Birthday Bear

Do you have an old Birthday Beanie Baby Bear? Put it to use in the classroom!  When a student has a birthday, they get a necklace, birthday straw, sticker, and a hat to wear all day.  Gotta have all the Birthday gear! ;)  Their favorite part...... the Birthday Bear gets to sit with them for the day!  
I teach the students that the Birthday Bear is going to sit with them for the day.  They cannot touch or move the Birthday Bear, otherwise his Birthday Magic will go away.  (No, my Kinders do not ask for an explanation about birthday magic).  They follow this 'no touching' rule very well.  
As silly and as simple as this may seem, they LOVE it!  They cannot wait for it to be their birthday so they can have a visit from the Birthday Bear.  

So put that old Beanie Baby to good use! 

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