Show and Share Thursday: Bear With Me

Thankfully, these don’t growl:

I mentioned in a previous Show and Share Thursday post that my husband has a thing for bears. Consequently, so do I!

The first bear figurine to mark our relationship was the one with our favorite animal posed at a computer desk. The reason I purchased it was because one of the first photos I’d ever seen of my husband had been of him sitting, leg crossed over, at his computer:

One of the first holidays we celebrated together was Christmas (in Alaska), so naturally the snow globe had to join our technically proficient bear.

When we married, we wanted a bear family that matched our own (little did we know that cub number 4, our toddler, would arrive two years after we were wed!), so we adopted the bear couple, a standing bear for my stepson, the pair of bears playing (it’s actually a napkin ring!) for my two children, and the extra bear because he was too cute to leave at the store (it’s probably what guaranteed the toddler’s addition to the family!):

My husband had this bear tucked away in his bachelor belongings:

…and we purchased this bear family on the road trip from Oz to the Bordertown last summer:

We hadn’t found a new bear to add to our collection for quite a few months, and then lo and behold, Polly sent us the cutest coaster set/figurine that I’ve turned into a candleholder:

We are always on the lookout for a new bear to add to our collection~ yes, we’re “beary” happy when we find just the right one!

~Sky Manor shares a recipe for Teddy Bear Bread
~ Author Jez Alborough has written some of my favorite teddy bear books (kids love them too!):

~ Here are the lyrics to The Teddy Bear’s Picnic
~ What are polar bears called when they’re caught in the rain? Drizzly Bears!
~ Bear activities for kids at DLTK’s Growing Together

Posted at In Practice

I’ve posted over at In Practice again- this time about Kindergarten Roundup. I’ve included a list of topics I contemplate as I make observations of the preschool students that visit my classroom each spring as an introduction to what kindergarten is all about. If you’re a new kindergarten teacher who is interested in what kinds of information to be gathering during preschool visits or if you’re a parent who is enrolling your child at your school’s upcoming Roundup and you’d like to know what we teachers are looking for or quickly assessing when we meet your child, check it out!