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Create an easy-to-make game to go with this holiday story.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a0Merry Christmas, Big Hungry Bear!<\/em> by Don and Audrey Wood This book tells the story of a little mouse who is very worried that the big hungry bear up the mountain will steal his Christmas presents.\u00c2\u00a0As you read the book with your child, ask him to describe why the mouse is doing what he is doing \u00e2\u20ac\u201d barring the door, putting his gifts in a big bag, and so forth.\u00c2\u00a0As the story progresses, encourage your child to predict what will happen next \u00e2\u20ac\u201d especially when the mouse drags the bag of presents uphill. Play a wrapping paper matching game! Use crayons or markers to draw gifts with various combinations of paper and bows on the index cards. They can also be different sizes. Draw one present on each index card, but make two copies of each kind of present. Or, use scraps of real wrapping paper to create your cards. \u00c2\u00a0With a younger child, place the cards faceup on the floor or a table, and invite her to match the presents. With an older child, place the cards facedown and play Concentration. As she plays, ask her to name the colors of the paper and bows.<\/span><\/p>\n Create an easy-to-make game to go with this holiday story. \u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a0Merry Christmas, Big Hungry Bear! by Don and Audrey Wood \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a0index cards \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a0crayons and\/or markers \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a0wrapping paper scraps (optional) \u00c2\u00a0 This book tells the story of a little mouse who is very worried that the big hungry bear up the mountain will steal his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,32,58,64,15,9,12],"tags":[162,410,94,98],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1278"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1278"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3038,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1278\/revisions\/3038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a0index cards
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a0crayons and\/or markers
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a0wrapping paper scraps (optional)
\n<\/span>\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a0supports inference and prediction skills
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a0provides practice with color names
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a0develops observation skills<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"