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

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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

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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