Flannel Friday - Thanksgiving Extravaganza Roundup

Thanksgiving is just three weeks away! Here are some flannels to get you in the eating mood!

It's a twofer from Kathryn at Fun with Friends at Storytime: Get your winter coat on, we're Going on a Turkey Hunt. Unfortunately, the Five Fat Turkeys have all run away, so it looks like we might have to have pizza instead!

Let your fingers do the dancing when you use Annie from So Tomorrow's turkey finger puppet.

Make sure you save some room for cake! Anne from itsybitsymom has a flannel version of The Cake that Mack Ate.

These Five Little Turkeys are ready for some fun! Check them out at Ms. Kelly at the Library!

This flannel board has me looking forward to some pumpkin pie! Thank you, Maggie, for sharing your Five Giant Pumpkins!

Speaking of pumpkins, these adorable jack-o-lanterns from Amy the One Little Librarian are sure to brighten anyone's day!

Jane at Piper Loves the Library featured community art projects at her library. It also looks like the spiders at her library had a party!

That's it for this week's roundup. Here are our upcoming events:

1. There will be no Flannel Friday on November 28 (the day after Thanksgiving in the US).

2. Our Winter Holiday Extravaganza will be on December 5 at Mel's Desk.

3. We will not have Flannel Friday on December 19 or 26.

I hope everyone has a happy November! You can also find Flannel Friday on Facebook, Pinterest, and at our Flannel Friday Blog. If you're new to Flannel Friday, don't forget to add your name and location to the Where Is Flannel Friday map.

Thanksgiving Extravaganza Placeholder

Welcome, Flannel Friday Friends, to the Thanksgiving Extravaganza placeholder! Post your Turkey Day flannel boards here for everyone to see! Don't have a new one this year? Let's see your Thanksgiving boards and activities that are tried and true! Or share a flannel board about food! Don't have any Thanksgiving boards? That's okay, too! Your posts don't have to be themed; we'd still love to see them.

Add your submission to the comments below. I'll add them to the roundup on Friday.

Okay, Flannelers, let's get cooking!

Flannel Friday Roundup - July 25

It's time for the extra special birthday roundup, as promised!

Kathy, who was a Birthday Princess yesterday, made her own version of Color Fish. She was inspired by Abby the Librarian.

Lisa from Thrive After Three is sharing her Five Little Princesses rhyme with us. She's even included templates! Could they be Birthday Princesses? I think so!

Hannah from Lovin' the Library is playing I Spy with Forest Animals. Can you spot the animal who sleeps all winter?

Fireflies are buzzing around Jane's library! Read all about her community art project at her blog, Piper Loves the Library.

Anne from itsybitsymom has a tres cute flannel of Five Dinosaurs in the style of "One Elephant Went Out to Play". Roar! Roar! Roar!

Here at my blog I've made up a new rhyme to go with an old flannel board: Five Birthday Candles.

You can also find Flannel Friday on Facebook, Pinterest, and at our Flannel Friday Blog. If you're new to Flannel Friday, don't forget to add your name and location to our Where Is Flannel Friday map.

Thank you to everyone for tuning in!

Flannel Friday Reboot - Five Birthday Candles

Happy Birthday to me (tomorrow)!!!

I posted an Inspired By flannel waaaaay back in November of 2011 called Five Birthday Candles. The post was inspired by Storytime Katie. I used the flannel today in storytime, but was in a rush and didn't have time to memorize Jane Cobb's rhyme again. I made up a super simple, yet interactive, chant to go along with it:

Five Birthday Candles

Five birthday candles on a birthday cake

Let's blow one out...

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Now there are four birthday candles on a birthday cake...

--Miss Mollie

I'm hosting the round up this week, so be sure to check back later. You can also find Flannel Friday on Facebook, Pinterest, and at our Flannel Friday Blog. If you're new to Flannel Friday, don't forget to add your name and location to our Where Is Flannel Friday map.

Flannel Friday Placeholder for July 25, 2014

It's time for another Flannel Friday Placeholder! Link your entry in the comments below and I'll add it to the extra special roundup.

Why is it extra special? Because it's my birthday week. And I wants it to be.

Inspired By Flannel Friday - Five Fat Hot Dogs

Friday, Friday, gotta be Flannel Friday!

This week's flannel board was inspired by Tracey from 1234 More Storytimes. I used clip art, just like Tracey, for the hot dogs. You can find the clip art here.

Five Fat Hot Dogs

Five fat hot dogs frying in the pan,

All of a sudden, one went

BAM!

Katie at Story Time Katie is hosting this week's Flannel Friday roundup. Be sure to check us out on Facebook, Pinterest, and on our Flannel Friday blog.

Inspired By Flannel Friday - Five Little Fireworks

Happy Independence Day to my fellow American Flannel Friday friends! This week's submission was inspired by Miss Tara.

Five Little Fireworks

Five little fireworks getting ready to zoom

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, sizzle

BOOM!

--Storytime with Miss Tara and Friends

Don't forget to check the round up of this week's entries over at What is Bridget Reading. If you haven't had your fill of Flannel Friday, check us out on Facebook, Pinterest, and at our blog.

Flannel Friday Roundup - June 13, 2014

Who says Friday the 13th is unlucky? No one can have a bad day when you have Flannel Friday on your side!

First up: Father's Day is on Sunday, and Kathryn from Fun with Friends at Storytime has Daddy's Ties. Her post was inspired by Katie from Storytime Secrets.

Check out the absolutely adorable Five Little Babies from Kristen at Library Village! I want to pinch their cute little felt cheeks!!

Our Honored Founder, Melissa from Mel's Desk, is back with a flannel version of Zingy by Paola Opal. Opal's books are my new favorites for baby storytimes. Beautiful work, Mel!

Hannah has adapted Jan Thomas' book, Can You Make a Scary Face, into an interactive puppet show. Her changes will keep those kids hopping this summer.

Lastly, I made stick puppets for the swimmingly good song, The Slippery Fish.

That's it for this week's roundup! You can find more Flannel Friday on Facebook, Pinterest, and at our blog. Have a great week, everyone!

Flannel Friday - The Slippery Fish

Look what I caught in my net today! 

The clip art came from KandyMagick's Etsy shop. Thank you to the ladies at Jbrary for providing the song.

The Slippery Fish

The slippery fish, the slippery fish

Sailing through the water.

The slippery fish, the slippery fish,

Gulp, gulp, gulp.

OH NO! He was eaten by an octopus!

The octopus (squiggling)

The tuna fish (flashing)

The great white shark (lurking in)

The humongous whale (spouting through; burp, burp, burp, excuse me!)

--Jbrary

I'm the host of this week's Flannel Friday roundup. You can also find Flannel Friday on Facebook, Pinterest, and at our blog. Have a great week, everyone!

Wee Read - A Morning on the Farm

Early Literacy Tip of the Week:

Speaking to your baby up close will help her see the movements your mouth makes in order to produce sounds. -- Kt Paxton “Enhancing Language Development in Childhood”

Good Morning

Hello, How are You?

Old MacDonald Had a Farm

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

Open Shut Them

Book One

Hush, Little Horsie by Jane Yolen

The Shaker Hop

You put your shakers in,

You take your shakers out.

You put your shakers in,

And you shake them all about.

You do the shaker hop and you turn yourself around.

That's what it's all about!

--Miss Mollie

Egg Shaker Song

A-Shake shake shake, A-Shake shake shake,

A-Shake shake shake shake - STOP!

If you have a pink egg,

shake your egg, shake your egg

If you have a pink egg shake your egg

(repeat with different colors)

--Nancy Stewart

Scales

start with the shakers low and move them up higher...

Do Re Me Fa Sol La Ti Do

--Library Meow

I Wiggle My Fingers

Book Two

That’s Not My Pony by Fiona Watt

This Little Cow

This little cow eats grass

This little cow eats hay

This little cow drinks water

This little cow runs away

This little cow lies in the grass all day

Let's tickle, tickle, tickle her until she wants to play.

--Storytime with Miss Tara and Friends

Rickety, Rickety Rocking Horse

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

Read Together

Touch and Feel Farm by Julie Aigner-Clark

The More We Get Together

Wee Read - Patty Cake

Early Literacy Tip of the Week:

Babies under six months can learn to tune out irritating noises and focus on their caregivers’ voices. --Kt Paxton “Enhancing Language Development in Childhood”

Good Morning

Hello, How are You?

What Shall We Do with a Lazy Baby?

What shall we do with a lazy baby?

What shall we do with a lazy baby?

What shall we do with a lazy baby?

Early in the morning.

Roll her on the bed and tickle all over

Roll her on the bed and tickle all over

Roll her on the bed and tickle all over

Early in the morning.

Heave ho and up she rises,

Heave ho and up she rises,

Heave ho and up she rises,

Early in the morning.

--Jbrary

Open Shut Them

Book One

All of Baby Nose to Toes by Victoria Adler

See Saw Margery Daw

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

Dance to Your Daddy

Sung to: "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star"

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

Patty Cake

Patty cake, patty cake, baker’s man,

Bake me a cake as fast as you can

Roll it

And pat it

And mark it with a “B”

And put it in the oven for baby and me.

--Traditional

I Wiggle My Fingers

Book Two

The Stars Will Still Shine by Cynthia Rylant

Up, Up, Up in the Sky Like This

Sung to: "Little Cabin in the Woods"

Up, up, up in the sky like this

Down, down, down for a great big kiss

Up like this, down for a kiss

There goes baby, there goes baby, there goes baby, baby mine.

--Jbrary

All the Little Babies

Sung to: “Short’nin’ Bread”

All the little babies love bouncing, bouncing
All the little babies just to love bounce!

All the little babies love bouncing, bouncing
All the little babies just to love bounce!

Lean to the left, lean to the right

Hug that baby nice and tight!

--Katie at Sharing Soda

Read Together

Peek-A-Baby by Karen Katz

The More We Get Together

Wee Read - Baby It's Cold Outside

Early Literacy Tip of the Week:

Get your little one actively involved in telling the story by pointing to objects in the book and naming them.

Good Morning

Hello, How are You?

Boots, Jacket, Scarf, and Hat

Sung to: “Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes”

Boots, jacket, scarf, and hat,

Scarf and hat.

Boots, jacket, scarf, and hat,

Scarf and hat.

In wintertime we dress like that.

Boots, jacket, scarf, and hat,

Scarf and hat.

--Mel’s Desk

Open Shut Them

Book One 

No Two Alike by Keith Baker

Where is Baby? (with scarves)

Sung to: “Where is Thumbkin?”

Where is baby? Where is baby?

There you are! There you are!

I’m so glad to see you, I’m so glad to see you

Peek-a-boo! Peek-a-boo!

--ALSC

If You're Happy and You Know It (with scarves)

Sung to: "If You're Happy and You Know It"

wave your scarf, throw your scarf

hide your scarf, scrunch your scarf in your hands

--Story Time with the Library Lady

Mix a Pancake

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

I Wiggle My Fingers

Book Two 

Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? by Bill Martin, Jr.

Four Little Snowflakes

One little snowflake with nothing to do,

Along came another and then there were… two!

Two little snowflakes laughing with me,

Along came another and then there were…three!

Three little snowflakes looking for some more,

Along came another and then there were…four!
Four little snowflakes having so much fun!

Out came the sun, and then there were none!

--Loons and Quines at Librarytime

My Mittens

Mittens for the snow time,

          (Fingers flutter down like snow)

When the world is white,

Mittens for my two hands

          (Hold up two hands)

Mittens left and right,

(Wave left hand, then right hand)

Mittens with a thumb in place,

          (Thumbs up)

Mittens warm and snug,

          (Hug baby)

Mittens make me feel like

A bug inside a rug

          (Hug baby snug)

--Michigan Library Association

Read Together 

What’s On My Head? by Margaret Miller

The More We Get Together

Storytime - Chinese New Year

Toddler

Books: My First Chinese New Year by Karen Katz and Ten Mice for Tet by Pegi Deitz Shea and Cynthia Weill

Songs / Rhymes: “Good Morning”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “Let’s Go Riding”, “Open, Shut Them”, “Chinese New Year”, “If You’re Happy and You Know It”, “Four Red Dragons” on the felt board, “I Wiggle My Fingers”, and “The More We Get Together”.

Craft: Horses for the New Year. Materials: Chinese New Year horses printout (on red paper), gold glitter, crayons, and glue. The toddlers colored in their horses and then covered their pictures in glue. I sprinkled gold glitter over the glue to make their horses festive for the new year. The horse printout came from OnColoring.com.

Preschool

Books: Max Celebrates Chinese New Year by Adria F. Klein and Bringing in the New Year by Grace Lin

Songs / Rhymes: “Welcome to the Library”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “Hi There, So Glad You Came”, “Let’s Go Riding”, “Open, Shut Them”, “Chinese New Year”, “The Hokey Pokey”, “I Wiggle My Fingers”, and “The More We Get Together”.

Craft: Horses for the New Year. Materials: Chinese New Year horses printout (on red paper), gold sequins, crayons, and glue. The preschoolers colored in their horses and then covered their pictures in glue. They used their fine motor skills (developing their writing muscles!) to apply the sequins to the glue.

Songs/Rhymes

Let's Go Riding

Sung to: "Are You Sleeping?"

Let's go riding, let's go riding,

Saddle up. Saddle up.

Everybody ready? Everybody ready?

Giddyup! Giddyup!

--PreschoolEducation

Chinese New Year

Sung to “Mary Had a Little Lamb

See the dragon dance and prance

Dance and prance, dance and prance

See the dragon dance and prance

On Chinese New Year’s Day!

Hear the firecrackers pop, pop, pop

Pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop

Hear the firecrackers pop, pop, pop

On Chinese New Year’s Day!

-- PerpetualPreschool.com

Five Red Dragons

Five red dragons

Making such a roar
One danced away

And then there were four 

Four red dragons

Dancing 'round a tree
One danced away

And then there were three
Three red dragons

Dancing 'round you
One danced away

And then there were two
Two red dragons

Dancing in the sun
One danced away

And then there was one
One red dragon

Having lots of fun

She danced away
And then there were none

Wee Read - Snowflakes, Snowflakes

Early Literacy Tip of the Week:

Provide feedback - if a baby says "ma-ma-ma" answer her attempts at speech with "Yes, mama is right here."

Good Morning

Hello, How are You?

The Winter Pokey
Sung to: "The Hokey Pokey"

You put your mittens in,
you take your mittens out,
you put your mittens in
and you shake it all about.

You do the winter pokey
and you turn yourself around.
That's what it's all about.

Additional verses:
You put your boots in . . .
You put your hat in . . .
You put your snowsuit in . . .

--PreschoolEducation

Open Shut Them

Book One

Snow! by Christine Ford

Putting on Mittens

Sung to: "The Farmer in the Dell"

The Thumb in the Thumb place
Fingers all together
This is the song we sing
When it is mitten weather.

--PreschoolEducation.com

Warm Hands Warm

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

Four Little Snowmen

Four little snowmen riding on a sled
One fell off and bumped his head
Frosty called the doctor and the doctor said,
“No more snowmen riding on that sled!”
(Continue in this fashion until you get to zero)

--PreschoolEducation

I Wiggle My Fingers

Book Two

Baby Loves Winter! by Karen Katz

Two Little Snowflakes
Way up high in the winter sky,
Two little snowflakes caught my eye.
Down to the ground they fell without a sound.
And before very long,
It was snowing all around.

--PreschoolEducation

Snowflakes, Snowflakes

Snowflakes, snowflakes,

Dance around (wiggle fingers)

Touch the ground (touch floor)

Snowflakes, snowflakes,

In the air (flutter fingers upward)

Snowflakes, snowflakes,

Everywhere (flutter fingers outward)

-- PreschoolEducation.com

Read Together

What Do You Do? by Mandy Stanley

Storytime - Oh Baby!

Toddler

Books: Bouncing Babies by Mike Brownlow and How Do You Make a Baby Smile? by Philemon Sturges

Songs / Rhymes: “Good Morning”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “All the Little Babies Love Bouncing”, “Open, Shut Them”, “Patty Cake”, “Ten Little Babies” on the felt board, “I Wiggle My Fingers”, “Wind, Oh Wind” with scarves, “If You’re Happy and You Know It” with scarves, “Mix a Pancake” with scarves, and “The More We Get Together”.

Craft: There was no craft today. We played with scarves instead.

Preschool

Books: The Difference Between Babies and Cookies by Mary Hanson and First Brother or Sister by Monica Hughes (non-fiction title).

Songs / Rhymes: “Welcome to the Library”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “All the Little Babies Love Bouncing”, “Open, Shut Them”, “Patty Cake”, “Ten Little Babies” on the felt board, and “The More We Get Together”.

Special Activity: The preschoolers paired up to sing “Patty Cake”. They clapped each other’s hands and worked together to make the song even more fun! We also played a game with a giant, inflatable die. Each number represented an action that a baby would do. The preschoolers ate, crawled, talked, cried, had stinky diapers, and slept, just like babies!

Craft: There was no craft today. We played the game instead.

Songs/Rhymes

All the Little Babies

Sung to: “Short’nin’ Bread”

All the little babies love bouncing, bouncing
All the little babies just to love bounce!

All the little babies love bouncing, bouncing
All the little babies just to love bounce!

Lean to the left, lean to the right

Hug that baby nice and tight!

--Katie at Sharing Soda

Patty Cake

Patty cake, patty cake, baker’s man,

Bake me a cake as fast as you can

Roll it

And pat it

And mark it with a “B”

And put it in the oven for baby and me.

--Traditional

Ten Little Babies

Sing to: Ten Little Indians

One little two little three little babies

Four little five little six little babies

Seven little eight little nine little babies

Ten baby girls and boys!

--Mel's Desk

*To make the song more interactive, change last line to ten little babies eating/crying/with stinky diapers/sleeping...shh!

Wind, Oh Wind

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

If You're Happy and You Know It (with scarves)

Sung to: "If You're Happy and You Know It"

shake your scarf

wave your scarf

throw your scarf

play peek-a-boo

hide your scarf

scrunch your scarf in your hands

hide it behind your back

--Story Time with the Library Lady

Mix a Pancake

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