Flannel Activity: Polar Bear’s Underwear

Based off the book Polar Bear's Underwear by Tupera Tupera

We get Polar Bear dressed for the day with all his clothes starting with his underwear. 

Then I hand out Polar Bear's laundry for the kids to help me sort. I have socks, pants, shirts, and of course, underwear. 

Then I'll call out an item of clothing and if the kids have that item they can come put it on the flannel board. 

At the end, we count how many of each item we have and discuss which one we have the most and least of.

Flannel Rhyme: 5 Little Turkeys

Rhyme: 

Five turkeys were getting quite nervous.

Thanksgiving Day soon would be back.
So one turkey put on a duck suit,
And now he says, “Gobble, quack, quack!”

Four turkeys were getting quite nervous,
Thanksgiving was coming, not going.
So one little turkey put on a pig suit,
And now he says ‘gobble, oink, oink.’
(Who knew there is officially no rhyme for oink!)

Three turkeys were getting quite nervous,
Thanksgiving was in just a week.
So one turkey put on a mouse suit,
And now he says ‘gobble, squeak, squeak.

Two turkeys were getting quite nervous,
But one said ‘I know what to do!’
So that turkey put on a cow suit,
And now he says ‘gobble, moo, moo.’

One turkey was getting quite nervous,
He  said, I can’t take any more!
So that turkey put on a lion suit
And now he says ‘gobble, roar, roar!’

credit: SLCBookBoy

Flannel Song: Weather

Song (tune of Clementine):

What's the weather, what's the weather
What's the weather like today?
Is it sunny, is it windy,
is it rainy out today?

Flannel Story: Dino’s Colorful Day

Credit: Miss Sarah's Storytime

Based off the book Dog's Colorful Day by Emma Dodd

Flannel Activity: Where’s the Snowball?

Rhyme:

Snowball, snowball cold and round, 
behind which mitten can you be found?

Flannel Story: Pete the Cat and his 4 Candy Buttons

Based on Miss Sarah's Storytime's Ginger Pete

It was almost Valentine's day. Pete decided to dress up for the occasion by wearing his four candy buttons. Pete loved the candy buttons so much that he started singing:
My buttons, my buttons,
I love my candy buttons!

But, those buttons looked so tasty.  And, I really love candy...so...I ate one!

Did Pete cry?  Goodness no!  Candy buttons come  and candy buttons go. How many buttons did Pete have left? Three! But, I'm still kind of hungry and those buttons look SOOOO tasty, I'll just eat one more.

And so the story will go. Once all the buttons on the shirt are gone, I remind the kids that Pete still has one button left... and if they know the original story they'll know it's his BELLY BUTTON! So I lift Pete's shirt and show his belly button and we sing:
My button, my button,
Still have my belly button.

Flannel Activity: Clifford’s Bone

Clifford's bone is missing! Can you check the dog houses and find it?  

“Clifford, Clifford, where is your bone?  Did someone put it in your [green] home?” 

credit: Librerin