Hungry as a Bear
Hungry as a Bear Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Setting Up the Little Bear
The manual's illustration is labelled, in order: 1. hat; 2. little bear; 3. bottom part of game box.
The food servings for little bear are shown in the manual as: rice, potatoes, carrots, strawberries, spinach, and blueberries (six colors, two servings each, twelve in total).
Free Play
In free play your child will handle the game material. Place the set-up bear in front of you and then play with your child! Ask your child to feed the bear; this may not be so easy at the beginning but with some practice your child will quickly figure out how to move the spoon with the food towards the little bear's mouth. Also talk about the pictures on the food servings. You can ask questions: For example: Do you like blueberries? Do carrots taste good? etc. Also talk about a name you could give the bear from your family.
If the children are a little older and already know the game material, you can also talk in free play about other types of food or favorite dishes. For example: What is your favorite food? Do you like pasta with sauce? Is there something you really don't like eating? Can you think of something that tastes sour? etc.
Game #1: Rumble, Rumble - Little Bear Is Very Hungry
A co-operative game of skill for children age 2 and up.
Before Starting to Play
Set up the little bear and place him in the center. Now place the servings showing the blueberries, the spinach, the carrots and strawberries onto the plate. The other servings are not needed. Place the spoon next to the plate. Teach your child how to roll a die.
And Off You Go
The children play one by one in a clockwise direction. Whoever has eaten spinach most recently starts and rolls the die.
Ask the child: What appears on the die?
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Blueberry / spinach / carrot / strawberry? The child says the name of the food. If he has named it correctly, praise him nicely. Help your child if he does not know the name. Then he chooses the corresponding serving and places it on the spoon. He can now feed the bear. If while feeding the serving falls off the spoon, it is placed on the table in front of little bear. If both servings with the symbol shown on the die have already been fed, the child simply passes on the die.
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The hungry little bear with his mouth wide open? Great! All players are happy for the child who may choose any serving and feed it to the little bear.
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The little bear with the messy bib? Oops, little bear has quite been messy! The child chooses any serving from the plate and places it on the table in front of little bear.
Then it's the turn of the next child to roll the die.
End of the Game
As soon as the plate is empty, the game ends. Take the servings off the table and put them in a stack. Next to it stack up the servings that have been fed. If this stack is higher, the children have won together and perform a fun bear dance across the room.
Game #2: Chomp, Chomp - Little Bear Is Starving
A fun feeding memory game for children age 2 and up.
Before Starting to Play
Set up the little bear and place him in the center. Shuffle the twelve servings face down and arrange them into a grid. Get the spoon ready. The plate and die are not needed.
And Off You Go
The children play one by one in a clockwise direction. Whoever has eaten carrots most recently, starts and turns over two servings.
Ask the child: What can you see on the servings? The child says the name of the food. If he has named it correctly, praise him nicely. Help your child if he does not know the name. Then the child compares the pictures on the servings.
Ask the child: Are the pictures identical?
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Yes! Great! The child places one of the servings on the spoon and feeds little bear with it. He may keep the other serving in front of him as a reward.
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No! Pity! The servings are flipped back.
It's the turn of the next player to turn over a serving.
End of the Game
The game ends as soon as all the servings have been used up. Each child creates a stack with his servings. The child with the highest stack wins the game. In the case of a draw there are various winners.
Game #3: Have a Guess: What Is My F-F-Favorite Dish?
A witty game to train language skills and vocabulary for children age 3 and up.
Before Starting to Play
Place the servings on a plate and place it in the center. Little bear, the spoon and the die are not needed.
And Off You Go
The children play one by one in a clockwise direction. The child that has most recently eaten rice may start. He thinks of one of his favorite dishes, for example chocolate pudding. Then he asks the other children: Have a guess: What is my f-f-favorite dish?
The other children now one by one ask questions that can be answered with a "Yes" or "No". Examples: Is it green? Does it taste sweet? Is it a vegetable?
If the answer is "Yes", the child who asked the question may have a guess.
Right guess?
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Yes! Great. The guess of the asking child was right and as a reward he receives a serving from the plate.
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No! Pity. Wrong guess! The next child asks a question.
If the favorite dish has been guessed, the turn passes to the next child.
End of the Game
The game ends when each child has had two turns at thinking of a favorite food. Then the children place their collected servings next to each other in rows. The child with the longest row wins the game. In the case of a draw there are various winners.