You will need:

• a medium sized playspace
• a small object representing the honey pot

Variation:

• the teacher could be the bear to start until the children understand the game thoroughly
• old Mr. Bear could take as many time as necessary to discover the young bear who took his favourite honey pot so as to ensure all children have a turn at being the bear

What to do:

• have the children sit in a circle
• choose one to be the bear in the centre
• tell them this story:

Old Mr. Bear is curled up in his cave with his favourite honey pot having a nap. The younger bears (in this case, all the children in the circle) want to play a trick on old Mr. Bear by taking his honey pot and hiding it.

• Choose one child to be the bear and go sit in the middle of the circle with his honey pot.
• Tell Mr. Bear to go to sleep and place his 'honey pot' beside him.
• Point to a child to take the honey pot as quietly as possible (reminding Mr. Bear not to peak)
• When child has the pot, he/she is to return to the circle where all children will hide their hands behind their backs as quickly as possible saying, "Wake up old Mr. Bear, your favourite honey pot is gone!"
• Old Mr. Bear wakes up and growls, "Who's got my favourite honey pot?"
• Old Mr. Bear then tries to guess which child took his honey pot.
• If old Mr. Bear is successful in 3 or less tries, the person he guesses must now become the bear.
• If old Mr. Bear is not successful in 3 or less tries, he must remain the bear and try again.