Can Bears Ski?

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Actress and Strictly Come Dancing champion Rose Ayling-Ellis is to become the first celebrity to use British Sign Language to tell a CBeebies bedtime story. This is a lovely story showing a positive message about children with hearing loss. Boy Bear can feel the rumbling and noise of the curtains and his dad’s footsteps when he is woken up in the morning. He enjoys getting ready for school and then the snow outside, but then, while on his way to school, his dad tells him that he just ignored his friend and then asks him if Bears can Ski? But is that really what Dad Bear asked, or is Boy Bear suffering some problems with his hearing? With a set inspired by Polly Dunbar's stunning illustrations, puppetry and music, Pied Piper Theatre Company is delighted to be working with Paula Garfield and Deafinitely Theatre to bring this beautiful story to the stage.

Can Bears Ski? | Yvonne Arnaud Theatre Can Bears Ski? | Yvonne Arnaud Theatre

Zoë McWhinney (she/they) completed her actor’s training at the pioneering École de Théâtre Universelle in Toulouse (2020). Recent theatre credits include the title role in RED (Polka Theatre, October 2021) Everyday (Deafinitely Theatre, June 2022), Lilies on the Land (Apollo Theatre Co, Sep-Oct 2022) and the title role of Princess Rose in Sleeping Beauty pantomime (CAST, December 2022). This story is great for inclusion because it highlights the difficulties that children who are deaf or hard of hearing experience. It provides an opportunity for readers to put themselves in their shoes for a while. This book is about a young deaf bear. He talks about how he hears his father, through the vibrations of his voice. His father keeps asking him if bears can ski, but the kid isn't sure why. Eventually, his father takes him to an audiologist and gets him hearing aids. With a set inspired by Polly Dunbarʼs stunning illustrations, puppetry and music, Pied Piper Theatre Company and Deafinitely Theatre are delighted to bring this beautiful story to the stage. Bear is moved to the front of the classroom at school, he is still not quite sure what his teacher says.

The CLPE teaching notes are brilliant for starting discussions around this book and they also link to some brilliant resources and further reading for children who want to learn more about the Deaf community and want to improve their own ability to communicate with Deaf children and grown ups.

Rose Ayling-Ellis to become first celebrity to use British

Little Bear doesn't understand why everyone thinks he is ignoring them and why everyone keeps asking him, "Can bears ski?" until a trip to the audiologist clears the air. This is a nice story about discovering you are different and learning to live with a disability. The book doesn't spell it out for you but it was fun guessing what they were really asking "Can you hear me?" To celebrate Deaf Awareness Week, she will sign Can Bears Ski?, written by Raymond Antrobus and illustrated by Polly Dunbar. Is Little Bear ignoring his friends when they say hi, or is something else going on? A discovery opens new doors in a tale that will delight kids with deafness and all children learning to navigate their world.I have read this book with all of my children, aged 3 to 11, and they have all absolutely loved it and have linked the story to children and adults that they know in real life. It has answered lots of questions for us and also opened up many more. A young bear often doesn't hear his father and keeps wondering why people ask "Can bears ski?" Eventually he goes to an audiologist and finds he needs hearing aids.

Can Bears Ski? by Raymond Antrobus, illustrated by Polly

Can Bears Ski? is a beautiful and poignant children’s book that is about childhood hearing loss. Little bear can feel vibrations, but when people speak to him he feels like they are all asking him the same question ‘Can Bears Ski?’. He doesn’t understand why everyone keeps on asking him that question. The soap star has actively campaigned for BSL to be recognised as an official language and be given legal status in the UK. Following the success of Pied Piper Theatre’s Burglar Billlast year, this new two hander for very young children follows a similar format. There is little dialogue in Hare and Tortoise, lots of physicality and gentle joking, a neat narrative shape and some catchy songs. And it all sits very happily in the Yvonne Arnaud’s child-friendly studio space. This is a book written with heart and enriched with the real life experiences of both the author and the illustrator. The journey that Bear and his Dad travel in this story is one trodden by so many families which makes it all the more poignant and powerful because the emotion weaved through the words and pictures is tangible. It is real.

Stephen Collins has 13 years of experience as an actor, workshop facilitator and recently working as a Deaf Creative consultant/directing. He is the Lead Artist for The DH Ensemble and Associate Artist with 1623 Theatre. A little bear is struggling to understand why people keep saying "Can bears ski?". He doesn't heaar his friend say Hello, the teacher speaks to dad. He goes to an audiologist. He gets hearing aids!

Can Bears Ski? by Raymond Antrobus, Polly Dunbar - Waterstones

Is Little Bear ignoring his friends when they say hi, or is something else going on? A discovery opens new doors in a tale for kids with deafness and all children learning to navigate their world. When one day Bear is collected early from school and taken to an au-di-ol-o-gist we get to see Bear begin to get the support that he needs. A hearing test, an audiogram and a few more tests lead to hearing therapy, lip-reading classes and “plastic ears called hearing aids.”Can Bears Ski? will be the first ever BSL-signed story on CBeebies and it will see Ayling-Ellis speaking only to introduce the story and at the end of the programme to say goodnight to the young audience. The story will also have subtitles. A cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface.