Little Bear — Chapter 1

About This Passage

Selected because Little Bear thinks adding more clothes will solve being cold — and he eventually realizes his fur coat was always enough. Minarik teaches dialogue punctuation here, and the copywork shows how a small character can keep adding things until he sees what he had all along.

Narration Prompt

Tell someone what happened in this story in order. When you get to the most important part, slow down and tell it carefully — what happened, why it mattered, and what you think about it.

Discussion Questions

1. Little Bear keeps asking Mother Bear for more clothes — first a hat, then a coat, then snowpants, then a fur coat. Why does he keep asking for more even after he has so much already? What in the story makes you think so?
2. Mother Bear never says no. She makes each new thing Little Bear asks for. Was that the right thing to do, or should she have said "You have enough"? What in the story makes you think so?

+ 2 more questions in the complete study guide