Flannel Friday - Five Toothbrushes

Happy Flannel Friday! Today's entry was used for my Good Morning storytime today.

Five Toothbrushes

5 little toothbrushes hanging in a row,

Red, orange, green, blue, and yellow.

Along comes Mommy to the bathroom door,

She brushes her teeth, and now there are 4.

The song is from Kathy MacMillan's article in Children's Programming Monthly (volume 1 number 5).

Be sure to check out the rest of the flannel fun on Anne's roundup page.

Stop by our Flannel Friday page on Pinterest, too!

Flannel Friday: Teeth!

Let's get down to the real reason I started this blog: Flannel Friday, the new Twitter phenomenon (well, maybe not all of Twitter, but at least among us Children's Librarians)!

This week's entry features our pearly whites.

After searching in my system's felt vault for felt boards relating to my favorite theme this session (January through April) and coming up short, I set out to make my own.

Toddler Group - Five Little Teeth

For this group's activity, I used an old black glove I discovered in the lost and found. I used hot glue and attached velcro (the rough side) to the fingertips.

Thanks to www.makinglearningfun.com. You can find the poem and pattern here.

I put one tooth on each finger and sang:

There were 5 little teeth in my teeny tiny mouth.

I pulled and I twisted and one popped out.
Now there are… (continue until all are gone)

Preschool Group - Happy Tooth, Sad Tooth

I'm not very artistic, so when I can find the images already online, I will sometimes print them out in color, laminate the sheet, cut out the shapes, and hot glue velcro to the back. Gluing felt on the back would also work, and I know many people use this method, too.

I place the happy tooth and the sad tooth on the board and tell the children what makes them feel the way they do. Healthy foods like fruits and vegetables make teeth happy, while sugary foods make teeth sad. I show them a food and they have to guess how it will make the tooth feel.

Thanks to www.prekfun.com for this idea. You can find the PDF here.


That's all I have for this week. Check back next week for a new installment of Flannel Friday!