Flannel friday

I made this set to go along with my Steve Antony storytime in the fall. I used this free template from A Cup of Thuy to make the donuts. I made 12 little donuts and 5 big donuts. I used an illustration from Thank You, Mr. Panda to make the felt Mr. Panda. No puff paint on the donuts and just a little puff paint on Mr. Panda for his eyeballs. I used this set with Carrrie's rhyme, but I ad-libbed some at the end. "Bridget picked the pink one." Oh, that's a good one. It's chocolate with…

Breaking my month-long blogging hiatus with a fun Flannel Friday post today! Last month I gave one of my favorite hat flannels a little makeover by adding a bunch of patterned party hats! I hid far…

My contribution this Flannel Friday is a flannel set I made up for a recent "Icky Sicky" storytime. I was inspired by the wonderful Storytim...

Have you ever looked at an old flannel and really wanted to give it a makeover? When I started doing storytimes, I made flannels willy nilly… but my idea of what makes a good flannel now diff…

For this flannel, I used Matthew Porter's simple and lovely board book: Tails Chasing Tails. I made each of the animals from the book and then cut them in half (which, even though necessary, was still a little heartbreaking, honestly). The book starts with the elephant chasing the tiger: When the kids have guessed who that tail belongs to, I add the head: Here are the other animals chasing/being chased: And it ends with the mouse chasing a gray tail... Which brings the whole thing full…

Flannel Friday: One Very Big Bear – Storytime in the Stacks

This year, the Library Village will be at the PLA in Indianapolis, Indiana the week I would've planned a St. Patrick's Day story time. So, instead of forgetting the holiday altogether, I decided to do a rainbow story time with a hint of St. Patrick's Day green! I was so excited to find Storytime ABC's flannel story Rainbow Stew. I knew immediately that it would be perfect for my story time. I can't wait to make some rainbow stew with the little ones.. I know they are going to love it…

Flannel Friday: Cakes! | storytime katie

HAPPY FLANNEL FRIDAY! Are you ready to wiggle and squirm this week? Last Friday, we bounced like bunnies. This week, we are going to wiggle and squirm like worms! I am not sure if I have ever done a storytime featuring worms ~ ewwww! smooshy, gooshy, slimey, slippery worms! ~ before. But it was FUN! Planning last night's Family Storytime and Game Night was actually more fun than I imagined. And did you know worms have their own personalilites? Well... at least mine do! *wink* As some of my…

I have not generally been in the habit of creating a brand-new flannel board each week - mostly because my coworkers have been doing this a lot longer than I have, and as such, have amassed quite the collection of awesome flannel boards. I did have an idea for our camping week, however, that I really wanted to try out. Unfortunately, I was out the day my story time was scheduled, so my coworker ended up doing it for me. She said it went pretty well, though I have a feeling this is one better…

I FINALLY made a Fall is Not Easy flannel! I feel like I’ve leveled up as a children’s librarian. If you haven’t been exposed to this book before, it’s a fun, silly story th…

Flannel Friday: Move Over, Rover! – Rachel's Reading Room

Plans for toddler story times and other library programming.

This is another storytime theme inspired by one book. When I discovered Blocks by Dickson, I just knew I had to share it at a storytime. SONG: Welcome Song MOVEMENT: “Wake Up Toes” from Morning Ma…

Several summers ago, I was a librarian in Iowa and had the privilege of attending a summer reading workshop for the CSLP theme "Be Creative....

Inspired by Katie at Storytime Secrets and Anne at So Tomorrow, I took my own turn using this template from PurlBee, which I found on Pinterest. (Was that enough links for you?) Here’s the rh…

Happy Flannel Friday, everyone! I hope your day has been better than mine! I have a poor sick puppy dog and, once again, we were very short-handed at the library. I think that makes 3 weeks now! Uuugh! :o{ I almost decided to skip sharing this week but ~ since I already have the pictures taken ~ why waste'em? Right? LOL! I'll go ahead and post the pictures and then I'll be back later to share the music and rhymes we enjoyed last at our Family Storytime and Game Night. Our theme was: BUGS…

This flannel set is based on the board book Hatch by Katie Cox. Though this book is completely appropriate for preschool, my Wiggleworms group has decided that board books are for babies. The book …

For our fall session of story time, I decided to base my theme around colors! Basic, I know, but it's my first time running a full-fledged story time session on my own, so I wanted something simple that also gave me some wiggle room. It feels like I've got a VERY young group this time around, so having the wiggle room is good. For week 1, I did red, and borrowed the crafty Miss Sarah's Five Red Apples flannel board. The kids LOVED it; I can't even begin to describe how adorably silent and…

Happy Flannel Friday! Today I’m sharing one of our storytime favorite flannels from this year: crunchy carrots! Crunchy Carrots Six crunchy carrots growing in the ground, Along came a bunny w…