No, this flannel isn’t all about me. I don’t actually happen to have a red dress. But maybe I need to get one, for when I sing this song? Because what we’re talking about here is the kids’ song, “Mary Wore Her Red Dress” (<—– listen here). I made this flannel years ago:
Mary wore her red dress,
Red dress, red dress,
Mary wore her red dress,
All day long.
It usually continues with more red clothes, but instead I made clothes of various colors for us to sing about. Pink hat, green shoes, blue pants, etc.:
Red dress, green shoes (I love my clown shoes), purple mittens
After singing the song with the flannel pieces, I ask each child to tell me one article of clothing they are wearing and what color it is, as well as their name. We then sing the verse for them: “David wore his spiderman shoes, spiderman shoes, spiderman shoes, David wore his spiderman shoes, all day long.” Everyone who wants to participate can! Obviously, this isn’t feasible if you’ve got a really large group, but if it’s 15 or fewer, it can work. And be fun!
Pink hat, yellow shirt, blue pants, brown (sparkley) socks
Combine this with a singing of Hap Palmer’s “What Are You Wearing” and books like Margaret Chodos-Irvine’s Ella Sarah Gets Dressed, Jan Brett’s The Mitten and Jonathan London’s Froggy Gets Dressed and you’ve got yourself a mighty fine clothing-themed storytime!
What a great idea to use the other colors too! And I love the extension of singing about the kids clothing as well. So much fun!
Not yet…but maybe I’ll have to make one! She’ll look like me, of course.
I wound up just singing this in storytime this week. (Fell asleep before making a flannel for it at home.) But it was utter awesomeness!
Can you play this song on the uke yet? Is it even uke-able? I don’t know these things. But you need to teach my musically challenged self how to play. You know, from several states away.
I hear red is the new black… You should get a red dress! This is cute.Is there a Mary to put these clothes on?
Mary has a very smart wardrobe!