This week’s con­tri­bu­tion is not designed to go with a spe­cific rhyme or story, but rather some­thing that so many rhymes and sto­ries require — a tree. I present my two-sided tree with swap­pable leaves. There are also cher­ries and apples at work that can be used with it, but they aren’t present for the photo shoot.

Some­times the tree is just a tree that fits into a story or rhyme and some­times it’s an activ­ity. I might play around with the wrong-coloured leaves (they are also fun dur­ing outer space sto­ry­times — who says leaves aren’t hot pink on Nep­tune?). At Thanks­giv­ing, chil­dren can say what they are thank­ful for. There are pre-prepared leaves to put up, but I also set aside some blank leaves to write on if the chil­dren name some­thing that isn’t already made. These leaves are made from milk fil­ters which are easy to write on with markers.

Now I need to make an ever­green tree with a snowy side and an all-green side.

For more Flan­nel Fri­day ideas, search #flan­nel­fri­day on Twit­ter. This week’s round up is hosted by Anne, @sotomorrow, So Tomor­row. Links to all past Flan­nel Fri­day posts can be found at So Tomor­row as well.