& other tales of a teacher turned librarian
Photograph: Three different color cars constructed from stiff posterboard. Two are clean; one is spattered with brown paint representing mud. I had so much fun adapting this classic Clean and Dirty Pigs flannel rhyme! Big thanks to my Flannel Friday friends for their input. I made these enlarged posterboard props for outdside storytimes, but I… Continue reading Flannel Friday: Clean and Dirty Cars
I recently updated the Flannels Page of my website and OOF. Looking back at those flannels from the early days of my practice makes me cringe! I'm excited for the encouragement to give these old flannels a fresh look with the latest Flannel Friday Round Up: Extreme Makeover Edition. Here's an old fun bookish flannel:… Continue reading Flannel Friday: Five Little Books Early Literacy Makeover
I'm having tons of fun this summer making enlarged props for outside storytime! Some of my favorite flannel stories adapt so well to the giant foam board - like the story of The Great Big Carrot: Photograph: A rabbit puppet attempts to pull a posterboard carrot out of the ground (a brown felt pocket). If… Continue reading Flannel Friday: The Great Big Carrot
Storytime in the Stacks 