Last week during morning meeting one of the children asked, “When is the Teddy Bear Float Parade Ms. Purdin?” I assured her we will be having this time honored tradition very soon. If you are not sure what I am talking about, not to worry – the information is going home in the folders tomorrow – or you can download the notice: bearparade. This event has become a favorite among the Johnson School community. Since it has been going five years, I love that most of the children come in already knowing about it because they were parade spectators when they were in pre school.
Previous year's floats lined up for the parade
Save the Date – Thursday, April 5 at 1:30 p.m. families are invited. We will parade through the hallways and show everyone our very creative floats! Since I coinside this event with our bear unit (which we learn about real bears and do fictional writing about bears) I do encourage the floats have a teddy bear. When I announced this project and few worried faces appeared around the circle. A few children expressed they don’t have bears at home. If you find this is a problem, please let me know and I can help you solve it.
Have fun with this project and let your child use his or her creativity. While this event will fall on the day before Good Friday this year, it doesn’t mean the floats have be all spring or Easter themed. In the past we have had skateboarding bears, recycling trucks, fire engines, pirate ships, beach bears and lots of sports-themed floats. I can’t wait to see what this group comes up with!
Ms. Purdin 🙂
