Denslow's Three Bears version is about a girl named Golden Hair. She is walking in the forest when she comes up on a house. She knocks and no one answers so she walks in. She notices that there is three of everything. She cleaned the house while she was there. When she was in the bedroom the bears came home. They laughed and invited Golden Hair to stay for dinner, and when she was ready to leave they wouldn't let her leave. The bears ended up going home with Golden Hair and they lived happily ever after.

This version had a twist from the version that I had known. Which kind of makes it more interesting to me. I mean I wouldn't say that it is my favorite, but the setting and tone were fairly nice.

Extension Idea 1: Name That Size!

Manipulatives that can be sorted by size, such as screws, doll furniture, cubes, paper clips
Trays, baskets, or paper plates for sorting

Using a variety of manipulatives, set up and label trays so that children can sort materials by size.

Label the trays as “big things,” “medium-sized things,” and “little wee things.”
Encourage children to sort the items by size and to recall the items in the story that were big, medium, and little.

Observation: How do children approach the problem and sort by size?

Extension Idea 2: Bear-O-Ramas

Materials

Clay
The Three Bears
Clay hammer
Etching tools
Rolling pin
Plastic knives
Cards
Shoeboxes


Children can make bear dioramas by recreating a scene from the story using clay.

Encourage children to form small groups and to select a scene from The Three Bears that they want to recreate.
Give each group a shoebox, and encourage children to work together to make the objects.
When the dioramas are finished, ask the children in each group to describe what is happening in the scene they have depicted. Write down responses on a card, and attach the card to their diorama.

Observation: Notice which scenes children choose and how they describe their dioramas.

1. Summary & Comments: Golden hairとThe gentleとGrandomaとベアーの話
2. Line or Phrase: So this is where the jolly bears live.
3. Number of words: about 1000 words
4. Reading time: 25minutesu ( )

1. Summary & Comments: 少し長かったので読むのが大変だった
2. Line or Phrase: So she went to work to sweep and dust and soon had the room in order.
3. Number of words: about 11
4. Reading time: 10min ( )