Friday, February 17, 2012

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