through the woods.

You can re-tell the story with a multi-sensory approach by using the resources included in this Travelling Tales story sack. Story sequencing cards and a set of wooden characters from the story can be used by you or the pupils to tell the story in an exciting and memorable way. The sack also includes a non-fiction book about bears and other resources to help pupils make links between subjects and activities.

• Resource your wood-themed or forest school lessons with the perfect one-stop shop for storytelling resources centred around a quality text.
• Inject excitement and engagement in your storytelling lessons with fun and tactile resources to re-tell Were Going on a Bear Hunt.
• Teach effective cross-curricular storytelling lessons using the non-fiction book about bears and help children to make links with what they have read.

Whats in the Travelling Tales sack?

1 x copy of Were Going on a Bear Hunt*

1 x non-fiction book about bears**

1 x set of 8 wild life jigsaws*

1 x set of Story Talk sequencing cards*

1 x set of wooden characters*

1 x plush bear toy*

1 x story mat**

1 x Teacher Guide**

Contents may vary based on availability

*’Were Going on a Bear Hunt is a registered trademark of Walker Books Limited of 87 Vauxhall Walk, London, SE11 5HJ, United Kingdom. Findel Education Limited (trading as Hope Education) has no affiliation with Walker Books Limited.

**Products are not affiliated with, or approved by Michael Rosen or Walker Books Limited.

Reasons to Love

• Quality texts from well known authors, great for sharing with children; the patterned language promotes choral reading and retelling, naturally encouraging audience participation!
• Each bag provides a window into a new world where the children can learn new ideas and information through engaging and exciting stories
• Good quality materials support the texts, allowing children to create their own play with the characters, further developing vocabulary and language
• Each bag contains a related non-fiction text, developing the idea of the story with further information
• The games link to the text and provide the opportunity to work collaboratively and take turns, while extending and developing the story

Learning Outcomes

• Provide opportunities for children to express views about events or characters in a story and to answer questions about what happened.
• Provide wide range of media and materials to share thoughts, ideas, and feelings.
• After listening to stories, children can express views about events or characters in the story and answer questions about why things happened.
• Expose children to a wide range of reading material with lots of opportunities to engage with books that fire their imagination and interest.
• Pupils are given the opportunity to explain their understanding of books whilst developing comprehension skills as well as increasing vocabulary.
• Resources allow children to adopt, create, and sustain roles of characters in the stories.
• Opportunities for improvisation as well as script drama are provided.
• Many opportunities for discussion of stories and books with the teacher including non-fiction texts.