Flannel Friday

Inspired by Katie at Storytime Secrets and Anne at So Tomorrow, I took my own turn using this template from PurlBee, which I found on Pinterest. (Was that enough links for you?) Here’s the rh…

I FINALLY made a Fall is Not Easy flannel! I feel like I’ve leveled up as a children’s librarian. If you haven’t been exposed to this book before, it’s a fun, silly story th…

Today, I present my finger puppet glove. I used to have a puppet mitt at my last library and I found I really missed have that resource here. So I made my own! This was easily done with four simple…

Next week is going to be craaaazy, with about double the number of storytimes I usually have. I’m simplifying and taking the same storytime to my outreaches (and a bonus outreach I’m do…

For this flannel, I used Matthew Porter's simple and lovely board book: Tails Chasing Tails. I made each of the animals from the book and then cut them in half (which, even though necessary, was still a little heartbreaking, honestly). The book starts with the elephant chasing the tiger: When the kids have guessed who that tail belongs to, I add the head: Here are the other animals chasing/being chased: And it ends with the mouse chasing a gray tail... Which brings the whole thing full…

Happy Flannel Friday! On a Saturday. Because lately, that’s how I roll. Get it? Lately? As in I’m late with this post? Ha ha? (Sorry, too many long nights doing homework!) Although I do…

Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina has been in print for over 50 yeras and was a storytime favorite of mine when I was a kid going to library programs. Even though it's an older book, it's super interactive and so clever. (NOTE: I just read the reviews on Amazon and a few people complained that the publisher cut some text and refrains so it's shorter than the book I remember from my childhood. No complaints here though!) This flannel works best with a helper to arrange the pieces while you…

Have you ever looked at an old flannel and really wanted to give it a makeover? When I started doing storytimes, I made flannels willy nilly… but my idea of what makes a good flannel now diff…

A counting song and two rhymes (one counts up, the other counts down) to go with snowflake cutouts.

Today I’m excited to share One Very Big Bear by Alice Briere-Haquet. I’ve been meaning to flannelize this picture book for a LONG time, but Flannel Friday’s Picture Book Celebrati…