Lesson 12: I Want My Hat Back

Online Reading: https://vimeo.com/36749324 (it says it is rated Mature for some reason…but don’t worry, it’s just some guy reading the book)

Vocab Focus:

  • Hat
  • Shirt
  • Pants
  • Coat
  • Shoes
  • Socks

Songs:

Put On Your Shoes

Clothing Song For Kids Part 1

Clothing Song For Kids Part 2

Put on your coat, hat, socks, sweater, gloves, coat.

Activities:

Hat Designer-

Using this template, have each student design and draw a new hat for the bear to wear.

Drawing Time –

Print and cut out these shirts and pants before class, along with this background. Have the students color in the shirt and pants, and then glue it onto the bear in the picture. Go over the vocabulary involved (i.e. shirt, pants, and hat). You can have them present their picture to the other students and have the describe their clothes, such as “This is a red hat.”

I want my hat back Lesson 12

Clothesline-

In a suitcase or basket, put several articles of clothing. Have two students hold a clothesline.

Select an article of clothing from the suitcase and show it to the students. For example,

you would say the following: “This is a dress. This dress is pink.” Hang the dress with the clothespins, and then take another item and do the same. Continue in this manner

for several items. To check for understanding, ask a student to take “The pink dress” from the clothesline. (Note: If you don’t have clothes, you can use pictures instead).

Games:

Team Racing-

Divide the class into 2 teams. Line up the 2 teams at one end of the classroom with a pile of old clothes on the floor at the other end. You will shout out an instruction (e.g.

“Put on some socks!”) and one member from each team will race against the other to the pile of clothes, put on the clothing item and run back to their team. The person who gets back first wins a point for his/her team. At the end, the team with the most points is the winner.

Find the Hat!

Hide a picture of the Bear’s red hat somewhere in the room. Have the students search to find it!

Have You Seen My Hat?

Find an object to represent bear’s hat. It could be something in the shape of a triangle or any item that is red. Have the children sit in a circle. Begin by giving one child the item. Explain that the child with the item should turn to the person on his or her right and ask, “Have you seen my hat?” The other child should respond, “No.” The first child should say, “Okay. Thank you, anyway” and hand the item to the child who said “No.” Have children continue this routine until you say, “Stop.” The child left holding the item when you say “Stop” must sit in the center of the circle. At the end of the next round, the child left holding the “hat” should take his or her place in the center of the circle, and the process is repeated until all there is only one student left.

Clothes Memory –

Students close their eyes and are tested on what their teacher and classmates are wearing. This can be done with the questions being asked by the teacher, by other teams, or by their partner. If you can’t trust them to close their eyes, send one or two people outside the classroom, ask questions about those people’s clothes, and check the students’ answers when those people come back in.