Wee Read - Birds

Early Literacy Tip: Choose books with one image to a page. Tap the image while saying the name of the object.


Books

• Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes by Mem Fox
• Baby Says by John Steptoe
• Duckie's Splash by Frances Barry
• Read Together book

Songs/Rhymes

See My Fingers Dance and Play

Sung to: “Mary Had a Little Lamb”

--Mother Goose on the Loose by Betsy Diamant-Cohen. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc., 2006.

Good Morning, Mrs. Perky Bird (with crow puppet)

Sung to: “Short'nin' Bread”

--Mother Goose on the Loose by Betsy Diamant-Cohen. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc., 2006.

The Owl Goes Hoo! (with owl puppet)

Sung to “The Farmer in the Dell”
The owl goes hoo. The owl goes hoo,
Hi ho the derrio the owl goes hoo.

--Librarian Lisa’s Storytimes

One Little Duck Went Out One Day (on the felt board)

One little duck went out one day

Over the hill and far away

Mother Duck said, “Quack, quack, quack, quack!”

And two little ducks came waddling back.

Continue to five little ducks.

--Traditional

Red Bird

-- from Babies in the Library by Jane Marino. Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, 2003.

*The idea for the bird props came from Dr. Jim Thomas at Itsy Bitsy Babies.

Storytime - Back to School

Books

• School Bus by Donald Crews
• Toddler
• Otto Goes to School
• Toddler
• Preschool
• Foxy by Emma Dodd (on the flannel board)
• Preschool

Songs/Rhymes

The Wheels on the Bus

The wheels on the bus go round and round,

Round and round, round and round.

The wheels on the bus go round and round,

All through the town.

Continue with:

Doors go open and shut

Horn goes beep, beep, beep

Wipers go swish, swish, swish

--Traditional

Activities

What Will I Wear to School Today? (Toddler)

What will I wear to school today?

Something old or something new?

What will I wear to school today?

Perhaps something blue!

etc...

Foxy by Emma Dodd (Preschool)

Foxy uses his magic to help his friend Emma get ready for her first day of school.

Graduation

Several preschoolers are moving on to kindergarten in the fall. To commemorate their last day in storytime, I gave each one a diploma. The link is to my altered version of Microsoft Office's.

Crafts

School Bus (Toddler)

Materials: Blue construction paper, yellow bus cut-out, two black circles, crayons, and glue. Glue the bus onto the paper and attach the wheels. Color with crayons.

School Bus (Preschool)

Materials: School bus printout from First School (sheet 1, sheet 2), white paper, scissors, crayons, and glue. Cut out the bus pieces and assemble them on the sheet of paper. Color with crayons.

Flannel Friday - Señor Rattlesnake Learns to Fly

It's Friday once again! This week, I'm featuring a flannel board made by one of my very talented coworkers, Miss Kelly!

"Señor Rattlesnake Learns to Fly: A Tale from Mexico" from Thirty-Three Multicultural Tales to Tell by Pleasant Despain. Little Rock, AR: August House, 1993.

Snake has always wanted to fly. His friends the buzzards decide to help him achieve his dream with the aid of a well-placed stick.

Unfortunately, not everyone is as nice as the buzzards.

Helpful Dove has some advice for Snake on how to deal with Eagle.

But does Snake listen to Dove? You'll have to find out!

Thanks Kelly for the great pictures!

Don't forget to check the roundup (hosted by Lisa) for other Flannel Friday submissions. Visit us on Facebook and stop by our Pinterest page to see our new changes.

Wee Read - Hop Hop Hop

Early Literacy Tip: Let your baby hold the book and turn the pages on his or her own.

Books

• Two Little Monkeys by Mem Fox
• Are You a Cow? by Sandra Boynton
• Clap Hands by Helen Oxenbury
• Read Together book

Songs/Rhymes

Two Little Hands

Sung to: “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star”

Two little hands go clap clap clap

Two little feet go tap tap tap

Two little hands go thump thump thump (on the ground)

Two little feet go jump jump jump

One little body turns around

One little child sits right down.

--District 196

Little Frog (with frog puppet)

--from Babies in the Library by Jane Marino. Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, 2003.

Little Green Frog (with frog puppet)

Mmm-ahh! Went the little green frog one day.

Mmm-ahh! Went the little green frog.

Mmm-ahh! Went the little green frog one day.

And the frog went mmm-mmm-ahh!

-- PreschoolEducation.com

I Clap My Hands

--from Babies in the Library by Jane Marino. Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, 2003.

Jump, Jump

--from Babies in the Library by Jane Marino. Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, 2003.

Here’s a Little Bunny (with bunny puppet)

--from Lapsit Services for the Very Young II by Linda L. Ernst. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc, 2001.

Storytime - The Pigeon Loves Summer!

Books (all by Mo Willems)

• The Duckling Gets a Cookie?!
• Toddler
• Preschool
• Let's Say Hi to Friends Who Fly!
• Toddler
• Leonardo, the Terrible Monster
• Preschool

Songs/Rhymes

Who Stole the Cookies from the Cookie Jar?

Who stole the cookies from the cookie jar?

(Name) stole the cookies from the cookie jar.

Child: Who me?

Crowd: Yes you.

Child: Couldn’t be!

Then who stole the cookies from the cookie jar?

Move on to the next child.

--Traditional

*I passed around a laminated picture of a cookie taped to a mini frisbee. The child who had the "cookie" was It.

Six Yummy Cookies

Mama made six cookies and she placed them on a tray.

Let’s listen in and hear what they say.

The first cookie said, “I bet I taste good.”

The second cookie said, “I’d like some milk if I could.”

The third cookie said, “I’m going to be great!”

The fourth cookie said, “We’d better not be late!”

The fifth cookie said, “It’s really warm in here!”

The sixth cookie said, “The time is almost near!”

Then ding went the bell and out came the tray,

And the six yummy cookies were gobbled up right away!

--Miss Mollie

Craft

Piggie Masks

Materials: Popsicle sticks, Piggie printout (I doubled the size of the image using a copier), crayons, glue, tape, and scissors.

Flannel Friday Round Up - August 17

Library Quine (Loons and Quines @ Librarytime) shows us just how cute piggies can be with This Little Piggie.

Sarah Mc (Read, Sarah, Read) gives us her version Pete the Cat. There's no doubt that Pete the Cat is a favorite of Flannel Friday!

So you've made some awesome flannel boards. Now how do you store them? Sarah (Read It Again) has some great tips on keeping your flannels organized.

Sarah (Read Rabbit Read) retells the story of The Gingerbread Man. Let's see if he can outrun the sly old fox this time!

The jungle's getting loud with Lisa (Libraryland) and her flannel board version of Let's Hear You Roar.

Bridget (What is Bridget Reading?) shares with us her interactive board for the poem Goodnight Mummy.

Lucy (In the Children's Room) invented a color matching game using paint chips and clothes pins. Now let's get matching!

Sandy (Storytime Sparks) spices things up with Five Green (or Red) Peppers.

It's a jungle out there, but K (Storytime ABCs) proves it can be fun with A Rumble in the Jungle.

Amanda (Toddler Tales) goes buggy with Ladybugs! Ladybugs!

We'll all be drooling over Six Cranberries (sixcranberries) delicious Burgers! flannel.

And Mollie (that's me!) lets everyone know about changes made to the Flannel Friday Pinterest boards.

Thank you to all who participated this week! We'll see everyone next Friday!

Flannel Friday - Changes to Our Pinterest Boards

For those of you who frequent our Flannel Friday Pinterest boards, you'll notice that we've made some changes lately. In order to keep up with the growing Flannel Friday movement, we've made a few adjustments to our pinning process. These changes will enable us to keep expanding and allow more people to join in.

Our first big change is the addition of a This Week board. Here you'll find the pins from the current week, making it easy to see the new submissions.

The other change is bigger. In the past, each roundup host has pinned the images from the week's submissions. For this to happen, the hosts needed to have their own Pinterest account and had to be added as a pinner to each board (all 55 of them!). This can be time-consuming and can lead to confusion down the road, so we've simplified the process.

We've created the position of a Pinning Fairy Godmother (PFG), similar to the Flannel Friday Fairy Godmother (FFFG). The role of the PFG will be:

1. To be the PFG for two months. Each PFG will be given access to the Flannel Friday Pinterest account.
2. To pin the week's submissions to all appropriate boards.
3. To create a special board for the current week's pins and delete the previous week's board.

The advantages to these changes are many. Those of you who would like to be involved but don't have a blog to host with can volunteer to be the PFG. Past hosts will revel in having their board lists decreased and the Flannel Friday boards will be much easier to maintain.

To past hosts who have access to the Flannel Friday boards: we will be taking your names off of the boards. If you have the time, feel free to take your own names off of the lists by editing each board and clicking the x next to your name.

We want to thank everyone who has been a big help in making these changes. We're always listening to advice and appreciate everything the community has done. As always, please continue to give us your suggestions and/or questions so we can make this group a valuable resource for all users.

--The Flannel Friday Group

I'll be hosting this week's round up, so look for it later tonight. Read all about Flannel Friday on our blog, check out our Pinterest page, and join our Facebook group.

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Happy Flannel Friday, everyone!

Please post your FF links here. I'll add them to the final post as I get them.

Wee Read - Shake It Up

Early Literacy Tip: Welcome the opportunity to learn new words! Say the word out loud, then describe the meaning of the word and/or find a similar word.

Books

• Hop, Hop, Jump by Lauren Thompson
• The Pigeon Has Feelings, Too! by Mo Willems
• Baby Faces by Margaret Miller
• Read Together book

Songs/Rhymes

Hands Up High

Hands up high
Hands down low
Hide those hands,

Now where did they go?
One hand up, the other hand too.
Clap them, fold them, now we're through.

--Manly Library (this link will take you to a PDF version of their toddler songs)

Shake Your Eggs (with egg shakers)

Shake your eggs and shake them high.
Shake your eggs and shake them low.
Shake your eggs and shake them high.
Shake your eggs around you go.

--Librarian Lisa’s Storytimes

We Shake Our Shakers Together (with egg shakers)

Sung to: “The Bear Went Over the Mountain”

--Mother Goose on the Loose by Betsy Diamant-Cohen. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc., 2006.

Put Your Egg on Your Head (with shakers)

Sung to: “There’s a Spider on the Floor”
Put your egg on your head, on your head.
Put your egg on your head, on your head.
Put your egg on your head
Put your egg on your head.
Put your egg on your head, on your head.
continue with toes, tummy, etc.

--Librarian Lisa’s Storytimes

If You’re Happy and You Know It

If you’re happy and you know it,

Clap your hands.

If you’re happy and you know it,

Clap your hands.

If you’re happy and you know it,

And you really want to show it,

If you’re happy and you know it,

Clap your hands.

Repeat with stomp your feet, shout hooray, do all three.

--Traditional

Dancing Up and Dancing Down

--Mother Goose on the Loose by Betsy Diamant-Cohen. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc., 2006.

Storytime - My Name Is...

Many thanks to storytime katie for giving me great ideas for this theme!

Books

• Princess Baby by Karen Katz
• Toddler
• My Father Knows the Names of Things by Jane Yolen
• Toddler
• Preschool

Songs/Rhymes

Hi, My Name is Joe

Hi, my name is Joe.

I work in a button factory.

One day, my boss comes up to me and says,

“Hey Joe, are you busy?”

I said, “No.”

“Then turn the button with your right hand.”

Continue with:

Left hand, feet, head, whole body

­--Traditional

B-I-N-G-O

There was a farmer who had a dog,

And Bingo was his name-o.

B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O

And Bingo was his name-o.

--Traditional

*I used an excellent felt version made by my co-worker, Miss Dorothy.

Parachute (Toddlers)

Come Under My Umbrella

Come under my umbrella,

Umbrella, umbrella.

Gently wave the parachute up and down.

Come under my umbrella,

It’s starting to storm.

Move parachute faster.

There’s thunder and lightning

And wind and rain.

Come under my umbrella,

It’s starting to storm.

--MCLS Kids

Ring Around the Rosie

Lead the group around in a circle.

Ring around the rosy
A pocketful of posies
"Ashes, Ashes"
We all fall down!

Everyone falls down.

--Traditional

Craft (Preschooler)

Initials
Materials: Cardstock, a marker, sequins, and glue. Draw the child's first initial on the paper, then let them trace over their initial using the glue and sequins.

Wee Read - Roll Roll

Early Literacy Tip: Look at “search for the picture” books. Try I Spy board books by Walter Wick.

Books

• Won't You Be My Hugaroo? by Joanne Ryder
• Puppies and Piggies by Cynthia Rylant
• Mirror Me! by Julie Aigner-Clark
• Read Together book

Songs/Rhymes
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear

Teddy Bear, teddy bear

Turn around

Teddy bear, teddy bear

Touch the ground

Teddy bear, teddy bear

Show your shoe

Teddy bear, teddy bear

          That will do

Teddy bear, teddy bear

          Go to bed

Teddy bear, teddy bear

          Rest your head

Teddy bear, teddy bear

          Turn out the light

Teddy bear, teddy bear

          Say good night!

--Traditional

Wind, Oh Wind (with scarves)

­-- Mother Goose on the Loose by Betsy Diamant-Cohen. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc., 2006.

Roll Your Scarf (with scarves)

-- Mother Goose on the Loose by Betsy Diamant-Cohen. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc., 2006.

Peek-A-Boo (with scarves)
Sung to: Are You Sleeping?
Peek-a-boo, peek-a-boo.
I see you, I see you.
I see your button nose,
I see your tiny toes.
Peek-a-boo, I see you!
--Jim Thomas

Roll Roll Sugarbabies

Roll, roll sugarbabies (arms roll)
Roll, roll sugarbabies.
Push,
Pull,
Clap, clap, clap!

--Sharon from Rain Makes Applesauce

Jack in the Box

--from Lapsit Services for the Very Young II by Linda L. Ernst. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc, 2001.

Storytime - Moose

This moose theme was done right before Canada Day!

Books
Looking for a Moose by Phyllis Root

• Toddler

Ernest, the Moose Who Doesn't Fit by Catherine Rayner

• Toddler
• Preschool

Duck, Duck, Moose by Dave Horowitz

• Preschool

Songs/Rhymes

Moose Pokey

You put your right hoof in (use foot)
You take your right hoof out.
You put your right hoof in,
And you shake it all about.
You do the Moose Pokey
And you turn yourself around.
That’s what it’s all about.
*You put your left hoof in...
*You put your antlers in...
*You put your whole self in...

--HCPL Kids

Hickory Dickory Dock (revised)

Hickory dickory dock,

The MOOSE ran up the clock.

The clock struck one,

The MOOSE crashed down!

Hickory dickory dock.

--Miss Mollie

Five Sleepy Moose

Five sleepy Moose lying on a hill--

The 1st one said, "I like laying still."

The 2nd one said, "I'm about to yawn."

The 3rd one said, "Please don't wake me until dawn."

The 4th one said, "I’ll go take a nap."

The 5th one said, "It's time for a snooze."

So they pulled up their covers and all said, "Goodnight!"

Then 5 sleepy moose were out like a light.

--MCLS Kids

Activities

Duck, Duck, Moose

After reading the book, play this game with the children. The rules are the same as Duck, Duck, Goose.

Craft

Toddler

Moose Antlers. Materials: two brown pipe cleaners, two antler, stapler (optional), glue/tape.

Wrap the pipe cleaners together. Fold the antlers over the pipe cleaners and staple or glue/tape.

When everyone is finished, teach them how to do the "Moose Pokey" while they wear their antlers.

Preschool

Moose printable from First School. Materials: printable, scissors, glue, and construction paper.

The preschoolers and caregivers cut out the pieces and glue them together on the construction paper to make a moose.

Flannel Friday - Don't Stare at the Bear

Flannel Friday is here yet again, and this time it has brought us a fit of the giggles.

That's right, folks, this week's post is all about underwear!

I found the rhyme in Storytime Crafts: Crazy Days by Kathryn Totten (Upstart Books, 2004). The accompanying craft is a teddy bear paper doll, complete with underwear. I doubled the size of the bear on the copier and used it as a template for the flannel board.

Poor bear! He's dressed only in his underwear. Everybody is staring!

Never fear! He found some pants, and now he loves to dance.

For more Flannel Friday, check out the roundup hosted by Liz at Read Mrs. D. If that's not enough to feed your felt need, stop by the Flannel Friday Blog, join our Facebook group, and see our Pinterest boards.

Wee Read - At the Farm

Early Literacy Tip: Sing the same song or recite the same rhyme multiple times.

Books

This Little Chick by John Lawrence
Farmyard Beat by Lindsey Craig
Touch and Feel Farm by Dawn Sirett (read-together)

Songs/Rhymes

Head and Shoulders

Head and shoulders, knees and toes,

Knees and toes

Head and shoulders, knees and toes,

Knees and toes

Eyes and ears and mouth and nose

Head and shoulders, knees and toes

Knees and toes!

-- Traditional

I Went to the Farm One Day - With Puppets
-- Mother Goose on the Loose by Betsy Diamant-Cohen. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc., 2006.

Trot, Trot to Dover

-- Mother Goose on the Loose by Betsy Diamant-Cohen. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc., 2006.

Old MacDonald Had a Farm - With Puppets

Old MacDonald Had a Farm

E-I-E-I-O

And on his farm he had a cow

E-I-E-I-O

With a moo-moo here

And a moo-moo there

Here a moo, there a moo

Everywhere a moo-moo

Old MacDonald had a farm

E-I-E-I-O

(repeat using pig, chicken, and horse)

--Traditional

Five Little Piggies - Feltboard

Five little piggies rolling in the mud.

Squishy, squashy, felt so good!

Then along came the farmer,

who took one for a bath.

Continue to one little piggy

-- PreschoolEducation.com

Rooster Crows

--from Babies in the Library by Jane Marino. Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, 2003.