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20 Winter Picture Books

Looking for the perfect winter picture book to read-aloud? Here’s my top 20 books to use with toddlers and preschoolers! 100 Snowmen by Jen Arena The Mitten by Jan Brett Snowmen at Night by Caralyn Buehner Frozen Noses by Jan Carr In the Snow by Sharon Phillips Dreslow Snowballs by Lois Ehlert The First Day… Read More 20 Winter Picture Books

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Storytime: Winter

Books “Bears in the Snow” by Shirley Parenteau “Sneezy the Snowman” by Maureen Wright Five Little Snowmen Five little snowmen standing in a row  (hold up 5 fingers) Each with a hat and a big red bow (tap head and place hands under neck) Out came the sun and it shone all day (circle arms… Read More Storytime: Winter

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Storytime: Birthday

Books “Bears and a Birthday” by Shirley Parenteau “The Cake that Mack Ate” by Rose Robart “How Do Dinosaurs Say Happy Birthday” by Jane Yolen & Mark Teague Happy Birthday You can sing the happy birthday song to all of the children or to a character in the book. We sang it to Big Brown… Read More Storytime: Birthday

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Storytime: Bears

Books “Bears on Chairs” by Shirley Parenteau “Sleepy Bear”  by Lydia Dabcovich “Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?” by Bill Martin Jr. A Bear Eats Honey A bear eats honey (pretend to eat) He think it’s yummy in his tummy (rub stomach) But the bees don’t think it’s funny! (shake finger) Buzzzzz Beehive… Read More Storytime: Bears

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Storytime: Bathtime

Books “Squeaky Clean” by Simon Puttock “Bears in the Bath” by Shirley Parenteau Bubbles, Bubbles (Tune: Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear) Bubbles, bubbles all around (roll arms) Bubbles, bubbles on the ground (lower arms to floor) Bubbles, bubbles on my nose (touch nose) Bubbles, bubbles on my toes (touch toes) Bubbles, bubbles everywhere (reach arms out) Rub-a-Dub-Dub Rub-a-dub-dub,… Read More Storytime: Bathtime

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Storytime: Bathtime

Books “Bubble Bath Pirates” by Jarrett J. Krosoczka “Bears in the Bath” by Shirley Parenteau “Animal Baths” by Bob Barner Rub-a-Dub-Dub Rub-a-dub-dub, one child in the tub (hold up 1 finger) Tell me what you see One foot with toes (shake or touch foot) A hand, a nose (shake hand, touch nose) As clean as… Read More Storytime: Bathtime

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Storytime: Bears

Books “A Very Curious Bear” by Tony Mitton “Where’s My Teddy” by Jez Alborough “Bears on Chairs” by Shirley Parenteau “Old Bear” by Kevin Henkes Sleepy Bear (Tune: Where is Thumbkin) Where is bear? Where is bear? (hide stuffed bear behind back) Here I am, here I am (bring bear out) How are you this… Read More Storytime: Bears

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Storytime: Letter B

Books “Bears in the Bath” by Shirley Parenteau “Bunny Fun” by Sarah Weeks “Butterfly, Butterfly” by Petr Horacek “The Birthday Box” by Leslie Patricelli  ABC Magnets I like to start and end the Alphabet program by singing our ABCs. To start I put out all of the letter magnets and have the children tell me… Read More Storytime: Letter B