Theme — Bears:

Books
Bear in Sunshine by Stella Blackstone
Calendarbears by Kathleen Hague
Big Bear Ball by Joanne Ryder
Bear Day by Cynthia Rylant
Bears by Paul Stickland
Bear Wants More by Karma Wilson
Clara Ann Cookie Go to Bed! by Harriet Ziefert

Poems/Fingerplays
Bear Song (Tune: Row, Row, Row Your Boat)
Five Little Bears
Five Little Bears: Counting Up
Fuzzy Wuzzy
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear
Teddy was his Name-O

Songs
"The Bear Went Over the Mountain" from Campfire Favorites: 20 fun time sing-a-longs by Wonder Kids
"Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear" from Five Little Monkeys by Dennis Buck
"Teddy Bear Playtime" from So Big by Hap Palmer
"The Polar Bear Stomp" from 1-2-3 for Kids by the Chenille Sisters

Activities

• Color a bear picture (like the one at the following address:
  http://www.childstoryhour.com/images/coloring/bear2.gif )
  or create a puppet by cutting out the image and gluing it to a tongue depressor stick. Make 3 puppets and have child help tell the story of the Three Bears.
• Print and play with the Berenstain Bears Dress-Up Dolls.