Bear Necessities Song
The Bear Necessities song helps remind children they have to create images in the minds of their readers.
The Bear Necessities of Writing Song
I’ve got the bear necessities
The plain old bear necessities
In every single word that I write
If you want to spruce it up a bit
Give it a little zip
You have to throw those plain words away
Words like awesome, cool, nice and pretty
Happy, sad, excited, petty
Really doesn’t mean to much to me
If you want to spruce it up a bit
Give it a little zip
Create an image for me to see.
He was jumping up and down
Loosing his little frown
Clapping his hands and shouting hurray
It didn’t take much for me to see
A child filled with glee
He must have had a happy day.
More verses are available in the Bear Necessities Lesson Plan Book