Stuffed Animals Storytime

Storytime for 1 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink (from Car Songs: Songs to Sing Anywhere by Dennis Buck at Kimbo), Sticky Sticky Bubblegum
• Book #1 – My Bear and Me by Barbara Maitland, pictures by Lisa Flather
• Stand-up Activity - Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear Turn Around (traditional rhyme)

Teddy bear, teddy bear turn around
Teddy bear, teddy bear touch the ground
Teddy bear, teddy bear dance on your toes
Teddy bear, teddy bear touch your nose
Teddy bear, teddy bear reach up high
Teddy bear, teddy bear jump to the sky
Teddy bear, teddy bear find your feet
Teddy bear, teddy bear find your seat

• Bridge - Open Shut Them (fingerplay)

Open, shut them
(open and close hands)
Open, shut them
Give a little clap (clap)
Open, shut them
Open, shut them
Put them in your lap
(put hands in lap)

Creep them, creep them
Under your chin
(creep fingers up chest)
Open your mouth, but don't put them in
(do as words say)

Open, shut them
Open, shut them
Give a little clap
Open shut them
Open shut them
Put them in your lap

• Flannelboard/Math Activity - Teddy Bear Patterns (use three different colored bear shapes to make simple patterns that the children help to finish)
• Sit-down Activity - Two Little Puppets (from Ring a Ring O'Roses by the Flint Public Library)
• Book #2 - Baby Danced the Polka by Karen Beaumont, pictures by Jennifer Plecas
• Activity – Stuffed Animals (action chant written by Carol Hopkins)

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, stuffed animals in a row
1 is a bear
1 is a dog
1 is a pink bunny rabbit that likes to jump
1 is an owl
And 1 is a giraffe with a really long neck
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, all lined up on my bed
They keep me company as I go to sleep

• Closing - rhythm sticks to the song "Going On a Bear Hunt" by Gret & Steve from Kids In Action
• Craft – Color a teddy bear picture