Boo Hoo Bird Flannel Story

This week's creation is Boo Hoo Bird by Jeremy Tankard, for a bird-themed storytime in two weeks.  I tried to make my felt figures look just like characters in the book.  I can't wait to tell the story in storytime! I love Mr. Tankard's books!

This is my first contribution to Flannel Friday!  You can check out all of this week's Flannel Friday creations here.

Colors

My favorite flannel story to date is Dog's Colorful Day by Emma Dodd, also posted on Flannel Friday by a few folks.  For this storytime for two and three-year-olds, we read Kid Tea by Elizabeth Ficocelli (the parents laughed during this one!), Knock! Knock! by Anna-Clara Tidholm, and Red, Yellow, Blue and You by CynthiaVance:

And here's my Dog's Colorful Day flannel:

The only spot permanently attached is the black one on his ear.  The others I added as I told the story so that when dog takes, I take off the other spots and he's clean again!

We also did a flannel song--Bluebird.  I kept one of each of the colored birds and distributed the rest to children.  Each child brought her/his bird to the flannel board when we sang the verse about the color he/she had.  I've done similar color-themed flannel songs since then, and my two and three-year olds are getting the hang of waiting for their turn and putting their flannel object on the board--the process gets smoother each time we do it.  I know I got this version and the idea from one of the books I have with storytime ideas, but I'm going to have to go through them to find the reference and I'll add it this week when I find it.

Bluebird, bluebird, through my window.
Bluebird, bluebird, through my window.
Bluebird, bluebird, through my window.
Hey diddle dum a day-day.
(Repeat with other colors.)