Flannel Friday! 1 Elephant Went Out To Play/Un elefante se balanceaba…
This week I’m doing a “Big, Grey Animals” Storytime: Elephants, Rhinos, and Hippos. So many great books to choose from! I will post all of my choices later on, but for now, here’s my flannelboard for...
View ArticleAn elephant goes like this and that…: Big, Grey Animals Storytime
You could probably do an entire storytime about elephants. There are plenty of great books out there, and elephants are great, benign, friendly characters. But I not only have an awesome elephant...
View ArticleFlannel Friday: There’s a Bug on the Teacher
I can’t remember exactly where I found this poem, but I think it’s from The Goof Who Invented Homework: and Other School Poems. At any rate, the poem, and the book, is by Kalli Dakos. Great for bug or...
View Article(Not) Flannel Friday: 5 Little Snowflakes (Plus Bonus Snowflake Tutorial!)
It’s the Flannel Friday Holiday ExtravaGANZA! While I don’t generally do a Christmas (or other winter holiday) themed storytime, since I’m visiting schools with varying policies on celebrating,...
View ArticleFlannel Friday: Bippity, Boppity, Boo, There’s a Teddy Bear On My Shoe!
A short post for y’all today, but a good one! I’ve been doing this with the kids this week and they’ve been enjoying it! I got this from Pubyac (someone sent out a compilation of teddy bear storytime...
View ArticleFlannel Friday: See You Later, Alligator
We’ve been reading rhyming stories this week. It’s late enough in the school year that many of the older preschoolers will have started getting rhymes and can really participate in the stories. The...
View ArticleFlannel Friday: There Was a Young Woman Who Rode in a Car
After a FAR TOO LONG hiatus, I’m back on the Flannel Friday bandwagon! Life (personal and professional) got way too busy, and I didn’t have any new flannels to share. I do have a cool idea for sharing...
View ArticleFlannel Friday: 5 Spooky Ghosts!
In honor of Flannel Friday’s HALLOWEEN EXTRAVAGANZA (I’m hosting the roundup too!) I made a quick and easy flannel to go with a “5 Little Ghosts” rhyme I found on Preschool Education. I don’t...
View ArticleFlannel Friday: (No Sew) Monster Finger Puppets
Oh boy, do I LOVE how these little monsters turned out! I was inspired by this owl finger puppet post* from playingwithwords365.com to make these monsters. As you can see in that post, the puppets are...
View ArticleFlannel Friday: 5 Little Cookies
A quick-and-easy flannel Friday for y’all today, because that’s all I had time for. I made cookies for this same rhyme a while ago, but decided I don’t like them anymore. These took me about 15 minutes...
View ArticleFlannel Friday: Hickory Dickory Dock
Hickory, dickory, dock. The mouse ran up the clock. The clocks struck one, the mouse ran down. Hickory, dickory, dock! I’m sure you’re all familiar with this nursery rhyme. But how many KIDS are?...
View ArticleFlannel Friday: Kitty Cat, Kitty Cat, Are You In The Blue Hat?
One of my most popular flannels has been Baby Duck, Baby Duck. I’ve also used the traditional Little Mouse version (that actually RHYMES) to great success. So, here’s another. Because, WHY NOT? The...
View Article¡El Pollo!; aka, the most fun movement activity en español EVER.
Some of the best storytime activities are the simplest. This is one of them. It basically names the parts of the chicken, rhythmically. I tried it out with my new class of Spanish-only kiddos and they...
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