Flannel Friday Round Up: Jan 12, 2018

Happy Flannel Friday, everyone! I haven't hosted since July and I'm super thrilled to be back at it once again.

Put your link in the comments and I'll add it to our round up tomorrow (January 12).

Flannel Friday Roundup - April 21

Woooo! Friday! Let's see what our collective creative brains came up with this week in Flannel Land!

Three Jellyfish (Wendy from Flannel Board Fun)
You need to check out these jellyfish and rhyme! This is the perfect addition to your summertime ocean themes.



Paintbrushes (Nikki from heytherelibrary)
This is an Inspired By post for rainbow/spring/color/art storytimes. This game will get those little brains working on memory recall, as well as colors.

Shapes Poem (Anne from so tomorrow)
Anne is mixing National Poetry Month with STEM and storytime! I love the idea of using containers of different shapes to give the poem a sensory aspect, too.

Dirty Diaper (Mr. Keith from Felt-tastic Flannelboard)
Almost everyone has heard the agonizing cries of a baby forced to have their diaper changed. Mr. Keith's distracting song will work with changing clothes and baths, too.

Mouse Mess (Me!)
My coworkers designed these environmental print flannel boards to celebrate One Book 4 Colorado and the book choice, Mouse Mess. 

Pete the Cat and the Missing Cupcakes (Tara from Storytime with Miss Tara and Friends)
Everyone loves Pete the Cat! Especially when he has delicious cupcakes!

It's an Orange Aardvark (Tara from Storytime with Miss Tara and Friends)
I'm in awe of this brilliant flannel retelling of this book by Michael Hall.






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Flannel Friday - Mouse Mess

One Book 4 Colorado is an annual initiative to get free books into the hands of four-year-olds around the state. State residents vote between three titles (each title must be available from Scholastic in paperback and in both English and Spanish).

This year our title is Mouse Mess by Linnea Asplind Riley and our branches went all out decorating for it.

My department, Child and Family Library Services, made felt boards for each location. The boards highlight the environmental print in the book.

Each branch also has a scavenger hunt happening. Children are given a sheet with the pictures they need to find throughout the children's section.

I'm hosting the round up this week! Check back later for the rest of the Flannel Friday community's submissions.

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Flannel Friday 12/02/16: It's Not That Cold Outside

IT'S SNOWING IT'S SNOWING IT'S SNOWING IT'S SNOWING!

Okay, maybe not right this very minute, but now that I'm in Colorado, I expect it to happen all the time. This is ski country, right?!

For this week's extra special Winter Extravaganza Flannel Friday, I made a flannel that can accompany a song I'll be using in a program in February.

It's Not That Cold Outside

(to the tune of Mary Had a Little Lamb)

I don't want to wear my coat, wear my coat, wear my coat

I don't want to wear my coat

It's not that cold outside.

Repeat with scarf, boots, mittens, and hat

Aaaa CHOOOOOoooo!

--Laptime and Storytime

It can also be used for:

 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  

Wendy from Flannel Board Fun is hosting the roundup today. Don't forget to check her blog later to see all of the submissions from this week.

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Flannel Friday Roundup: November 4, 2016

It's roundup day! Let's take a look at the fabulous Friday felt fabrications for Friday.

WHAT'S THAT?! YOU'LL HAVE TO SPEAK UP! I'm having difficulty hearing you over these NOISY ROBOTS made by Kathryn from Fun with Friends at Storytime!

Whew, it's a little quieter now. We can hear these Five Christmas Cookies made by Kate at Felt Board Magic chanting their rhyme. Don't eat too many, or you'll get a tummy ache. She's even included a pattern so you can bake more this holiday season.

After all those cookies, I need to brush my teeth. Never fear, because these Five Little Teeth also made by Kate at Felt Board Magic are here!

If you're worried about the Christmas rush, we have an adorable fall felt board for you. Mr. Keith from Felt-tastic Flannelboard Funtime has made these cute leaves for Autumn Leaves Are Falling Down. And, as if you need more convincing, there's coffee involved.

Wendy from Flannel Board Fun shows us just what might be hiding in those leaves: Little Snail. This Inspired By Flannel Friday idea actually uses real leaves!

Our last post is from the amazing Miss Mary Liberry (I say this not just because we work together, although it might be super awkward if I didn't). She's made a felt version of Brian Won's Hooray For Hat with super cute animals.

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Flannel Friday Round Up: November 4

Let's get ready for Fri-YAY!

Please post your submissions for this week's Flannel Friday round up in the comments below by 10pm Eastern.

And Happy November!

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Put your links to your Flannel Friday posts in the comments by 10:00 pm ET Friday for this week's roundup. I can't wait to see what you have for this week!

Flannel Friday - All Around the Swamp

Hello everyone! As some of you know, I started working in a new library near Denver, CO. It's been a big change, but I am LOVING it so far. Especially since it brings me closer to our Flannel Friday founder, Melissa from Mel's Desk, and Mary from Miss Mary Liberry!

I can't quite call this my own submission. Like all great artists, I steal borrow from those around me. In this case, everything is entirely Melissa's, I just repurposed it. I needed ideas for a dinosaur storytime, and low and behold, she had already done most of the legwork! There was even a flannel already created that I stole borrowed for this. That's right, it's literally her actual flannel that she made for her storytimes. Sharing an office wall with her is awesome.

All Around the Swamp

Sung to: "The Wheels on the Bus"

Pteranodon’s wings went flap, flap, flap

Flap, flap, flap,

Flap, flap, flap,

Pteranodon’s wings went flap, flap, flap

All around the swamp.

Triceratop’s horns went poke, poke, poke…

Apatosaurus’ mouth went munch, munch, munch…

My additions:
Tyrannosaurus goes roar, roar, roar
Stegosaurus goes stomp, stomp, stomp

--Melissa from Mel's Desk

Here's the link to the dinosaur template and you can find the link to Melissa's dinosaur storytime in the credit above.

Emily from Literary Hoots is hosting the roundup today. Don't forget to check her blog later to see all of the submissions from this week.

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Happy Birthday, Flannel Friday!

School Visit: Dr. Seuss' Birthday

Happy fifth birthday to Flannel Friday! I thank my lucky stars every day that I found such a welcoming group of people who are just as enthusiastic about working with children as I am. Thank you all for continuing to make Flannel Friday a fun and engaging space!

This week, we had a special daycare group visit us to celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday. Instead of reading books by the Dr. himself, I chose to read past winners of the Geisel Award.

Books: You Are (Not) Small by Anna Kang and The Watermelon Seed by Greg Pizzoli

Songs / Rhymes: “Welcome to the Library”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “Bread and Butter”, “Open, Shut Them”, “Zoom, Zoom, Zoom”, “The Banana Song”, and “I Wiggle My Fingers”.

Songs/Rhymes

Bread and Butter

Bread and butter

Marmalade and jam

Let's say hello as high as we can

(whisper: hello)

Repeat with:

...low as we can

...fast as we can

...slow as we can

...loud as we can

...quiet as we can

--Jbrary

Zoom, Zoom, Zoom

Zoom, zoom, zoom

We're going to the moon.

Zoom, zoom, zoom

We're going to the moon.

If you want to take a trip

climb aboard my rocket ship.

Zoom, zoom, zoom

We're going to the moon.

In 5, 4, 3, 2, 1: Blast off!

--Jbrary 

I am hosting this week's Flannel Friday Birthday Celebration Bonanza, so check back to see what everyone else has shared this week. Also, feel free to stop by our Facebook page and tell us how you found Flannel Friday and how long you've been a part of our group.

 

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Happy Fifth Birthday, Flannel Friday!

It's Flannel Friday's Fifth birthday!!! This week we'll be featuring new and old party themed submissions.

Our founder, Melissa from Mel's Desk, shares her birthday set, complete with hats, candles, cupcakes, and presents! 

Kathryn from Fun with Friends at Storytime has some birthday presents for us to unwrap, along with lots of fun birthday activities and books.

Wendy has an exciting line up for us this week: Little Gorilla, Cupcakes, More Cupcakes, and PRESENTS!

Stop! Go! Wait, what?! Laura from Literacious is up to one crazy party game with her story about The Crazy Traffic Light.

Jaime has a felt version of the classic picture book, Happy Birthday, Moon by Frank Asch at Miss Jaime's Library Journeys.

Jane shares with us how she found Flannel Friday and her secret, no-bake cupcake recipe (spoiler alert: they're made out of felt).

Lastly, I'm sharing my twist on the Dr. Seuss' Birthday storytime. Disclaimer: no Dr. Seuss books were read during the performing of this storytime.

Thank you so much for celebrating with us! I started this blog in order to participate in Flannel Friday, and I can't even tell you how many ways it's changed my life. I've become a better librarian, I've met so many people, and I've had so many new experiences. Here's to many more years of flanneling on Fridays!

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Flannel Friday - A Felt Advent Calendar

Can you believe that this is the last Flannel Friday of the year?! Neither can I!

This project is something that I made for my daughter, actually. It's not perfect, but it's been fun planning it out. She's a very active toddler, so I gave her a Christmas tree of her own to play with. 

I bought a large sheet of green felt and used 3M strips to tape it on her door. I used washi tape for the outline of the tree and base (though I did have to go back and glue the washi tape down because it wasn't sticky enough to stay on the tree). The ornaments are shapes I traced from her shape sorter set and the numbers are glitter glue. I've been giving her one ornament a day. Though they're not pictured on the tree, the last five days will be yellow stars. And as you can see she has already lost poor day ten, a green triangle to match days eight and nine, which all together make a Christmas tree of their own.

Mary from Miss Mary Liberry is hosting the roundup this week.

***Remember: 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.***

Happy Holidays, Everyone! See you all again in the new year!

Flannel Friday - The Gingerbread Man

It's been a loooooong time since I've done a Flannel Friday, but I really liked this Gingerbread Man song I found on PreschoolEducation.com. It's a nice and easy rhyme, and you can change the animals, add characters, etc. The template came from MakingLearningFun.com. I colored them in, laminated them, cut them out, and placed a magnet on the back.

The Gingerbread Man

Sung to: "Wheels on the Bus"

The gingerbread man ran through the town,

Through the town, through the town.

The gingerbread man ran through the town,

"You'll never catch me."

He ran away from a cow,

from a cow, from a cow

He ran away from a cow,

"You'll never catch me."

He ran away from a sheep,

from a sheep, from a sheep

He ran away from a sheep

"You'll never catch me."

He ran away from a dog,

from a dog, from a dog

He ran away from a dog,

"You'll never catch me."

Then he came to a fox,

To a fox, to a fox

The fox said,

"You can trust me"

Then he ate him, yes siree.

--PreschoolEducation

The roundup for this week can be found on my blog here.

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Flannel Friday Roundup - October 2, 2015

It's Flannel Friday? I'm still not sure, so let's ask Cookie Monster and Tom Hiddleston.

Alright, there's our answer. So on with the show!

It's October (finally)! You know what that means? Fall! Pumpkins! HALLOWEEN! Kathryn at Fun with Friends at Storytime helps us choose what costumes to wear with her Five Little Jack-o-Lanterns Shining Bright.

Shawn at Read, Rhyme, and Sing was inspired to make a Mr. Potato Head set by another Flannel Friday post. She even created a clever rhyme to help children with parts of the body.

Nikki at heytherelibrary is looking for her Little Cat who fell asleep under a hat. Can you guess where Little Cat is?

Laura at Library Lalaland and I have something in common: our first flannel was Five Little Monkeys Swinging in a Tree! And she's right, this one never fails to get the crowd going.

Time for a Flashback Friday (that's a thing, right?). The last time I hosted, Melissa at Mel's Desk debuted her first Meeow set. This week she has more pieces: more Meeow!

Jaime at Miss Jaime's Library Journeys has been hard at work making a Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons set. I love the idea of using Velcro on the buttons to help them keep the shirt closed. Good thinking, Jaime!

Jane at Piper Loves the Library has started a yoga storytime program called Yoga for Two. She's even managed to work in some flannel board fun!

Lastly, Nancy asked if I would post pictures of her imaginative and fun Shadow Children at Play. They are just too cute!

Next week is our Fall and Halloween Extravaganza! It will be hosted by Lisa at Libraryland.

***Remember: 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 Guest Post - Shadow Children at Play

Hello everyone! I don't have a Flannel Friday post of my own (even though I'm hosting this week), but Nancy from Galion, OH wants to share her window display.

These shadow children at play would be especially perfect for next year's CSLP theme: Ready, Set, Read!

Great job, Nancy! I love the balloons and clouds, too. A wonderful addition to an already beautiful library.

You can find the final roundup on my blog later today.

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Flannel Friday Roundup: August 21, 2015

What a great week, everyone! I'm as sad as most people to see summer go, but I'm looking forward to cooler temperatures and falling leaves, not to mention everything pumpkin flavored. And even though summer is winding down, Flannel Friday is still in full swing. I've loved seeing the fantastic flannel posts our contributors prepared for us. Here they are for your flanneling pleasure:

Camping is a favorite summer activity and Lauren has made this delicious flannel to celebrate a favorite tasty treat: S'mores! This rhyme will have you giggling and looking for some marshmallows.

Kathryn was inspired by Sunflower Storytime to make her own version of Two Little Sharks. Then she added more creatures to the under the sea party to make an even ten.

Danielle's two shark-themed flannels were inspired by Destination Storytime and ItsyBitsyMom. And sadly, she's moving on to Teen and Adult services and won't get to do her wonderful storytimes anymore. We hope you still stop by to chat with us, Danielle!

We're leaving the ocean behind to check out how Melissa brought Meeow's world to life. That playful kitty is hiding and it's our job to find him! She even includes ways to modify the flannel for different ages, proving once again that she is our resident genius.

Bonnie is continuing the Little Mouse fun with her own version, Ladybug, Ladybug. She even has a great idea on how to use it to focus a wiggly, giggly group.

Let's talk about fall! Ms. Kelly reminds us that the season of pumpkins and spice and everything nice is right around the corner with Five Little Apples.

Jaime is showing off a flannel she made when she was still a baby librarian, Fall is Not Easy. They're very intricate and a perfect way to share a favorite autumn story. And to think all that talent is right down the road (highway) from me!

Everyone did such a wonderful job this week. Thank you, Flannel Friday crew for being your usual amazing selves! 

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Flannel Friday Roundup: May 15, 2015

Are you ready to Flannel Friiiiiiiiiiiidaaaaaaaaaay?!!!!! Here are the posts for your flannelizing pleasure:

It's raining fun at Fun with Friends at Storytime! Kathryn shares with us a matching game using umbrellas. Wear your raincoats, kids, you're about to get drenched!

Nikki from heytherelibrary shows off her mad flanneling skillz that she learned over time. Those five little ducks are ready to play!

Brytani, otherwise known as The Neighborhood Librarian, is swimming by to say that her Bubble, Bubble, Pop prop (say that ten times fast!) is a hit.

Ms. Kelly at the Library is helping kids learn about being smart with their money with her post about Five Little Cupcakes. And now I'm craving baked goods!

Those monkeys just haven't learned their lesson yet! Luckily, Storytime Katie made them a bed for jumping on. She even has templates!

Get ready to leap over buildings in a single bound and fly as fast as an airplane! Storytime with Miss Tara has a clever idea that will make little superheroes pose for a photo.

My superheroes are ready to fight crime and make the world a peaceful place this summer.

Jane talks about how very super her school visits are at Piper Loves the Library. It really does take hearts and spirits the size of Gotham to pull off a fantastic SRP.

Great job this week, everyone!

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: Five Superheroes Ready to Fly

Though we're not doing the CSLP theme for SRP this summer, we ARE doing a fantasy theme. So of course I wanted to do a storytime on superheroes. Thank goodness for our very own library superheroes, Jbrary, and their plethora of songs about the topic.

The clipart came from cloudstreetlab's Etsy store (male set; female set). The sets are build-your-own, so you can play with the costumes, hair, and accessories to make your superheroes unique. I also got their monster pack for free and I can't wait to play with that! The heroes were printed out and laminated, and I intend to cut them out and add a magnet on the back.

Here are a few of the creations I made (the girl in all black is my villain!):

Five Superheroes Ready to Fly

5 superheroes ready to fly

Here comes the villain, Stop that guy!

This superhero can save the day.

Off he flies - up, up, and away!

Count down from 4, 3, 2, 1 

--Jbrary

Thank you for joining us on this lovely Flannel Friday! Be sure to catch the final roundup, on my blog, later tonight.

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 - One Penguin in the Bathtub

Happy Flannel Friday, everyone. Long time no see! Today's post was made out of laminated clip art and Velcro and was featured in my polar animals storytime a few weeks ago.

One Penguin in the Bathtub

One penguin in the bathtub going for a swim

Knock, knock (clap hands)

Splash, splash (slap knees)

Come on in!

(count up to five penguins)

--SLC Book Boy

This week's roundup is hosted by Ms. Kelly at the Library. If you'd like to learn more about Flannel Friday, you can find us on Facebook, Pinterest, or on our blog. Please tell us where in the world Flannel Friday is by sharing your location here. Don't forget to sign up to participate in our Guest Post Palooza on March 4 (sign ups end this week!). 

A Flannel Friday Announcement: Guest Post Palooza!

Celebrate Flannel Friday’s Birthday

Flannel Friday is celebrating its fourth birthday, and we have decided to do something a little different. What started out with a few librarians sharing their flannel story ideas on Twitter has grown into something pretty special.

We are hosting a Guest Post Palooza.  If you’ve ever wanted to share one your favorite flannel boards, but don’t have a blog, this is your opportunity.  We will pair you up with a blogger who is willing to share their spot in the blogosphere.  

We need people who are willing to post flannel stories and we need bloggers who are willing to host someone else’s work on March 6.  Is that you?  

Remember, every single one of us, from Melissa D to you, had to start blogging sometime. This is a great way to dip your toe into the blogging pool..  

Please fill out the attached Google form.  Sharon or I will contact you with your match.

Have questions about this?  Check out our FAQs page.

Be sure to check out this week's roundup hosted by Kim at her blog Literary Commentary.