Print outlines of Pooh, available on the Disney website, on white card stock. The children can practice the basic skill of coloring in the lines. For the youngest preschool students you may want to cut out the shapes ahead of time. Older students can also cut the image out of the paper once the coloring is complete. Gluing practice also comes into play when gluing the cutout images to wooden craft sticks to make puppets. You may want to let the children choose between Pooh and the other characters in the books, Tigger, Eeyore, Piglet, Rabbit, Owl, Christopher Robin, Kanga and Roo. Once complete the children can use the cast of characters in mini-plays they create themselves.
Pooh's favorite thing is "hunny." Before class, cut the top third off one 2-liter soda bottle per child and run masking tape around the top to cover any possible sharp edges. The children can cut long strips of yellow or gold construction paper and then glue them around the pop bottle to make a "hunny pot." The finishing touch that would provide practice with letter recognition consists of gluing the precut letters "H-U-N-N-Y P-O-T" on the plastic bottle.
Pre-school students can practice measuring while creating the snack for snack time. Provide each child with small bowl and a spoon. Have them fill one 3-oz. paper cup with honey and one with softened butter, put them in the bowl and mix well. Pass out graham crackers for them to spread the mixture on to make a snack. While they are eating, you can have a little math lesson by dividing a graham cracker into halves to make two sections and then into fourths to make four sections. They could also practice counting by counting the total number of snacks created in the class.
Print some outline images of Pooh, and friends if you choose, from the Disney website on white card stock. Have the children practice coloring in the lines by filling in the image. Once complete have them practice cutting squares and rectangles by cutting up their pictures. Give them each a large envelope to put their puzzle pieces in, have them practice writing their name on the outside and then spend some time passing the puzzles around and having them put different students' puzzles together.