Teddy Bear

Openers:
The More We Get Together
PBJ Stretch

Don't Forget I LoveYou (Miriam Moss) 2-4
A soft and gentle tale of the concerns of a child lived through his stuffed animal, and about the love of a sensitive mother.
Wiggler: Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear
Wiggler: This is the Way the Ladies Ride



Very Hair Bear (Alice Schertle) 2-4
A story of adorable illustrations with one very fuzzy, very oh-so-cute bear tackling the seasons with one problem....

Rhyme:  Fuzzy Wuzzy
Song:  A Hunting We Will Go

My Color Is Panda (Deborah Winograd) 2-3
Friends with something in common explore colors.


Action Rhyme: Ten Bears in a Bed
Magnet Board:  We're Going on a Bear Hunt













More Books! (from StorytimeSourcePage.com)
Toddler Read Alouds
Bear At Home by Sylvia Blackstone
Bear Play by Miela Ford
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin
How Do I Put It On? by Shigeo Watanabe
I Love My Daddy by Sebastian Braun
I Miss You Mouse by Greg Foley 
Just Like You by Emma Dodd
No by Claudia Rueda - bear cub wants to stay awake 
Sleepy Bear by Lydia Dabocovich
Thank You, Bear by Greg Foley

Preschool Read Alouds
Bear Came Over to My House by Rick Walton
Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson
Bread and Honey by Frank Asch
Chicken Cheeks by Michael Ian Black
Gotcha! by Gail Jorgensen
I Don't Care, Said the Bear by Colin West
I Love You as BIG as the World by David Van Buren
Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry and the Big Hungry Bear by Don Wood
Scare A Bear by Kathy-jo Wargin
Sitting On the Farm by Bob King
This is the Bear and the Picnic Lunch by Sarah Hayes
We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen

School Age Read Alouds
A Bear and His Boy by Sean Bryan
Beware of the Bears by Alan McDonald
Leola and the Honeybears by Melodye Rosales
Mightiest by Keiko Kasza
Panda and Polar Bear by Matthew Baek
Sleep, Big Bear, Sleep!  by Maureen Wright
Sody Sallyratus by Teri Sloat
Tops & Bottoms by Janet Stevens
Visitor for Bear by Bonny Becker

Mighty Fine Dinos!

Openers:
The More We Get Together


Tyson the Terrible (Dan and Christyan Fox) 2-5
A group of dino friends face down rumors and BIG fears in this playful story with a surprise ending.

Wiggler:  Now Tall, Now Small
Wiggler:  Head and Teeth and Claws and Tail
                 Spiky Head and Tough, Tough Scales

Dinosaur Dinosaur (Kevin Lewis) 2-5
A dino day isn't so different from yours!  Enjoy vibrant illustrations and playful rhyme as we follow a dino through his day.

Song: Dino Pokey
Chant: Five Yawning Dinosaurs

Dinosaur Dig! (Penny Dale) 2-4
Count along and find out what these heafty dinos are building with all this big machinery...

Song:  One Little, Two Little, Three Little Dinosaurs
Felt Board: Build a Dinosaur
Closer:  Wave Goodbye!












And More Books!
Toddler Read-Alouds
Dinosaur's Binkit by Sandra Boynton
Dinosaur Bones by Byron Barton
Dinosaur Stomp by Paul Stickland
Dinosaur vs. Bedtime by Bob Shea
Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs by Byron Barton
Five Little Dinosaurs by Will Grace
Flapdoodle Dinosaurs by David Carter
How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? by Jane Yolen
Stomp, Stomp by Bob Kolar

Preschool Read-Alouds
Big Dog by Lois Grambling
Dino Pets by Lynn Plourde
Dinosaur Dig!  by Penny Dale ~ very interactive
Dinosaur, Dinosaur by Kevin Lewis
Dinosaur Train by John Gurney
I Am A Tyranosaurus by Anna Grossnickle Hines
If the Dinosaurs Came Back by Bernard Most
Littlest Dinosaur's Big Adventure by Michael Foreman
Little Rex, Big Brother by Ruth Symes
T is for Terrible by Peter McCarty
Thesaurus Rex by Laya Steinberg
Tyson the Terrible by Christyan Fox

School Age Read-Alouds
Bronto Eats Meat by Peter Maloney
Dinosailors by Deb Lund
Dinosaur Called Tiny by Alan Durant
Edwina the Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She Was Extinct by Mo Willems
I'm Bad! by Kate McMullan
Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp by Carol Diggory Shields
Tadpole Rex by Kurt Cyrus
Trouble At the Dinosaur Cafe by Brian Moses
Ugly Duckling Dinosaur by Cheryl Bardoe 
When Dinosaurs Came With Everything by Elise Broach