North Mankato Taylor Library Storytime
B is for Bears
Bear Stories We Shared: Otto the Book Bear by Kate Cleminson Bear Wants More by Karma Wilson Don’t Worry, Douglas! By David Melling The Bear Who Shared by Catherine Rayner
Other Bear Books You Might Like To Share: Old Bear and His Cub by Olivier Dunrea A Bedtime for Bear by Bonny Becker Where Teddy Bears Come From by Mark Burgess Just Like Bossy Bear by David Horvath The Bears in the Bed and the Great Big Storm by Paul Bright Best Bear by Emma Dodd We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen Old Bear by Kevin Henkes Bear Feels Scared by Karma Wilson The Perfect Bear by Gillian Shields Bear’s Picture by Daniel Pinkwater Just Like You by Emma Dodd Bear’s Day Out by Michael Rosen Maybe a Bear Ate It! by Robie Harris A Very Hairy Bear by Alice Schertle Bear Feels Sick by Karma Wilson Bare Bear by Miriam Moss I Lost My Bear by Jules Feiffer Old Mother Bear by Victoria Miles Bear’s New Friend by Karma Wilson Can You See a Little Bear? By James Mayhew Bear of My Heart by Joanne Ryder A Chair For Baby Bear by Kaye Umansky Jamberry by Bruce Degen A Pocket For Corduroy by Don Freeman The Biggest Bear by Lynd Ward Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey Paddington Bear by Michael Bond Little Bear Series by Martin Waddell The Berenstain Bears Series by Jan Berenstain Bear Series by Bill Martin Jr.
Early Literacy Activities: • Help your child think of words that rhyme with the word bear. Use words like chair, stair, care, share, and hair. Use these words to make up a silly rhyme. • Look around your house to find words that begin with the letter b. • Play rhyming games "I'm thinking of something in this room that rhymes with 'hair' and starts with 'b'. It's your soft, fuzzy ____." Read poems with rhyming words aloud, leaving out the rhyme every so often to see if your child can guess the missing word. • Give your child a magic word to listen for. Tell your child that when s/he hears that word, they can do the next daily routine. For example, you can use the word bear as the magic word to mean “go put your coat on.”
Songs and Fingerplays You Might Like to Share:
Time for Sleeping Bears are Sleeping (sing to “Frere Jacques”) Now its time for sleeping The bears go in their caves Bears are sleeping Keeping warm and cozy Bears are sleeping (pretend to sleep) Time for lazy days In their lairs When the snow is gone In their lairs And the sun comes out to play Soon it will be springtime The bears will wake up from their sleep Soon it will be springtime And then go on their way Wake up bears!(pretend to wake up) Wake up bears!
Teddy Bear Teddy Bear(suit actions to words) Ten Bears In My Bed (count on fingers) Teddy bear teddy bear turn around Ten bears in my bed and the little one said Teddy bear teddy bear touch the ground Roll over!Roll over!(roll hands) Teddy bear teddy bear reach up high So they all rolled over and one fell out Teddy bear teddy bear touch the sky (drop one hand to the side) Teddy bear teddy bear show your shoe Nine bears in my bed.... Teddy bear teddy bear I Love you (big hug) - repeat down to one- Teddy bear teddy bear turn out the light One bear in my bed and the little one said Teddy bear teddy bear say goodnight I'm lonely, come back! -make up your own verses!-
A Little Brown Bear The Bear Went Over The Mountain A little brown bear, went in search of some honey The bear went over the mountain (shade eyes with hand) The bear went over the mountain Isn't it funny, a bear wanting honey? The bear went over the mountain (shrug shoulders) To see what he could see He sniffed at the breeze -name things he might see- (lift head and pretend to sniff) He saw a great big river And listened for bees (hold hand to ear) He saw a great big river And wouldn't you believe it, He saw a great big river (shake index finger) And that is what he saw He even climbed trees!(pretend to climb)
The Bear Here is a cave (make a fist) Inside is a bear (put thumb inside fist) Now he comes out (pop out thumb) To get some fresh air Snow covers the cave (flutter fingers down) Like a fluffy white rug (cover fist with other hand) Inside the bear sleeps (tuck thumb in) All cozy and snug When spring comes again And the snow melts away (take hand off fist) Out comes the bear (pop thumb out) Ready to play!
**Most ideas in this handout were borrowed from The Perry Public Library website: http://www.perrypubliclibrary.org/Kids/Programs/storytime_themes.htm