Warm Welcome
Welcome to the heart of Huggy Bears' Knitting Community.
Huggy Bears® began in 2021 with the vision to transition kindy students with something special to love as they began their learning journey.
Huggy Bear is that "Special Friend" who does not make any noise but can listen to everything with their very beautiful big ears.
Their front pocket can keep extra kisses from someone special to be "on hand" whenever a reminder is needed when feeling sad.
Huggy Bear can be used for a range of exciting learning lessons at anytime during the day and becomes a part of the education activities happening in class.
Huggy Bear stays at school for the first half of the year then they can go and meet the rest of the family at home.
Each child takes time to choose their very own Huggy Bear, knitted with love!
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There are endless variations that make each Huggy Bear unique ready to be adopted by one very special child.
About Us
How it all began.....
.......The Lord led Carolyn to begin this project one morning after wondering what she could get involved in next. The idea was to "create a best friend" for little Kindy kids.
Watching how her little great granddaughter transitioned from "parallel play" to group play it resonated with Carolyn to create something that her grandie could call her "best friend" until she made new friends in her class.
The idea grew and with the blessing from her Church who offered to sponsor the project, Huggy Bears® came into being.
The first year, faithful knitters created 100 Huggy Bears the kindy classes for two of the local schools.
The word is out and each year more Huggy Bears are needed.
How You Can Help
It takes a TEAM to make the Dream work!
Join a Team
Create your Own Team
Knit sections or knit all of the Huggy Bear
Sew the Huggy Bear together
Stuff a Huggy Bear
Crochet Huggy Bear ears
Sew on Faces and Name Tags
Recruit someone who loves to knit, crochet, or sew
(Email: huggybears6035@gmail.com)
Projects
Son City Church sponsors Huggy Bears® for these schools:
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Yanchep Rise Primary School
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Yanchep Beach Primary School
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Northshore Christian Grammar School
Lord of Nations Christian Church - Morley: Partners in the Huggy Bears® Knitting Project for Kindy Classes
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Hillcrest Primary School
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A Real Asset to The Classroom
Some ideas shared by teachers using Huggy Bears® in their classrooms:
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Primary Reason for Huggy Bear's existence is to be the child's best friend at school
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Huggy Bear's ears are large and can listen to their best friend at any time
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Huggy Bear's pocket can keep kisses from someone special
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Huggy Bear can go home to stay, and visit now and again, once the teacher says so.
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Teach Colours
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Numbering:
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One-to-One Correspondence
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Ordinal sequencing
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Measuring (How many Huggy Bears make the height of a student, teacher, door, or any thing in the classroom)
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Position in space and place
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Literacy Activities:
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Recounts - telling Huggy Bear what they did overnight or on the previous weekend
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Build vocabulary
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Rhymes and Songs for a Teddy Bear's Picnic
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Puppet Show using Huggy Bears (can 'dress them up' to be other characters)
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"Huggy Bear is Always There"
Lancelin Primary School wrote their own song about their Huggy Bears!
A huge thank you for performing your song, Lancelin Kindy!
Thank you for sending us your video.
We Love It!
Huggy Bears® Pattern Requirements
Knitting Requirements:
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Wool: 8ply (donated by Son City church)
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Use 4mm Needles & 3mm Crochet Hook
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Stitch Holder
Bears are 18" high
Tension: 18 stitches X 10 rows = 8cm X 3cm
For a copy of our Huggy Bear's Pattern
Email Carolyn Fielding on: huggybears6035@gmail.com
Resources
Resources Provided
Wool
Please write to Huggy Bear's Admin on: huggybears6035@gmail.com to make an appointment to collect wool for your Huggy Bear.
Face, Logo, Name Tag
Sewing & Stuffing
We provide the felt and patterns to make the features of the face and the material for the student's Name Tag.
