Monday, September 9, 2019

Teddy Bear Bash!

A teddy bear storytime is always a great choice because there are so many cute books available and everything ties in so well and it was nice to be able to do a teddy bear storytime on National Teddy Bear Day!


I read five books, did two flannel board activities with the kids, and we had craft and snack time.

The Boy and the Bear by Peter Stein was one of our newer teddy bear books in the library and it's a cute story that rhymes like Dr. Seuss about a boy who ends up losing his bear in the mix of meeting all different creatures.

I chose to read I'mAfraid Your Teddy Is In Trouble Today by Jancee Dunn because it was a perfect book about a bear and his stuffed animal friends who throw a party and get into mischief.

Loved to Bits by Teresa Heapy and Katie Cleminson is a sweet story about a bear that gets loved so much that he begins to fall apart, all the while his friend loves him more.

George in the Dark by Madeline Valentine is a story about being brave and a young boy who rescues his teddy from the dark.

Where Is Bear? by Jonathan Bentley is an interactive story that encourages listeners to try and find bear with a funny surprise at the end.

This group was very attentive, but I would have to say that they enjoyed The Boy and the Bear and Where Is Bear? the very best because it really got good reactions from them.

To break the stories up a bit, we helped flannel Teddy play ball by putting up our flannel circles on the board when teddy bear called for a color. Our other activity was telling the story of Brown Bear, Brown Bear together using flannel pieces.

Of course the group was able to make their own teddy bear faces using sponges and paint, paper plates, and heart stickers. We had teddy grahams and apple juice for a treat.




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