Toddler Storytime: Teddy Bears!

This Toddler Storytime was presented at Bellevue Public Library on October 11, 2017.

Each Toddler Storytime includes activities that support all or most of the five early literacy practices identified as essential in helping your child develop the skills they need before they can learn to read. The five practices – singing, talking, reading, playing and writing – were developed for Every Child Ready to Read®, an initiative of the Association for Library Services for Children (ALSC) and the Public Library Association (PLA).

Reading:

No Bed Without Ted by Nicola Smee

Teddy Bedtime by Georgie Birkett

Singing:

Hello, Friends!
(tune: "Goodnight Ladies")

Hello friends.
Hello friends.
Hello friends.
We're glad you came today!


Everybody Say Hello!
(tune: "London Bridge")

Everybody say hello, say hello, say hello,
Everybody say hello, hello Wesley!

(Wesley is my turtle puppet who pops out of my apron pocket whenever we sing this song.  Then he sits quietly on his rock and listens to the stories and sings along with us.  At the end of storytime he says goodbye to the children, gives them high fives, eats pretend food from their hands, blows kisses, and plays hide and seek!)

Goodbye, Friends!
(tune: "Goodnight Ladies")

Goodbye friends.
Goodbye friends.
Goodbye friends.
We're glad you came today!




Rhymes:

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, turn around,
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, touch the ground.
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, reach up high,
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, wink your eye.
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, slap your knees,
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, sit down, please!

What's in the Green Box?
(tune: "Sally Wore a Red Dress")

What's in the green box,
The green box, the green box?
What's in the green box 
For us to play?

Talking:
Families participated in a graphing activity during Storytime.  Each child received a graphing sheet and a random handful of bear counters.

Adults and children then spent time talking about the colors and number of bears they received.  The graph helped them to organize their counters while using terms such as "less than", "more than", "as many as", "most", "least", etc.

Writing:

Teddy Bear dot-to-dot activity sheet

Teddy Bear tracing sheet

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