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Daddy Bear, Open the Door!

Mommy Bear and Baby Bear go out and leave Daddy Bear,
Open the Door!
Daddy Bear at home. Suddenly monsters appear
at the door and ask Daddy Bear to open it. Does
Daddy Bear open the door? Who could the
monsters be?

The Welcome to Our World Big Books are 12 original and exciting
stories that reinforce the content and themes of the Welcome to
Our World series and bring storytelling into the very young learner
classroom. Including picture dictionary pages and fun activities for
every story, the Big Books help teachers engage with their very
young learners and make storytelling fun!

Welcome to Our World Big Books 1–4

Daddy Bear, Open the Door!
What Do You Want?
I Like Dolls!
Let’s Play!

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 Daddy Bear,
Open the Door!

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 Bye, Little Bear!

Bye, Daddy!

2 3
4 5
 Hello, Daddy Bear! You’re not Baby Bear!
Open the door. How many eyes do
you have? I have one eye.

6 7
 Hello, Daddy Bear! You’re not Mommy
Open the door. Bear! How many noses I have two noses.
do you have?

8 9
 Open the door,
Oh, it’s you, Baby Bear!
Daddy Bear. Daddy! Hello, Mommy Bear!
Open the door.

10 11
 ear

a window

eye

nose
a door

mouth

12 13
 I have two eyes.

This is my home.

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 Mommy Bear and Baby
1 Resources
Bear leave Daddy Bear Target
at home when they go
Daddy Bear, Open the Door!
Mommy Bear and Baby Bear go out and leave Daddy Bear, • Picture Cards 5–10
Open the Door!
Daddy Bear at home. Suddenly monsters appear

out. While Daddy Bear is

at the door and ask Daddy Bear to open it. Does
Daddy Bear open the door? Who could the
monsters be?
Vocabulary daddy, mommy, baby, a door,
relaxing with a book, they
The Welcome to Our World Big Books are 12 original and exciting
stories that reinforce the content and themes of the Welcome to
eyes, nose, ears, mouth, Materials
come back to the door a window, a bear
Our World series and bring storytelling into the very young learner
classroom. Including picture dictionary pages and fun activities for
every story, the Big Books help teachers engage with their very

• a book or a doll
young learners and make storytelling fun!

wearing “monster masks.”

• cardboard
Welcome to Our World Big Books 1–4
Daddy Bear, Open the Door!
First, Baby Bear knocks
What Do You Want? Content open / close, 1, 2
I Like Dolls! • construction paper
on the door. Daddy Bear
Let’s Play! Concepts
• scissors
is scared when he sees a
• colored pencils or crayons
one-eyed monster through Language This is my [home].
the window in the door.
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He does not open the door. Then Mommy Bear I have [two] [eyes].
knocks on the door wearing a monster mask with
two noses. When they take off their masks, Daddy
Bear realizes that they have played a joke on him.

• Open the book to p. 6 and point • Have different children hold up

Before You Read While You Read
• Review numbers 1 and 2 with • Hold up or place the book on a
children. Show one classroom display stand and make sure that
object or toy, for example, a book all children can see the pages. Say
or a doll. Ask How many? Have Let’s read! Read clearly and slowly,
children say one. Then add one and with expression, pointing
more and ask Now how many? to the pictures and making eye
and have children count again contact with the children.
(one, two).
• Read the story again, this time
• Review body parts using picture pausing after each scene or page,
cards (5–10). Hold up a picture asking questions and having
card, and have children call out individual children come up and
the word. If you have a doll in the point to the pictures.
classroom, hold it up and point to
• Read pp. 2–3, and then ask What
its body parts. Have children name
do you see? Have children call
each part that you point to (mouth,
out the names of the characters
ear, eye, nose, hands, hair).
(Mommy Bear, Daddy Bear, Baby
• Review the concepts open / close Bear) and point to them. Say Show
by asking children to open and me the bears’ home. Have a child
close the door or their books. come to the front and point to the
bears’ home. Now say Show me
• Show children the cover of the
the [door/window]. Have a child
book and ask them what they see
come to the front and point to
(Daddy Bear, a window, a door).
the items.
Now read the title.
• Open the book to p. 4 and point
• Ask children if they know any other
to Mommy Bear and Baby Bear
stories about bears.
putting on their masks. Then
show Daddy Bear reading a book
and ask Where’s Mommy Bear?
Where’s Baby Bear? Have children
find them peeking through the
window.
to Mommy Bear’s mask. Ask How their masks and pretend they are Activities
many eyes? Is Daddy Bear scared? Mommy Bear or Baby Bear. Have
Does he open the door? Use body the class ask them How many • Open the book to p. 14. Pretend
language to explain the meaning [eyes] do you have? that you are Baby Bear. Point
of words children may not know to the bear’s house and say I’m
• Hold up the book and read each Baby Bear. This is my home. Have
(scared, masks). Continue with the
page or scene. Have children act children repeat. Then point to
other pages in the same way.
out the scenes. Mommy Bear. Have children say
• When you get to pp. 10–11, ask This is my mommy. Do the same
Where/Who are the monsters? Is for Daddy Bear.
Daddy Bear happy? Picture Dictionary
• Show p. 15. Point to the mascot
• Open the book to p. 12. Point to and say I’m Freddy. I have two
After You Read the baby lion and have children say eyes using a different voice. Have
the different parts of its face (ear, children repeat after you. Then
• Close the book and check if eye, mouth, nose). point to each bear and say I’m
children can remember the [Mommy Bear]. I have [two ears].
• Open the book to p. 13. Point to
characters in the story. Ask Who Have the children repeat.
the door and ask What is this?
is in the story? and have them
Now point to the window and ask • Have individual children come to
say Mommy Bear, Daddy Bear, the front and point to a character
What is this? Have children say
Baby Bear. Draw two masks on on the page and say I’m [Daddy
the words.
the board. Ask How many [eyes / Bear]. I have [one mouth].
noses] does [Mommy Bear /
Baby Bear] have?
• Have children make “monster
masks” out of cardboard and
construction paper. You can draw
or print the mask on the cardboard
and have children cut it out. If
children are not ready to use
scissors on their own, you can cut
out the masks in advance. Children
can draw the eyes, nose, and
mouth onto their mask, or they
can use construction paper to
make them.

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Daddy Bear, Open the Door!
Series Editors: Joan Kang Shin and JoAnn (Jodi) Crandall
by Vessela Gaspar
Publisher: Sherrise Roehr
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