Joining in on #flannelfriday, I’m showing a kite flannel I made this week for “Play” storytime in April/May. This is basically a felt base layer, some quilting squares I bought at Joanns, and a felt frame over the fabric. Ribbon for the tails, and more of the fabric for the bows. My amazing co-worker brought
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Puzzles!
The Plan Books The Book With No Pictures by B.J. Novak Follow the Line by Laura Ljungkvist Hello, Red Fox by Eric Carle Press Here by Herve Tullet Extension Activities Flannelboard: “I Spy” I used several of the pieces and gave clues: “I spy with my little eye something with a tail” (kite, balloon, cat,
Shake, Shimmy, & Dance: 6/17
For the first time in our library’s history, we ran our own summer reading program — Make Some Noise! What better opportunity to do a bi-weekly music and movement dance party? This program was advertised for ages 0-7 and their families. The Plan Book How Can You Dance? by Rick Walton I liked that this
Letter K!
The Plan Books Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother Too? by Eric Carle I Kissed the Baby by Mary Murphy Katie Loves the Kittens by John Himmelman Kitten Red Yellow Blue by Peter Catalanotto Stuck by Oliver Jeffers Extension Activities Flannelboard Puzzle: “Letter K” Flannelboard: “Kites” Action: “Different Kinds of Kisses” Grandma kisses (grab cheeks
Spring!
The Plan Books I See Spring by Charles Ghigna Little White Rabbit by Kevin Henkes Mouse’s First Spring by Lauren Thompson Peek-a-Bloom by Marie Cimarusti Split Splat by Amy Gibson Extension Activities Flannelboard: “Five Little Kites” One little kite in the sky so blue, Along came another, then there were two. Two little kites flying
Flannel Friday: Summer Shapes
This week, I did a flannel from Melissa at Mel’s Desk! She did this super cute shape game and I repeated it with my 3-7 year old storytime group. To start, I had all the shapes turned over, so that they were just shapes. (The kite string and popsicle stick just got tucked under their
Up and Down!
This was my first week of opposite pairs with my daycare kids. I have four weeks of opposites planned, and then summer reading programming begins. Since I’ve got so much going on, I’ll be repeating storytimes for the first time ever. It’s looking like I will be doing two-three storytimes a week (Thursday mornings, Friday
Play and Pretend!
Last Thursday was my regular weekly storytime — and I had choosen to do my theme with play and pretend, choosing all different kinds of books. First up, I read “Knuffle Bunny” by Mo Willems. I don’t know if you know this about me, but I adore Mo Willems. Like practically worship at his feet.
Shake Your Sillies Out
In addition to my storytime duties, I also try to have a once in a while special program for ages 3-7. Last week at the library, we shook our sillies out. (Really, this program was a big excuse to use my new storytime aides that we purchased after receiving a Target Early Literacy grant this
Flannelboards
Flannelboards || Flannel Friday || Finger Puppets & Props Click on any of the pictures below to be taken to the blog post about that flannelboard. At the post, you’ll find out how I made the flannelboard and how you can make one yourself. If you want to know which book/rhyme/song is pictured, hover over
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