NOVEMBER'S HOME LEARNING PROJECT:  'I'M JUST GOING TO GRIN 
AND "BEAR" IT!'
                                
You and your child are invited to work together to complete this 
month's voluntary home learning enrichment project-'I'm Just Going 
to Grin and "Bear" It!' project.  You and your child will work 
together to create an eco-friendly, instructional theme-inspired 
felt or fabric bear hand puppet.  First, you and your child will 
decide upon the type of bear that you wish to create-a polar bear or 
a grizzly bear or a black bear.  Next, you and your child will 
decide upon whether ot use felt or fabric to make your bear hand 
puppet.  Then, you and your child will make the outline of your 
bear's shape onto a piece of paper; which you will use to trace onto 
2 pieces of felt or fabric.  Using scissors, you and your child will 
take turns cutting along the lines of the felt or fabric.  You and 
your child wil take turns using a needle and tread to stitch 
together the 2 pieces of felt or fabric; being certain to leave the 
bottom edge open for a hand to fit inside.  Then, you and your child 
will gather and use various craft materials to decorate the bear; 
adding its facial features (eyes, nose, mouth, whiskers, ears, 
etc.).  You and your child will decide whether or not your bear will 
be fictional and wear clothing (as in the story, "Goldilocks and the 
Three Bears") or will be non fictional and go "bear" (sorry, no pun 
intended-bare).  You and your child will either use needle and 
thread to affix the facial features and such or project glue or hot 
glue. 
Materials required for the hand puppet bear-either brown or white or 
black felt or fabric, sewing needle, thread, tracing paper, project 
glue or hot 
glue and glue gun, scissors, various craft materials (google eyes, 
sequins, scraps/pieces of fabric and/or felt, yarn, ribbon, etc.) 

DUE DATE:  MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH, 2009