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Flannel Friday: 5 Little Unicorns
I just finished up a Unicorn Storytime as an outreach program at a local jewelry shop in the community. I couldn’t think of anything better that sharing glittering unicorns at a glittering jewelry store! A HUGE shout-out to Storytime Secrets where I found this awesome rhyme! I designed the unicorns…
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Flannel Friday: Fall Song
When Jbrary has a new favorite action song, I didn’t stop and pause, I just adapted it to fit what I needed most – a fall action/movement song for my storytime! My kids have been HUGE fans of “Fruit Salad“, “Bubble Bubble Pop” and “Bananas Unite” and I can’t wait…
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Flannel Friday: Balloons
This is a quick and easy flannel I’m putting together for my Balloon themed storytime in a few weeks. In the story Balloons, Balloons, Balloons by Dee Lillegard, the stanza, “balloons, balloons, balloons” is repeated throughout the book, so I’m hoping that by pointing to our flannelboard balloons the kids will…
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Flannel Friday: Fruit Salad
I made a very quick “flannel board” for a fun wiggle song that I’ll be doing with the kids during Toddler Storytime this summer. I thought Fruit Salad, from Jbrary would make a perfect song for summertime and then thought that some kids may have never seen what a papaya…
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Flannel Friday: Colorful Butterflies
These butterflies were so easy to make – our Ellison die-cut machine is a wonder with felt, making flannelboards a lot easier when I can find a template for the pieces I need. And I figured out that a little bit of puffy paint can make your flannelboards just a…
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Flannel Friday: 5 Little Kites
5 Little Kites One little kite in the sky so blue, Along came another, then there were two. Two little kites flying high above me; Along came another, then there were three. Three little kites, just watch them soar, Along came another, then there were four. Four little kites, so…
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Flannel Friday: Quack and Count
I made some simple ducks using Microsoft Word shapes and the kids had fun adding up the ducks in different ways to always equal seven using the book Quack and Count by Keith Baker. I put them all in a line on our flannel board and I made sure to…
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Flannel Friday Roundup (3/11/16)
This is an absolutely adorable flannelboard idea for Counting Ovejas which is a great book to incorporate a little diversity into your stortyime with a bilingual English/Spanish story! Check it out at Fun with Friends at Storytime! Wendy Gerbi at provided three great ideas! Check out amazing finger puppets of jungle…
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Flannel Friday: The Crazy Traffic Light
The Crazy Traffic Light by Rob Reid There’s a crazy traffic light On a corner in our town. It has the normal colors, You know, yellow means slow down, And green means go And red means stop. It’s all the other colors That’ll make your mouth drop. Chorus: When you…
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Flannel Friday: “Bubble Bubble Pop”
I did this little song during my Saturday storytime and it was so fun! The kids loved it! – their favorite part was when the bubbles… POPPED! And the parents picked it up really quickly which made it much more interactive.The fish are made out of felt (cut out…
