Showing posts with label Flannel songs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Flannel songs. Show all posts
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Cows in the Kitchen flannel story
I love making flannel stories...it's relaxing, and I got to use for the first time the pretty scissors my mom gave me this week. Here are my flannel figures for Cows in the Kitchen by June Crebbin, to be used during storytime sometime in the near future.
Saturday, February 18, 2012
What a Hoot
For toddler storytime next week, we'll have an owl theme. We'll read Little Owl's Night by Divya Srinivasan, Little Owl Lost by Chris Haughton, and Wow! Said the Owl by Tim Hopgood.
I found our flannel rhyme at Sunflower Storytime .
Five Hoot Owls
Five hoot owls sitting in a tree.
One flew away! How many do you see?
One, two, three, four.
Four hoot owls sitting in a tree.
One flew away! How many do you see?
One, two, three.
Three hoot owls...etc.
And our flannel song also comes from Sunflower Storytime. I really liked the look of the birds from A House for Birdie from Miss Merry Liberry, so I made my birds like those.
Owl in the Tree (sung to the tune of Skip to my Lou)
Owl in the tree goes, "Hoo, hoo, hoo,"
Owl in the tree goes, "Hoo, hoo, hoo,"
Owl in the tree goes, "Hoo, hoo, hoo,"
Hoo, hoo, hoo, my darling.
Robin in the nest goes, "Tweet, tweet, tweet..."
Duck in the pond goes, "Quack, quack, quack..."
Rooster in the yard goes, "Cock a doodle doo..."
Our craft will be paper bag owls. We used this craft at our Diagon Alley event in December at our Eeylops Owl Emporium, but I've adapted it for toddlers by having the pieces already cut out. They'll just have to stuff the bag, fold and staple the top with the help of their grown-ups, and glue on the eyes, beak and tummy feathers. Instead of cutting the bag for the tummy feathers, I've cut out bigger circles that they can use markers to dot for the feathers. We found this idea on Pinterest, but the link no longer exists or I would post it.
I found our flannel rhyme at Sunflower Storytime .
Five Hoot Owls
Five hoot owls sitting in a tree.
One flew away! How many do you see?
One, two, three, four.
Four hoot owls sitting in a tree.
One flew away! How many do you see?
One, two, three.
Three hoot owls...etc.
And our flannel song also comes from Sunflower Storytime. I really liked the look of the birds from A House for Birdie from Miss Merry Liberry, so I made my birds like those.
Owl in the Tree (sung to the tune of Skip to my Lou)
Owl in the tree goes, "Hoo, hoo, hoo,"
Owl in the tree goes, "Hoo, hoo, hoo,"
Owl in the tree goes, "Hoo, hoo, hoo,"
Hoo, hoo, hoo, my darling.
Robin in the nest goes, "Tweet, tweet, tweet..."
Duck in the pond goes, "Quack, quack, quack..."
Rooster in the yard goes, "Cock a doodle doo..."
Our craft will be paper bag owls. We used this craft at our Diagon Alley event in December at our Eeylops Owl Emporium, but I've adapted it for toddlers by having the pieces already cut out. They'll just have to stuff the bag, fold and staple the top with the help of their grown-ups, and glue on the eyes, beak and tummy feathers. Instead of cutting the bag for the tummy feathers, I've cut out bigger circles that they can use markers to dot for the feathers. We found this idea on Pinterest, but the link no longer exists or I would post it.
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.)
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.)
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