My second flannelboard for Sick/Get Well storytime came from Melissa on Twitter! I crowd-sourced and needed a flannelboard (as we know from last week, I did wind up using two) idea for this theme. Melissa suggested having kids bring up band-aids to an animal on the flannelboard. I turned this around slightly and decided to use Applesauce, our storytime mascot, to model the band-aids.
I called the kids up by color and specifically told them where to put their band-aids, ie, “Oh, no! Applesauce’s paw hurts! Please put a band-aid there to help him feel better!” This was a hit, and afterwards, Applesauce shook off all his band-aids and felt all better.
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Poor Appleasuce! Hope he’s better now!
You’ll find this and other great Flannel Board ideas on the Flannel Friday roundup at loonsandquines.blogspot.com.
He’s just fine, thanks. But he *does* look pretty pathetic all covered up!
That is one cute pup! I love everything about Applesauce! And it’s a cute idea. We don’t do enough audience participation stuff!
Thanks; I love everything about him too! I’m always looking for some more audience participation stuff lately!
So cute! My daughter can’t get enough of putting band-aids on things, so I’m sure your storytime kids had a blast! 🙂
Band-aids are a fascination at this age! They had a lot of fun with this and the band-aid craft I did.
You’re an amazing children’s librarian. I hope you know that! I get so much inspiration from this blog.
Thanks, Sarah! This comment *really* made me smile!
I love Applesauce! He is sooooo cute! This post just made me smile, I can totally picture the kids coming up and putting band-aids on Applesauce. They must have gotten such a kick out of him shaking them off at the end 🙂
There was a lot of laughter when he shook them off! 😀
Aaaaw! Such a sweet learning activity! Love that you are teaching empathy and concern for others while also teaching body parts of a cute puppy. Lol
Glad to hear that Applesauce survived the pile of bandaids!
He was a shining star throughout the whole ordeal, haha.
OMG. This is SO MUCH BETTER than just putting it on the flannelboard! I am in love & trying to remember if we have a theme box I can put this in! You rock.
Thank you for the original idea! As always, I love the interaction/brainstorming on Twitter!
this is AMAZING! I love it. I can’t wait to make it.
It’s a quick one to make, too!
Aww, get well soon, Applesauce! I’m sure the children will patch you up in no time!
I love the audience participation!
It was a lot of fun!
The audience participation is really great – get those kids engaged! I’ve got one storytime session that is small enough that I could do this!
Our sessions are always under 25 kids, so I definitely have time for the participation. It really does get the kids engaged!
I’d like to know what books and or songs you used for your storytime – great theme.
Posted up the summary this morning: https://storytimekatie.com/2012/02/13/sick-get-well-soon/ — hope it’s in time to help you out!
Just looking at that puppy with his band-aids made me smile. Love it!!
Thanks! He is a super adorable puppet.
Love this idea Katie! Very creative!
Thank you!
The puppy is insanely cute! Do you think seventh and eighth graders would respond to this? Thinking about this for Spanish class.
Depends on the class, I suppose!
Cute band aids and a good way to practice body parts! Maybe we will try this when we talk about veterinarians.
I hope that you do — it was a fun game to play with the kids!
What did you do in order to get those band-aids to stick on to the puppy?
I didn’t do anything to the puppet. The band-aids mostly stayed on, but if they fell off, no one seemed to mind!
What are the band-aids made from??? Felt and…?
SLP needing help with prepositions!
Just felt! I suppose you could add Velcro for better stickiness, but mine are just felt.
This is so cute !!! I Love this idea Katie! It’s Very creative!
Thank you! Enjoy!
Is there a specific book you read to the children before you do this activity? I would love to know if you have a book suggestion to go with this activity?
I used this flannelboard in Sick/Get Well storytime, so I didn’t read a specific book beforehand, but our whole storytime was about the topic. https://storytimekatie.com/2012/02/13/sick-get-well-soon/
What a cute idea. I think I will put letters on the band aids for alphabet review. Love it. Thanks for sharing your ideas!
You’re welcome! Thanks for reading!