Polar Bear Homeschool Mini Unit

This polar bear mini unit makes a great addition to your homeschool bear study, Winter unit, or even just as a random study any day of the year! Learn the anatomy of a polar bear, polar bear facts, and practice writing with my mini unit.

If you’re new here, you’ll quickly see that I love making anatomy worksheets for homeschoolers. They’re fun! My son has been cutting and gluing vocab words onto these worksheets since he was 3 and a half. Of course, there was so much he didn’t understand at the time, but I believe in exposing young kids to an array of educational methods from early on. 

It was interesting to watch him work through which word belongs in which spot. Sometimes he would make guesses based on the size of the box. Eventually, he began referencing the other worksheet, and now we’re at the point where he’s working out which letter each part should start with.

He’ll continue to grow into these worksheets, and starting early (without pushing at all) will do us well in the long-run. Heck, it already has. I’ve mentioned it several times on the blog, but one of my goals is to create resources that can be utilized by other big families throughout the years. I have no doubt these will be brought back out year after year, and will be suitable for his little siblings as well.

While You’re Planning Your Winter Theme:

• Check out my Winter Unit here. (Use code WINTER25 for 25% off) If you join my Preschool Program Membership, you’ll get a major discount on all past Unit Studies, and 2 brand new units included each month!)
• Here’s a list of the best Winter books for toddlers and preschoolers
• Here’s a list of fun Winter activities for preschoolers
• Here are some creative and engaging Winter crafts for preschoolers
• Here’s a list of fun and delicious Winter snacks for kids
• Here’s a fun Hot Chocolate song for preschoolers

Homeschool Preschool Winter Crafts & Activities We’ve Done:

• Snowstorm in a Jar Science Experiment
• Snowman Playdough Tray
• Hot Chocolate Sensory Bin
• Shaving Cream Sensory Writing
• Snowman Paper Plate Wreath Craft
• Easy Pretend Snow Sensory Bin with Baking Soda and Conditioner
• Salt Crystal Snowflakes
• Cotton Ball Snowman Craft
• Torn Paper Snowflake Craft
• Thumbprint Cookies

Check out my Winter Printables for Preschoolers:

• Snowman Counting Printable
• Winter Flashcards for Preschoolers
• Gingerbread Man Lacing
• Penguin Alphabet Hat Matching Printable
• Anatomy of a Snowflake Worksheet
• Winter Pre-K Workbook
• Winter Dot Marker Pack
• Winter Coloring Book
• Printable Winter Wonderland Puppets for Preschoolers
• Winter I-Spy Busy Bag 
• Hot Cocoa Marshmallow Counting Activity
• Winter Hat Craft
• Hot Cocoa Stand Dramatic Play Station
• Snowflake Nature Study
• Name Snowman Building Name Recognition Activity

Winter Activities and Printables for Toddlers:

• Penguin Hat Match (Color Recognition) Printable
• Fill a Snowman Activity
• Paint the Snow
• Dot Sticker Snowflake
• Winter I-Spy Worksheet
• Snowflake Painting
• Decorate the Christmas Tree Printable
• Snowflake Matching
• Cotton Ball Snow Activity Bin

Polar Bear Mini Unit

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We started our mini unit out by watching polar bear nature videos on Youtube. He was a bit shocked to see how brutal they can be, but understood the concept of the polar bears being hungry and eating meat.

I made this worksheet bundle, which we completed in the evening (hence the poor lighting), while we listened to kids songs about polar bears.

We finished the day off by bringing down the snow sensory bin, which currently has polar bears in it! It was the perfect small unit study that we were able to complete in a day, and sparked my son’s interest in school again. This was during that weird week in between Christmas and New Years, and we were all getting a little burnt out on our Winter study and “holiday school.”

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