Bunny Gets Dressed - 'Froggy Gets Dressed' for the younger set

I've been having a hard time finding 'just right' books for my baby Rhymetimes of late, so when I came across the book 'Bing: Get Dressed' by Ted Dewan, I knew I could have some fine flannel fun with it.



In this story Bing has quite an adventure getting his clothes on. Getting the sequence right is quite a challenge for him, but he is praised along the way when he gets it right. A little accident slows things down, but eventually he gets out of his PJs and into his day clothes - well done Bing!

My favourite part about the book is where it asks the reader "How do YOU get dressed?" and offers a range of possible scenarios to discuss with my young storytimers.

Oh, and a special birthday treat - bunny in his underwear!
Flannel Friday is three, yes THREE years old - 
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Flannel Friday!

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Check out Anne's blog, So Tomorrow, for this week's Flannel Friday roundup. 

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Flannel friday - Five Ripe Strawberries

Summer is just right for a fruity storytime!  I took this idea from Mel's Desk where you can find her rhyme and pattern for Five Red Strawberries.

Five Ripe Strawberries

I was a little rushed, so made my strawberries all the same size (so I could cut multiple pieces at once) and used yellow puffy paint for the seeds (rather than stitches).

I simplified the rhyme a little too. We are a small library and our groups of baby storytimers are small enough that we can use names in our songs now and again. Admittedly that necessitates singing the song over a few times, but a little repetition never goes amiss! I don't use name tags, but prime the adults to chime in with their baby's name when I give them my 'ta-dah' arm signal (I hold my handheld flannel board in the other hand, so it calls for a little co-ordination)! It guarantees that the adults participate - no one wants their child to miss out. I also have to admit that I love when the babies start to recognise their names - I get the BEST baby smiles sometimes!

So this is how I do the rhyme:

Five ripe strawberries, sweet to the core.

[child's name] came and ate one, and then there were four.

Four ripe strawberries, sweet to the core.

[child's name] came and ate one, and then there were three. 

Three ripe strawberries, sweet to the core.

[child's name] came and ate one, and then there were two.

Two ripe strawberries, sweet to the core.

[child's name] came and ate one, and then there was one.

One ripe strawberry, sweet to the core.

[child's name] came and ate one, and then there were none.

It doesn't scan as well as Mel's, but works better with my limited memory skills!

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This week's Flannel Friday host is Angie at Mrs Andre's Library blog