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Flannel Friday: 5 Little Snowmen

18 Jan

Long time no post, y’all! Sorry for that. I hope to be fully back WITH A VENGEANCE soon. Okay, maybe not with a or any vengeance.

I didn’t have time to make these pieces out of felt, so I made them in MS Word using the shape drawing feature. The sun is clipart.

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The rhyme I used with them goes like this (we also did the actions):

5 little snowmen standing in a row (5 fingers)

each with a hat and a bright red bow (hand on head, two hands pull bow)

Out came the sun and it shone all day (hands over head in circle shape)

And 1 little snowman melted away (wiggle fingers down to ground)

4 little snowmen… etc.

As each snowman melted, I replaced them with a melted version:

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At the end, we’re left with nothing but a row of puddles:

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Here’s a closeup of the snowmen. Each has a number on it corresponding to its hat brim color:

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The roundup today will be hosted by Katie at Story Time Secrets. And, as always, if you want to see ALL past flannels, click on the icon to the right to go to our pinterest page.

Happy flanneling!

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(Not) Flannel Friday: 5 Little Snowflakes (Plus Bonus Snowflake Tutorial!)

2 Dec

It’s the Flannel Friday Holiday ExtravaGANZA! While I don’t generally do a Christmas (or other winter holiday) themed storytime, since I’m visiting schools with varying policies on celebrating, Winter/Snow is DEFINITELY a theme I can do! So here’s a new fingerplay I found, and the props I made to go with it!

One little snowflake with nothing to do,

Along came another and then there were… two!

Two little snowflakes laughing with me,

Along came another and then there were…three!

Three little snowflakes looking for some more,

Along came another and then there were…four!

Four little snowflakes dancing a jive,

Along came another, and then there were…five!

Five little snowflakes, having so much fun!

Out came the sun, and then there were none!

I made snowflakes that I covered in clear contact paper and stuck on pipe cleaners. The pipe cleaners are not as sturdy as I would like (as my snowflakes are so big) but I kinda don’t mind the wobbling – makes them look like they are dancing/floating/moving!

And, a sun, to melt them! (He’s a Microsoft Clipart image):

I thought I would add a snowflake-making tutorial (not that you need it, of course)! Hope my picture instructions make sense!

Start with a regular 8 1/2″ x 11″ cut in half. Take half and fold as shown:

Cut off the bottom edge  as shown, and save it to make smaller snowflakes, as scrap paper, or please, RECYCLE! Then fold the remaining triangle in half (on the dotted line):

Fold in half again:

And finally, with the closed side on your left, fold it over to meet the opposite side. You’ll have a little tail on the end:

Cut the tail off (sorry this photo’s so dark for some reason!):

And you’re ready to make a snowflake! Cut shapes out of the edges, but do not cut all the way across, or you’ll end up with two pieces!:

Unfold your paper, and… voila! Snowflake!:

I love making snowflakes in winter, because it’s so much fun to see how they’ll turn out! They end up looking beautiful, no matter how crooked, lopsided, wonky, or raggedy your cuts are. Which is kind of a metaphor for something, right?

Enjoy! And be sure to check out Library’s Quine’s site later today for the full Flannel Friday Holiday ExtravaGANZA wrap up! For a visual cataloguing of all the flannels over the months, click on the “Flannel Friday” button on the right to go to our Pinterest page!

Happy Holidays, all!

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Flannel Friday! Froggy Gets Dressed by Jonathan London

18 Nov

I’m pretty sure we’re all familiar with Jonathan London’s stellar first book about Froggy. But if not, here’s the Cliffs Notes Version. Froggy wakes up, sees snow out his window, and decides to go out and play in it. His mother tries to convince him to go back to sleep, as “frogs are supposed to sleep all winter. Wake up when the snow melts.” But Froggy is determined, so he puts on his socks, boots, mittens, scarf, and hat and flops out into the snow. Flop, flop, flop.

Froggy’s mom asks him what he forgot to put on, and he realizes he forgot his pants. After returning inside, taking off some clothes, putting on pants, and putting clothes back on, he flops back outside, only to be reminded that he forgot his coat and shirt. Flopping back inside, he remedies his lack of coverage on the top half of his body. On his third trip outside, his mom asks him yet again what he’s forgotten. This time, he can’t figure it out, until his mother reminds him: “your underwear!”

Needless to say, this story always gets a big laugh from the preschoolers. Here’s the flannelboard I created, with pictures via KizClub.

Froggy in bed, with his mom:

First trip outside (flop, flop, flop):

2nd trip outside, pants added:

3rd trip outside, with coat and shirt added:

And here are all the pieces that make up this flannel (socks, shirt, etc.) as you can’t see all of them in the pictures!

Each piece is covered in clear contact paper.  Froggy, his mom, and the bed have velcro dots on the back to make them stick to the flannelboard. Froggy also has a piece of double-stick tape, as do all the other pieces, to make them stick to each other. Easy peasy!

I usually read this story with my clothing themed storytime, but it would obviously work with frogs, winter, snow, silly stories, underwear stories (has anyone tried THAT as a theme?)…

Visit Cate’s blog later today for the full Flannel Friday roundup! And click on the icon to the right to see all past and current flannels, handily organized in a visual format via Pinterest!

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