The Berenstain Bears Go Bonkers Over Honkers
From The Berenstain Bears · 2003
11 minK1st2nd3rdScience
Summary
The cubs adopt a pair of orphaned baby geese ('honkers') and raise them with love. As the geese grow, the family learns that wild animals have needs of their own and belong back in the wild.
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Discussion
The cubs adopt a pair of orphaned baby geese ('honkers') and raise them with love.
- What do the baby honkers need to grow up healthy?
- Why do the cubs have to let the geese go in the end?
- How is caring for a wild animal different from caring for a pet?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: wild animal, geese, migrate.
Try it: List three things any animal needs to survive, and where a wild goose gets each.