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Flannel Friday: There’s a Castle in the Middle of the Moat
I am taking a break from Fall flannelboards this week in order to help out a reader who is looking for princess or knight flannels for a storytime she’s planning! (Hi Toni!) I have adapted “There’s a Hole in the … Continue reading
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Flannel Friday: Two Little Black Birds / Two Little Black Bats
Yay for Friday! Yay for Tracey who is hosting Flannel Friday over at her blog 1234 More Storytimes! Just like last week’s oak leaves, this week’s post was inspired by our Flannelboard Inspiration board on Pinterest. I have seen some … Continue reading
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Not a Flannel Friday (But It Could Be!): Oak Leaves
I know it’s still summery out, but just this week I had a chance to start working again on our library’s storytime resource packs, and I decided to drag out the Pumpkin-Fall-Halloween packs in the faint hope that if I … Continue reading
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Flannel Friday: Color and Counting Fish
Good morning! Our #flannelfriday round up will be at the wonderful Anna’s blog, Future Librarian Superhero. Don’t forget to check out our new Flannel Friday boards on Pinterest! (No clue about Pinterest? Read about our project!) I had a chance … Continue reading
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Flannel Friday on Pinterest!
Have you heard of Pinterest? It is a new way to organize images from the web. You can “pin” images from webpages onto different “boards.” You can decide how many boards you want, and what to name them. It’s a … Continue reading
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Flannel Friday: This Little Chick
Good morning! The Flannel Friday roundup will be at Mollie’s place today! I am still dealing with my summer schedule (and my summer brain) so here is another rhyme from my files. I was reading a bunch of chickens & … Continue reading
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Flannel Friday: Ladybugs
TGIFF! (Thank Goodness It’s Flannel Friday, of course!) Super Sharon at Rain Makes Applesauce will have the Round Up later today! Mollie and Katie have already presented a fun ladybug rhyme for Flannel Friday; here’s another way to use ladybugs … Continue reading
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Flannel Friday: Storing Flannelboard Stuff
Well, I was a good worker bee and scheduled Flannel Friday posts for the last couple weeks to go up while I was on vacation, and now that I’m back, all this week I thought I had one scheduled for … Continue reading
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Flannel Friday: Blue is the Sky
Welcome to Flannel Friday! The fabulous Katie at Storytime Katie will have the round up at her place today! Earlier this year Mollie shared her colorful flannel scene for Blue is the Sky. I had found the rhyme* years ago … Continue reading
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Flannel Friday: 5 Little Cookies
Happy Fourth! The amazing Katie at Secrets and Sharing Soda has the round up this week. I am counting the days until our August storytime break and the end of summer reading so I can dig in and make some … Continue reading
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