Category Archives: Flannelboards

Over on Pinterest, there are 9 bazillion clothespin activities for preschoolers, which usually involve having kids clip marked clothespins onto matching buckets, cups, or pieces of cardboard…the blue clothespin to the blue cup, for example, or the clothespin with a … Continue reading →

I am totally cheating and snuck this one on my blog and into the Round Up after it was finished! (I knew the host this week; she gave me a pass.) But I definitely wanted to have an entry for … Continue reading →

Well, once again I do not have a themed contribution to a Flannel Friday Extravaganza day! Maybe some creative thinker can figure out how to make this idea work with Dig into Reading. This is an update of the Red … Continue reading →

No, it’s not Fall anymore. Yes, today is the Valentine Extravaganza for Flannel Friday. Yes, I’m posting this anyway because it’s ready now and I don’t want to wait till next year to share it! A couple months ago I … Continue reading →

Can’t resist a tree full of monkeys! I made these felt sets for my recent ABC Baby Storytime. First I made a Chicka Chicka Tree, with different shaped coconuts: You could make a dozen of each shape coconuts, and hand … Continue reading →

This one was a lot of fun! Raffi has a song called “Thanks a Lot.” It’s a contemplative, quiet song, and while I was asking Twitter for help thinking of “thank you” rather than “turkey” ideas for Thanksgiving week storytime, … Continue reading →

I am flying back into Flannel Friday with some bird patterns for you! I made these felt birds so I could sing Little Bird in baby storytime on Monday. First you have to listen to the amazing Elizabeth Mitchell sing … Continue reading →

Mixed in with all my actual flannelboard patterns & ideas are these five posts discussing flannelboard issues! Can This Story Be Flannelized? Last year Cate asked folks to write about how we decide what stories to make into flannelboards, and … Continue reading →

It has been three long months since I have been able to pull together a Flannel Friday post. It feels so nice to be back! Today I have something a little different and I can’t wait to see what you … Continue reading →