Polar Bear Books and Activities for Preschoolers

Learning about arctic animals? Read these adorable polar bear books for preschoolers with your child! Plus we’ve included polar bear activities and virtual field trips with polar bears for kids to use book extensions.

Explore this collection of fiction and non-fiction books to learn about polar bears with your child.

Polar Bear Books for Preschoolers

There are quite a few books about polar bears that we know you’ll enjoy reading with your child. They are perfect for a winter as your explore and learn about arctic animals.

Reserve them from your library or we’ve added our amazon affiliate link for easy shopping if you find one to add to your bookshelf. Just click on the image or link to learn more about our favorite books.

Included are Read Alouds with links to youtube for your child to listen to with you.

Picture Books about Polar Bears

The Lonesome Polar Bear and The Polar Bear and the Snow Cloud by Jane Cabrera
{Read Aloud}

The Lonely Polar Bear by Khoa Le
{Read Aloud}

Are You a Polar Bear? by Andrew Gabriel

Ahoy There, Little Polar Bear! by Hans de Beer
{Read Aloud}

Little Polar Bear by Hans de Beer
{Read Aloud}

The Adventures of the Little Polar Bear: a collection of 10 favorite Little Polar Bear stories by Hans de Beer

Polar Bear Night by Lauren Thompson
{Read Aloud}

A Polar Bear in the Snow by Mac Barnett
{Read Aloud}

Simon and the Bear: A Hanukkah Tale by Eric A. Kimmel
{Read Aloud}

If I Knew A Polar Bear by Karen Sutula
{Read Aloud}

Polar Bear Island by Lindsay Bonilla
{Read Aloud}

The Three Snow Bears by Jan Brett
{Read Aloud}

Non-Fiction Books About Polar Bears

Polar Bears by Gail Gibbons

The Polar Bear by Jenni Desmond

The World of the Polar Bear by Norbert Rosing

Arctic Animals Books

Hello, World! Arctic Animals by Jill McDonald

Look Closer: Into the Arctic: [With Transparent Pages] by Roger Priddy

Over in the Arctic: Where the Cold Winds Blow by Marianne Berkes

These are our favorite polar bear books, do you have a favorite that we should add to our list? Share with us in the comments below.

We highlight popular children’s books each week in our Virtual Book Club for kids. Plus we share weekly themed activities to go along with these books. You can learn more here.

Polar Bear Activities

Here is a collection of polar bear activities to go along with your books. Connecting activities with books help your child to learn. These activities share basic skills for preschoolers as they explore the arctic world.

It’s time for story telling and pretend play with a DIY Polar Bear Costume Headband.

Snack time idea with these Polar Bear Biscuits Recipes the kids can make.

This kinetic Polar Bear Math Game is a fun way to move and learn indoors.

Polar Bear Potato Stamp Craft or grab the same blue paper to create this adorable Painting Polar Bear Art Project

Learn the letters on your name with this polar bear name craft and polar writing activity!

Love how you can add snowflakes too to this Black and White Polar Bear Craft

Create a Polar Bear Paper Plate Mask for storytelling.

Practice writing numbers and letters in this Arctic Animals Writing Tray .

Polar Bear Origami gives your child practice in fine motor skills!

Here are a few ideas for Sensory Bins for Polar Bears that use different materials.

Arctic Animals Sensory Bin with Ice and Snow

Polar Bear Sensory Bin

Arctic Animals Matching Sensory Bin

Try this Pretend Snow Recipe for Kids for Polar Bear Sensory Fun

This Safari Ltd. Arctic Animals Toob is a perfect addition for your sensory play for fun with polar bears and learning about the animals in the arctic.

Polar Bear Virtual Field Trips for Kids

A polar bear exploration with books is not complete without a virtual field trip of where they live and a few adorable polar bear cubs.

Take some time to explore our collection of 12 polar bear virtual field trips!

Track your Polar Bear Virtual Field Trips on our Printable Field Trip Log

Head over now for more Virtual Field Trips for Kids, including these Winter Virtual Field Trips.

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