Flannel Friday is all kinds of f-words (the good kind): fun, free, fabulous, friendly, functional, fantastic, flannel-y, fly, fascinating, funky, famous, facebook-y, festive, fancy, fierce, and fantabulous! Thank you to all who participate in Flannel Friday. You help make my job more of the good f-words, too. Oh, and for this introverted storytimer Flannel Friday … Continue reading »
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Flannel Friday: Yes and No game
I use this very simple activity with the wonderful book Yes Day by Amy Krouse Rosenthal. I put up the words yes and no on my magnetic board. Then I show the kids an animal, and they decide whether or not they would like to pet that animal. If the answer is yes, I place … Continue reading »
Flannel Friday Round Up for November 16
So, can anyone tell me how today could possibly be November 16th ALREADY?!?! Let’s just skip right over winter and head directly to spring! Here are today’s fabulous Flannel Friday ideas: Anne at So Tomorrow is thinking ahead to summer with the worm song Nobody Likes Me, complete with patterns, that will be a great … Continue reading »
Flannel Friday Round-Up Place Holder
Welcome to the place holder for the November 16th edition of the Flannel Friday Round-Up. I am so excited and honored to be your host this week, and I look forward to all your Flannel Friday goodness! Please leave a link to your Flannel Friday entry in the comment section below. Thank you and have … Continue reading »
Flannel Friday: Chameleon’s Colors
This flannel is based on the book Chameleon’s Colors by Chisato Tashiro, and was a great fit for my jungle storytime. On a sunny day in the jungle, Chameleon is tired of blending in with the scenery. When Hippo almost steps on Chameleon, the reluctant color changer says he is sick of always being ignored … Continue reading »
Exciting Flannel Friday News
Newsflash! Here is an announcement about a new site and procedures for Flannel Friday straight from the Flannel Friday administrators: Exciting news for Flannel Friday! Introducing the Flannel Friday website! As you know, Anne at So Tomorrow has been an amazing manager and archiver of Flannel Friday information for the past year. Anne and her husband … Continue reading »
Flannel Friday: Dog’s Colorful Day
There are so many great flannels for this story, but I had to share this one that a coworker of mine made. It’s actually a magnet story. She copied and enlarged the dog from the story, laminated it and put a large magnet on the back, so it would stick to a magnet board. The … Continue reading »
Flannel Friday: Two Little Birds
I was inspired by need and this post by My Storytime Life to make a flannel for the rhyme Two Little Birds. Two little blue birds sitting on a cloud One named soft the other named loud! Fly away soft Fly away loud! Come back soft, Come back loud! I had the kids make two fists for … Continue reading »
Flannel Friday: One Day in the Jungle
Adapted from Colin West’s book One Day in the Jungle, this flannel (magnetic board in actuality) was a BIG storytime hit this week. And fun, too! But get ready to sneeze. I did this for my sneezes and noses program, and we had already done quite a bit of sneezing by the time we got … Continue reading »
Flannel Friday: underpants matching game
What’s up with these suspiciously grinning dinosaurs? Why, they don’t have underpants on, of course. I made up this flannel game to go with the book Dinosaurs Love Underpants by Claire Freedman. We matched underpants to dinosaurs. This pair goes– here. I made several dinosaurs and pairs of underpants (the patterns were coloring pages). I colored … Continue reading »
