• Activities

    Flannel Friday: Colorful Butterflies

    These butterflies were so easy to make – our Ellison die-cut machine is a wonder with felt, making flannelboards a lot easier when I can find a template for the pieces I need.  And I figured out that a little bit of puffy paint can make your flannelboards just a…

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    Flannel Friday: Quack and Count

      I made some simple ducks using Microsoft Word shapes and the kids had fun adding up the ducks in different ways to always equal seven using the book Quack and Count by Keith Baker.  I put them all in a line on our flannel board and I made sure to…

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    Flannel Friday: “Bubble Bubble Pop”

    I did this little song during my Saturday storytime and it was so fun!  The kids loved it! – their favorite part was when the bubbles… POPPED!   And the parents picked it up really quickly which made it much more interactive.The fish are made out of felt (cut out…

  • Reviews

    Night Light

    What do you get when you combine a guessing game, a counting book, and all modes of transportation?  Night Light by Nicholas Blechman!  Night Light combines counting with cut-out pages and almost any mode of transportation a preschooler could think up.  With a background in graphic design, Blechman “shines” in…