A nice source of French rhymes is Un Deux Trois: First French Rhymes selected by Opal Dunn and illustrated by Patrice Aggs. The book comes with a CD as well so you can play the rhymes if you need help with pronounciation. This is a simple counting rhyme about picking cherries. A basket to place […]
Flannel Friday Inspiration Post: Magical Rainbow Stew
on March 9, 2012
Love this fun flannel from Stortyime ABC’s. When I saw it, I knew it was a perfect activity to give my Lunch pieces extra mileage. And, like almost every library, we’ve got some of those cauldrons from various Halloween and Harry Potter programs. So all I needed was the rainbow pieces and, voilà!, the story […]
Flannel Friday: Loads of Candy & a Touch of Gingerbread
on December 2, 2011
The Tech Club kids started a trailer for the Candy Shop War (It is almost finished. I’ll share our learning curve when I share the completed video). While these felt candy pieces don’t show up much in the video, I made them to decorate the puppet theatre that we used as the sweet shop. I […]
Flannel Friday Inspiration Post: Ice Cream Flannelboard
on November 18, 2011
Mollie made an ice cream flannelboard back when the weather was warm, but ice cream is good year-round, right? Being such a fan of food-themed storytimes, I made not 1 but 2 versions, felt and milk filter. I like the bright colours of the felt better, but the milk filters work well as tracing paper […]
Flannel Friday: Bee Bim Bop
on September 9, 2011
Travel begets travel. On a recent trip, I had my first taste of bee bim bop while thinking of Linda Sue Park. My first trip to Korea is coming up in December. You can be sure I’ll be reading (and rereading) a lot of Linda Sue Park this fall and subjecting the kids to a […]