Happy Anniversary, Flannel Friday!

Happy 3rd anniversary, Flannel Friday!!!

I can’t even begin to express my appreciation for Flannel Friday and what it has done for me. You guys *saved* me when it came to professional learning and development. My first library was very small and for a number of more recent years, I was the only degree-holding children’s librarian. Flannel Friday and the contacts I made from it are invaluable to me. I wish we could all have a giant Internet hug right now. ::hug::

I will NEVER forget reading that PUBYAC post inviting us to participate and immediately settling down to write a post. So, I thought I’d do a little bit of everything: a bit of reflection, a peek at my to-do, and some of my personal favorites over the years.

I love seeing the evolution of flannelboards and the different intepretations of stories! We have a bunch of universal flannels, but one in particular seems to pop up everywhere, Dog’s Colorful Day: Me, before Flannel Friday even existed!, Nicole 4.27.11, Anne 5.27.11, Bridget 9.2.11, Danielle 3.2.12, Library Quine & Kendra 9.9.11, Tracey 4.13.12, Sarah’s dinosaur twist 5.18.12, Andrea 11.15.12, & Amy 2.21.14!

[If I missed your Dog post, please link it in the comments & I’ll update it!]

One of my favorite things are tutorials. Whether it’s how to store your materials (Lisa from Thrive After Three) to how make a board (Library Quine at Loons & Quines) or repurpose a board (Lisa at Libraryland) to mastering puffy paint (Mary at Miss Mary Liberry), to making your own patterns (Melissa at Mel’s Desk).

My personal To-Do List includes:
• Elizabeth’s counting windows Because how perfect/universal would that be?
• Kari Ann’s box version of Clip Clop My toddlers went NUTS for this book this week!
• Library Quine’s goldfish & portable babyboard Seriously, need to get on that portable hand-held board!
• Lisa’s Color Zoo To die for!!
• Melissa’s baby faces Now that I’m doing baby storytime!

My personal favorites of my own include:
• Band-Aids! A quick, simple one that the kids loved.
• Down Around the Corner! A super amount of sewing, worth every penny in my opinion.
• Fall Is Not Easy! All I have to say is: storytime genius.
• Five Clean and Dirty Pigs! I, too, can use paint in flannels.
• Five Little Snowflakes! AKA, how many stitches can I learn for this flannel?
• Thanks a Lot! This beautiful flannel pattern came from Melissa and I just…I can’t love it enough.

So, thanks again, Flannel Friday! Pretty soon it’ll be four years…five years…fifteen years with you still going strong!

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