10 Little Donuts Felt Board Story ***Felt Board Not Included*** A second Donut Felt Set can be seen at this link: https://www.etsy.com/listing/523952331/ten-little-donuts-felt-board-story?ref=shop_home_active_14 Children will love using this felt board story that helps teach colors. Order more than one set to make a matching game. Order a set of plain color donuts or upgrade to sprinkled donuts as shown in picture #1. You will receive the following pieces: (all sizes are approximate W…

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5 Little Fishes Teasing Mr. Shark is the perfect felt board for teaching counting and/or colors. Included is the lyrics to the song as well as the patterns to make Mr. Shark and a school of fish. The mouth is made so that there is a pocket in which to insert the fish. If you havent make a felt

Who knew that socks could be so much fun? (Or that ducks enjoyed socks so much?) Books: Duck Sock Hop by Jane Konuth. In this tongue-twisting, toe-tapping picture book, ducks grab socks from a big sock box and head on down to the duck sock hop. Ducks Don't Wear Socks by John Nedwidek. Emily is a serious girl but slowly cracks when she sees silly duck day after day wearing human clothing. The is another book where I really change the text to make it work for storytelling. I used my flannel as…

Flannel Game: Who’s Behind the Bar Door? In this game the kiddos are encouraged to ask questions to guess who is hiding behind the bard door. I chose animals that would go with What the Lady…

“The Three Little Pigs” is one of the most fascinating kids fairy tales. Babies enjoy the story and they’ll surely love felt finger puppets and houses to play with favorite fairy-tale characters. It is not only clothing that differs the three funny pigs from each other but also the temper! And

Okay, it's time for a good old fashioned felt board story. Not a rhyme. Not a song. Not a game. A story! And for that, simple is best: I decided not to go for many details on the houses. No fabric paint at all! I didn't want to have any pieces other than the main characters and their humble abodes. Easy peasy. My only problem is that my wolf is not a baddy--he borders on cuter than the piggies! When we tell stories in my classroom, we usually start out by telling it pretty much "by the…

A labor of love that I made during Midwinter this past year: flower finger puppets! You can find the pattern for these amazing puppets on Etsy at the Precious Patterns shop. (Link to the puppets he…

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Inspired by Jessica's post , I wanted to make a new flannelboard to freshen up our transportation storytime tub. I used our Ellison m...

A photo tutorial so you have step by step instructions on how to make your own felt mouse! Perfect for an If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Sensory Bin!

HAPPY FLANNEL FRIDAY! Are you ready to wiggle and squirm this week? Last Friday, we bounced like bunnies. This week, we are going to wiggle and squirm like worms! I am not sure if I have ever done a storytime featuring worms ~ ewwww! smooshy, gooshy, slimey, slippery worms! ~ before. But it was FUN! Planning last night's Family Storytime and Game Night was actually more fun than I imagined. And did you know worms have their own personalilites? Well... at least mine do! *wink* As some of my…

A set of 3 felt mountains/trees/bushes, perfect little accessories for felt play mats. Items might slightly vary from the ones on the pictures. The mountains measure 12-20 cm and are hollow. The African savannah trees are approx. 10-15 cm and they are stuffed with toy filling. The pine trees are approx. 7-11 cm and are hollow. My creations come from a smoke free environment.

As promised…though I waited until the very last day of Fall to do it…some pictures of the flannelboards that I made for storytime, but didn’t make a giant post on! “Big, Big…

Fox in Socks PDF Digital Download This felt set is easy to make. No sewing at all. Just cut the felt and assemble. Tune : A Hunting We Will Go A hunting we will go A hunting we will go We’ll catch a fox And put him in yellow socks ( children call out the color as when you hold the socks up) And then we’ll let him go! This is a fun interactive song about colors. Mr Fox is about 25 cm tall and 29 cm wide including his tail (9.5 x 11.5 inches). Full details for playing this game are on the…