Openers:Oh Hey, Oh Hi!
Snowflake Stretch/Snowball Rhyme
Louie's Goose (Ehrlich) 2-4
Do you have a favorite toy? Did it get broken or worn out? How many times did you fix it? Enjoy this charming tale about Louie and his very well loved Goose...and how the whole family, with a little help from the sun, keep Goose going.
Finger Play: Great Big Ball
Rhyme: Stuck in the Muckety Muck
While You Were Sleeping (Alex Deacon) 3-5
This crew of toys has a very important job to do! Soft and endearing illustrations share a nurturing fantasy of what toys might be doing while we sleep.Wiggler: Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear
Game: What is Missing?
Next Please (Jandl and Junge) 2-4
Broken toys and dark illustrations help validate the difficult emotions children may experience while waiting in a Dr.'s office--and the relief of finding out that it wasn't as bad as their fears suggested.
Song: Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed
Felt Board: Five Red and Spotted Bugs
Closer: Wave Goodbye
More Books (from StoryTime SourcePage):
Toddler Read Alouds
Are You There, Bear? by Ron Maris - works well as a puppet story
Floppy Teddy Bear by Patricia Lillie
Higher! Higher! by Leslie Patricelli
Jiggle Joggle Jee by Laura Richards
Miss Polly Has a Dolly by Pamela Duncan Edwards
Monkey and Me by Emily Gravett
My Bear and Me by Barbara Maitland
Overboard! by Sarah Weeks
Ten in the Bed by Penny Dale
Ten in the Bed by David Ellwand
That Dancin' Dolly by Mertz
Zoom Zoom Zoom by Kirsten Hall
Preschool Read Alouds
Bea's 4 Bears by Martha Weston
Cowboy Kid by Max Eilenberg
I Lost My Bear by Jules Fieffer
I Love You, Mister Bear by Sylvie Wickstrom
Harry and Horsie by Katie Van Camp
Have You Seen Duck? by Janet Holmes and Jonathan Bentley
Louie's Goose by H. M. Ehrlich
Next! Please by Christopher Inns - a toy hospital
Night-Night, Emily by Claire Freedman
Off We Go! by Beverly Abramson
One Ted Falls Out of Bed by Julia Donaldson
Pilot Pups by Michelle Meadows
Playground Day! by Jennifer Merz
Teddybear Blue by Malchy Doyle
Toy Trouble by Justine Fontes
Where's My Teddy? by Jez Alborough
While You Are Sleeping by Alexis Deacon
Kindergarten Read Alouds
Big is Big, and Little Little by J. Patrick Lewis
Blue Horse by Helen Stephens
I Love You, Blue Kangaroo by Emma Chichester Clark
Knufflebunny by Mo Willems
Please Do Feed the Bears by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor - can be told as a puppet story
Show-and-Tell Lion by Barbara Abercrombie
Sock Monkey Boogie-Woogie by Cece Bell
Stuffed Animals Get Ready for Bed by Alison Inches
10 Little Sock Monkeys by William Winburn
That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown by Cressida Cowell
When Library Lights Go Out by Megan McDonald
