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What a great day! Thanks to everyone for joining in on our Flannel Friday Anniversary Celebration! <\/p>\n
How appropriate that we had another knock-out Round Up! Update 1\/21: I did miss someone! Sorry, Tara! I Made Myself a Snowball<\/a><\/strong> Bad Case of Stripes Folder Story<\/a><\/strong> Trains<\/a><\/strong> Yummy Watermelons<\/a><\/strong> We’re Going on a Bear Hunt<\/a><\/strong> Little Red Valentine<\/a><\/strong> Happy Birthday Flannel Friday!<\/a><\/strong> Mouse Paint (In a Box!)<\/a><\/strong> Mittens!<\/a><\/strong> Snowflakes<\/a><\/strong> The Bird and the Trees<\/a><\/strong> Not Just for Storytime!<\/a><\/strong> I Had a Little Rooster<\/a><\/strong> Happy Anniversary Flannel Friday!<\/a><\/strong> Valentine’s Day<\/a><\/strong> Four Red Dragons<\/a><\/strong> 5 Little Penguins<\/a><\/strong> Mailing Letters<\/a><\/strong> How Many Feet in the Bed?<\/a><\/strong> Who’s Behind the Barn Door?<\/a><\/strong> No Flannel Friday from me today, but go visit and enter my GIVEAWAY<\/a> because I want to say THANK YOU to all of you. No worries, I’m taking entries till Monday! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" WHEW! What a great day! Thanks to everyone for joining in on our Flannel Friday Anniversary Celebration! How appropriate that we had another knock-out Round Up! I am in the process of adding in RIGHT NOW (8ish MST) so don’t … Continue reading I am in the process of adding in RIGHT NOW (8ish MST) so don’t fret yet if you don’t see your link! <\/del> All right, 20 contributions later, I think I have it! PLEASE help me out and give me a heads-up if I missed you or someone you know! <\/p>\n
\nChick Flannel<\/a><\/strong>
\nTara at Storytime with Miss Tara has an original pattern & rhyme for a magic color-changing chick! You could easily do this with lots of other animals, too! <\/p>\n
\nAlison at Miss Alison is Blogging! has a Shel Silverstein rhyme that will guarantee you the storytime giggles! And is there anything cuter than a snowball in pajamas? No? Well, there you go. <\/p>\n
\nAndrea at Roving Fiddlehead Kidlit is not quite started on a great idea for turning David Shannon’s Bad Case of Stripes into a folder story, but her paper looks super and I can’t wait to see it when it’s done.<\/p>\n
\nAnna at Valley Storytime takes a pattern I designed for train cars and makes it her own (and better!) with her super cheerful interpretation. Don’t miss the folksong she links to–what a great find. <\/p>\n
\nAnne at So Tomorrow gives us all a welcome peek at summertime with her juicy watermelon rhyme! <\/p>\n
\nCate at Storytiming found a great pattern for this familiar tale on Making Learning Fun. The clean design of these images really makes them shine! (And that BEAR FACE! *swoons*)<\/p>\n
\nK at Storytime ABC’s has a WHOLE BUNCH of ideas for what you can do with your storytime kids and a simple set of colored hearts. <\/p>\n
\nKari at My Storytime Life has a guessing game that fits PERFECTLY with our anniversary party, with mouse hiding behind a set of wrapped presents! I love her mixed media approach–her flannels are made out of felt and printed paper.<\/p>\n
\nKatie at Recipe for Reading made a really effective version of Mouse Paint–with bright colored foam pieces–that she tells using a story box prop instead of a flannelboard. Go read about the storytime magic that crept into the room when she used this! <\/p>\n
\nKatie at Storytime Katie shows us her take on the matching mittens game. LOOK at all those great color-and-shape combinations! And pinching clothespins is such a great fine-motor activity for little kids. <\/p>\n
\nKatie at Storytime Secrets shows us her snowflakes and has a few rhyme ideas–including her own original rhyme!–to use them with. They look like they would flutter very satisfactorily down to the ground! Bonus: She shares the free clip art link she used to find the snowflake patterns. (It’s a new site to me, so thanks Katie!)<\/p>\n
\nLinda at Notes from the Story Room sets up a prop story on her “Amazon Theatre” (go see what it is!). I so appreciate Linda being such an advocate for folktales and told stories. <\/p>\n
\nLisa at Storytime with the Library Lady made her own flannelboard (it looks really sturdy) and created a set of basic felt shapes for families to use for free play when they visit the library…and it got great use the first day she had it out! <\/p>\n
\nLucy at In the Children’s Room brings a little rootsy Pete Seeger into her storytime! Plus the next tree I make is going to look like her Greenberry Tree.<\/p>\n
\nMary at Miss Mary Liberry takes us back to her very first Flannel Friday post last March! Thanks for all your great ideas this year.<\/p>\n
\nMeghan is at Busy Crafting Mommy and has not one, not two, but THREE different ideas for a Valentine storytime: a matching game, a flannel rhyme, and a prop for a book. <\/p>\n
\nMollie at What Happens in Storytime gets us ready for Chinese New Year with beautiful curvy dragons and a counting rhyme. <\/p>\n
\nRachel makes her Flannel Friday debut (yay Rachel!) with adorable penguins inspired by Miss Mary and her own original “5 Little” rhyme.<\/p>\n
\nSarah at Read It Again! has a great idea to use with “A Tisket a Tasket.” Kids don’t see as much mail as they used to so this is a great way to talk about stamps, envelopes, addresses, and all that, too. Check out the surprise she adds under the envelopes! <\/p>\n
\nSharon at Rain Makes Applesauce has a story with a unique perspective! Those feet look very tickle-able. This would be a fresh addition to a Bedtime or Nighttime theme. <\/p>\n
\nTracey at 1234 More Storytimes has a simple but effective farm animal guessing game for the younger kids. I love her idea to add in some zoo animals as a surprise!<\/p>\n