{"id":2430,"date":"2011-08-12T09:39:18","date_gmt":"2011-08-12T15:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/melissa.depperfamily.net\/blog\/?p=2430"},"modified":"2011-08-11T21:41:55","modified_gmt":"2011-08-12T03:41:55","slug":"not-a-flannel-friday-but-it-could-be-oak-leaves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/melissa.depperfamily.net\/blog\/not-a-flannel-friday-but-it-could-be-oak-leaves\/","title":{"rendered":"Not a Flannel Friday (But It Could Be!): Oak Leaves"},"content":{"rendered":"

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 started on them now, I could have them refreshed and reinventoried by the time the weather turned! <\/p>\n

I am DEFINITELY adding flannelboards for “Fall Is Not Easy<\/a>,” that Cate shared with us last month, but I also wanted a small prop to hand out to the kids. I loved these felt leaves<\/a> that Anne pinned to the Flannel Friday Flannelboard Inspiration<\/a> board on Pinterest, but I was not in a mood to cut and stitch! <\/p>\n

So I dug out some paper grocery sacks from under my sink, cut them into flat panels, and had my girls crumple them and uncrumple them a few times while they watched Wipeout last night. Cheap labor FTW!<\/p>\n

I cut the leaves two at a time, freehand, making small-medium-large nodes on each side plus a small node on top, but I also found this simple clip art shape<\/a> you can use as a guide. <\/p>\n

Once they were cut out, I outlined the leaves and drew veins with a brown marker. <\/p>\n

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Presto! A little flurry of oak leaves. <\/p>\n

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I was remembering a “Mr Oak Tree”<\/a> song on Hummingbird Education, but when I looked at it again, it wasn’t just about the leaves, but about the squirrels and acorns too. <\/p>\n

\nMr Oak Tree, Mr Oak Tree
\nLeaves float down, to the ground.
\nAcorns dropping–plip, plop!
\nSquirrels a-scamp’ring–hip, hop!
\nAll around, on the ground.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Next I thought of another song from Hummingbird Educational that I sing in the winter, “Dance Like Snowflakes.”<\/a> <\/p>\n

\nDance like snowflakes, dance like snowflakes
\nIn the air, in the air
\nWhirling twirling snowflakes,
\nWhirling twirling snowflakes,
\nEverywhere, everywhere.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I used that song as a model and wrote my own Oak Tree song. Sing it to “Are You Sleeping?”<\/p>\n

\nMrs Oak Tree, Mrs Oak Tree
\nTall and brown, tall and brown
\nHere comes a little breeze
\nThere go your little leaves
\nSwirling down, to the ground.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Hand each child a leaf or two. For the first two lines, stand up and hold your leaf high! When you sing, “Here comes a little breeze,” wave your arms (and leaves) back and forth. For the last two lines, turn in a circle, fluttering your leaf closer and closer to the floor until you’re sitting down. <\/p>\n

Today’s Flannel Friday round up will be hosted by the magnificent Cate over at Storytiming<\/a>! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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