tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582372646389988182023-11-16T17:32:38.768+00:00Loons and Quines @ LibrarytimeRhymes, songs, crafts and other ideas used in Rhymetimes, Storytimes & Librarytimes<br> by the <b>Library Quine</b>Library Quinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07453980399566078753noreply@blogger.comBlogger94125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-658237264638998818.post-49406440280829109062014-03-14T17:21:00.001+00:002014-03-14T17:26:42.037+00:00Bunny Gets Dressed - 'Froggy Gets Dressed' for the younger set<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've been having a hard time finding 'just right' books for my baby Rhymetimes of late, so when I came across the book '<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21041596-bing?from_search=true" target="_blank"><span id="goog_1824520155"></span>Bing: Get Dressed<span id="goog_1824520156"></span></a>' by Ted Dewan, I knew I could have some fine flannel fun with it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">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!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">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.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Oh, and a special birthday treat - bunny in his underwear!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Check out Anne's blog, <a href="http://www.sotomorrowblog.com/" target="_blank">So Tomorrow</a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, for this week's Flannel Friday roundup. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span><br />Library Quinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07453980399566078753noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-658237264638998818.post-13630876835061169692013-07-12T00:30:00.000+01:002013-07-12T06:36:51.895+01:00Flannel friday - Five Ripe Strawberries<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>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 <a href="http://melissa.depperfamily.net/blog/?p=1990" target="_blank">Five Red Strawberries</a>. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">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).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">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 <a href="http://loonsandquines.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/flannel-friday-hand-held-flannel-board.html" target="_blank">handheld flannel board</a> 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!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Five ripe strawberries, sweet to the core.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">[child's name] came and ate one, and then there were four. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Four ripe strawberries, sweet to the core.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">[child's name] came and ate one, and then there were three. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">[child's name] came and ate one, and then there were two.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">[child's name] came and ate one, and then there were none. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">It doesn't scan as well as Mel's, but works better with my limited memory skills! </span><br />
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<br />Library Quinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07453980399566078753noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-658237264638998818.post-87975668782800561302013-07-06T20:16:00.000+01:002013-07-06T20:16:18.836+01:00Flannel Friday - Felt-y Inspiration<b>Apologies folks! No post from me for a while, but I'm hoping to put that right very soon. All I need is a little inspiration!</b><br />
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I thought I'd got it when, on a recent visit to London, I came across these lovely packs of flannel sheets. Really the photo doesn't do them justice because they are beautiful.</div>
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Library Quinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07453980399566078753noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-658237264638998818.post-76093367898789257782013-05-17T18:11:00.003+01:002013-05-18T02:11:34.501+01:00Flannel Friday - Whats the weather? WINDY!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What's the Weather (Weather Song)</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What’s the weather?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What’s the weather?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What’s the weather,
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Is it windy?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Is it cloudy?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Is there rain?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">source: <a href="http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems17.html" target="_blank">CanTeach (Weather songs and poems)</a></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://melissa.depperfamily.net/blog/?page_id=519" target="_blank">Search</a> for flannels and storytime ideas at Mel's Desk.</span></div>
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only just beats ‘mishmash’ or ‘hodgepodge’. What I really want to say is that we’ve
got a fantastic variety of activities and themes to enhance your storytimes;
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a big Flannel Friday welcome for her first ever Flannel Friday post! In her
Tell A Pigeon Story post, she has a flannel based on <b>Mo Willem’s Pigeon characters</b><span style="color: #00b0f0;"> </span>and props and shows us how they are used in the
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here are some ideas to celebrate <b>Mother’s Day in storytime</b> (May 12th 2013 in the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand – in the UK it was back in March).</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><br /><a href="http://jeninthelibrary.com/2013/05/03/flannel-friday-mother-and-babies-match/">Jen in the Library</a> has an adorable flannel set for an <b>animal mother and babies matching activity</b> rhyme. With all those fun animal noises what could go wrong (apart from running out of space on the board, that is)?<br /><br />Kathryn at <a href="http://kdr4xmom.blogspot.com/2013/04/a-gift-for-mommy.html" target="_blank">Fun With Friends At Storytime</a> shares a selection of ideas for a Mother’s Day storytime in her Gift For Mummy post including an original <b>Mother’s Day rhyme</b> to use with clip art and a variation on the Little Mouse flannel with ‘<b>Where’s the Cheese for Mother Mouse</b>?’<br /><br />In her Play Ball post Kathryn also tells us about <b>using pellon to make flannel pieces</b> and a cute flannel board rhyme called ‘<b>Playing Ball</b>’.</span><br />
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from </span><a href="http://lisaslibraryland.blogspot.com/2013/05/story-time-swap-crazy-traffic-light.html" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Libraryland</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> has a </span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Crazy Traffic Light flannel set<span style="color: #00b0f0;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to use with
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />Miss Angie at <a href="http://mrsandreslibrary.blogspot.com/search/label/Boxes">Mrs Andre’s Library</a> shares ‘What Can You Do With a Box’ - a fun <b>cardboard box</b> post with a <b>counting and shape-building</b> flannel board activity made with cardboard and magnets.<br /><br />Kathy at <a href="http://kheineck.wordpress.com/2013/05/02/flannel-friday/">Bird’s Books</a> has a colourful set of <b>pirate finger puppets</b> that she uses with a favourite pirate rhyme.<br /><br />At <a href="http://meusenotes.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-fisherman-and-his-wife-draw-and.html">Notes From The Storyroom</a>, Linda continues her series of telling a tale 5 ways. This week she shows us a <b>draw and tell</b> version of <b>The Fisherman and His Wife</b>.<br /><br />In her Cake Circles and Clothespins post at <a href="http://melissa.depperfamily.net/blog/?p=4776">Mel’sDesk</a>, Mel introduces us an adaptable <b>early literacy activity</b> with <b>clothes pegs</b>. She uses a <b>farm yard</b> theme, and makes lots of suggestions for alternatives and for follow-on activities. <br /><br />At <a href="http://whatisbridgetreading.blogspot.com/2013/05/flannelfriday-mix-match-cinderella.html">What Is Bridget Reading</a>, Bridget has made an awe-inspiring set of flannel pieces to accompany the flannel board activity of <b>Mix and Match Cinderella</b>. Inspired by Mel’s original she has truly made this her own.<br /><br />Andrea has revitalised an old **SCOTTISH** favourite at <a href="http://rovingfiddlehead.com/kidlit/flannel-friday-aiken-drum/">Roving Fiddlehead Kidlit</a> with a bright flannel version of <b>Aiken Drum</b> with loose pieces for a participatory storytime song. [**no bias here!]</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In her latest post Katie from </span><a href="http://storytimesecrets.blogspot.com/2013/05/flannel-friday-i-saw-five-little.html" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Storytime Secrets</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> shares an original rhyme she wrote about her <b>Five Little Unicorns </b>with a link to the clipart. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><br /><a href="http://neverlandarling.blogspot.com/2013/05/flannel-friday-five-delicious-cupcakes.html" target="_blank">Miss Courtney</a> serves up <b>Five Delicious Cupcakes</b> - a charming take on the traditional <b>Happy Birthday song</b> with an additional activity giving the birthday child, or a whole group of children, the opportunity to add cherries to match their age so can also be used as a <b>getting to know you activity</b>.</span></div>
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adaptation of the </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">Five
Little Robots</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #00b0f0; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">rhyme from a fellow Flannel Friday-er and makes it her own with a
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />At <a href="http://sarah-readrabbitread.blogspot.com/2013/05/flannel-friday-goldilocks-three-bears.html">Read Rabbit Read</a>, Sarah has made some fabulous <b>hand puppets</b> of <b>Goldilocks and the Three Bears</b> for an early literacy fair. She’s even included <b>patterns</b> so we can easily replicate them – Thanks Sarah!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">Miss Angela at <a href="http://missangela17.blogspot.com/2013/05/flannel-friday-its-just-emooootions.html" target="_blank">Spectacular Story Time</a> has a real
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<a href="http://ramsamstorytime.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/at-circus.html" target="_blank">Ram Sam Storytime</a> we get to visit the circus and Monica shares her <b>build-a-clown-face
storytime activity</b> about <b>Clancy the Clown</b>. As a bonus we also get a
simple ‘At the Circus’ <b>draw and tell story</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Jane at <a href="http://piperlovesthelibrary.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/cla-today.html" target="_blank">Piper Loves the Library</a> introduces us to an adorable picture book ‘Zoe Gets Ready’<span style="color: #00b0f0;"> </span>by Bethanie Deeney Murguia as a
means of illustrating her <b>preparedness for the Flannel Panel at CLA</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Library Quinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07453980399566078753noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-658237264638998818.post-3516131510738734802013-03-15T21:05:00.001+00:002013-03-16T10:55:51.829+00:00Flannel Friday - Happy Birthday<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">There’s a HUGE celebration
of storytime ideas over on Mel’s blog (<a href="http://melissa.depperfamily.net/blog/?p=4609" target="_blank">part 1</a> AND <a href="http://melissa.depperfamily.net/blog/?p=4612" target="_blank">part 2</a>). There is also, a
very special unveiling of the map of Flannel Friday fans on Amy’s <a href="http://catchthepossibilities.blogspot.com/2013/03/flannel-friday-unveiling-map.html" target="_blank">blog</a>.<strong> </strong></span></div>
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UK readers: I’ve had around 75000 hits on this blog since I started it and over
9000 of them have been from the UK. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where
are you on the map? If you’ve clicked through to other Flannel Friday-er’s
blogs, visited our round-ups, or accessed Flannel Friday from any other route,
PLEASE let’s see it – <a href="http://catchthepossibilities.blogspot.com/2013/03/flannel-friday-unveiling-map.html" target="_blank">add yourselves to the map</a> (it’s simple to do, and you don’t
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Someone specials's birthday,<br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can see all the other Flannel Friday Roundup submissions for this week on Melissa's blog <a href="http://melissa.depperfamily.net/blog/?p=4609" target="_blank">Mel's Desk</a>. Don't forget to visit the unveiling of our Flannel Friday anniversary map over on Amy's blog <a href="http://catchthepossibilities.blogspot.com/2013/03/flannel-friday-unveiling-map.html" target="_blank">Catch the Possibilities</a> too. </span></span></div>
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Library Quinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07453980399566078753noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-658237264638998818.post-49454272714557912592013-03-08T15:56:00.001+00:002013-03-09T07:20:08.624+00:00What Flannel Friday means to me!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>I stumbled across Flannel Friday just when I needed it! </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My library's community needed storytimes. I was the person in a position to provide it, but my MLIS hadn't had any children's services content and my library service didn't have any money for storytime training. I had an hour's on the job instruction, the opportunity to observe a neighbouring library's storytime session, a small box of storytime props, the library's stock of picture books, and that was it. Flannel Friday provided the rest! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Two years later we have weekly Rhymetime sessions for babies and toddlers, family storytimes and craft sessions, outreach visits to local pre-school groups and regular visits from school nurseries and the local after school club. Children's issue statistics have risen and participation in Summer reading schemes and early year's library challenges have improved enormously. Best of all, kids love coming to the library! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This word cloud has been generated from my Flannel Friday posts and I think it says it all about the things that I've got from participation in Flannel Friday and what Flannel Friday means to me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Learn about sharing early <span style="color: blue;"><b>literac</b></span><b style="color: red;">Y </b>tips with parents</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Improve my own storytelling <b><span style="color: blue;">versa</span><span style="color: red;">T</span><span style="color: blue;">ility</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Make<b> <span style="color: blue;">link</span><span style="color: red;">S</span></b><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;"> </span>and grow a network of early year's and youth services providers.</span><br />
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<br />Library Quinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07453980399566078753noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-658237264638998818.post-16558398611406591182013-02-22T20:15:00.003+00:002013-02-23T13:13:52.683+00:00Flannel Friday - Once I Caught a fish Alive!<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>This week's flannel set can be used for a number of fishy rhymes and games for storytimes and baby rhymetimes.</b></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>Because he bit my finger so.</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>This little finger on my right.</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I can't take credit for the design (although I'd be proud to). It's the work of <a href="http://www.minieco.co.uk/about-mini-eco/" target="_blank">MiniEco</a> a UK blogger, designer and author, whose blog I've been following for 2 years or more. She has generously made her pattern available to <a href="http://www.minieco.co.uk/here-fishy-fishy/" target="_blank">download</a> as a .pdf document. I took the pattern and traced it to transform it into a cutting file. The white parts were cut from <a href="http://www.silhouetteamerica.com/?page=shop&cat=6" target="_blank">flocked heat transfer material</a> on a digital cutter, and the backing parts were cut by hand. I then added some numbers cut from sticky-back felt as I'd run out of transfer material.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have plans to make a flannel dish and use it to illustrate the traditional song "<a href="http://www.kidssongsmp3.twinkletrax.com/kids-song.php?c=V01T06&kids-song=Dance%20To%20Your%20Daddy" target="_blank">Dance to your Daddie</a>". There is some debate as to whether this is an English or a Scottish song, and a comparison of the two sets of lyrics can be found at <a href="http://www.mamalisa.com/?p=755&t=es&c=110" target="_blank">Mama Lisa's World</a>, a fabulous resource for rhymes and songs from around the world. If you're not familiar this song, this <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO9Jens0fYU" target="_blank">version</a> is most similar to the one that I grew up with and sing in my Rymetimes</span><br />
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<br />Library Quinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07453980399566078753noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-658237264638998818.post-62435317220062071692013-02-14T18:20:00.000+00:002013-02-16T12:58:09.153+00:00Flannel Friday - Three Craws, flannel makeover<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Looking back at my posts I realise I've been promoting the use of flannel and felt sets to enhance library storytimes on my blog for more than 18 months. I've shared these as the sole Scottish representative in a weekly social media event called the </strong><a href="http://flannelfridaystorytime.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Flannel Friday</strong></a><strong> Roundup, an international community of blogging librarians, teachers and early year's folk who share ideas about storytimes and who provide advice and support to each other via Facebook and Twitter.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have written about using felt props to extend and re-tell stories, and to add a multi sensory element to rhymes, songs and early literacy games. Along the way I</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">'ve learnt a great deal about </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">presenting</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> storytimes and the practicalities of selecting appropriate books, songs and rhymes as well as the making of flannel sets. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One important thing I've learnt is it that spending a little extra time to make the props multi-functional is time well spent.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some of things I made early on have seen better days, including the <a href="http://loonsandquines.blogspot.co.uk/2011/08/3-craws-sitting-on-wa.html" target="_blank">Three Craws finger puppets</a> I made back 2011. So when the time came to remake them I wanted to build in some extra versatility. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, I present the <b>NEW Three Craws (Crows) Sat Upon a Waw </b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Three craws sittin on a waw ...<br />Sittin on a waw, sittin on a waw-aw-aw-aw.<br />Three craws sittin on a waw ...<br />On a cauld an frosty mornin.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first craw wis greetin for his maw ...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Greetin for his maw, greetin for his maw-aw-aw-aw.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first craw wis greetin for his maw ...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On a cauld an frosty mornin.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fell an broke his jaw, fell and broke his jaw-aw-aw-aw.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The second craw </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">fell an broke his jaw</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> ...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On a cauld an frosty mornin.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The third craw c</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ouldna flee at aw ...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Couldna flee at aw</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">couldna flee at aw</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-aw-aw-aw.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The third craw </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">couldna flee at aw</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> ...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On a cauld an frosty mornin.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You'll find many versions of this traditional song on the internet in both English and Scots. I like to use this set with the book <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1239253.Katie_s_Coo" target="_blank">Katie's Coo: Scots rhymes for wee folk</a>, illustrated by <a href="http://www.itchy-coo.com/illustrators.html" target="_blank">Karen Sutherland</a>. All these pieces were cut with a <a href="http://loonsandquines.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/cutting-flannel-or-felt-with-silhouette.html" target="_blank">digital cutter</a>, but could also be cut by hand.</span><br />
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Library Quinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07453980399566078753noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-658237264638998818.post-89611823524820209352013-02-08T17:20:00.001+00:002013-02-09T15:29:44.640+00:00Cutting flannel (or felt) with a Silhouette Cameo<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've been experimenting with using my (personal) digital die cutter to make flannel (felt) sets for storytimes and thought I'd share some of my experiences, both good and bad.</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First of all, although I love using the software (Silhouette Studio Designer Edition) and the machine (Silhouette Cameo) for cutting paper and card I don't see it as the perfect method for making flannels.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The combination has amazing functionality - with the ability to import all sorts of images (jpg, svg, png, for e.g.) and providing the means of turning them into cutting files. It has a print and cut function, which aligns prints made on your existing printer with cut lines on the cutter. You can manipulate, re size, recolour and then cut out all kinds of images, which I think is brilliant.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Firstly, the cutting results are variable - <b><span style="color: #0b5394;">not all felt or flannel cuts well</span></b>. I found a felt mix (wool and polyester) cuts best, but if you're like me and source your felt from different suppliers (and then store them for some time), you may no longer be aware of the source or the mix. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">Intricate shapes don't cut successfully from felt</span></b>, anything too elaborate will, at best, need to trimmed with scissors.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Before felt is cut <b><span style="color: #0b5394;">it requires a backing</span></b> (iron-on interfacing) to stabilise the felt. This adds to the time and cost. Also, <b>and most importantly to Flannel Friday-ers</b>, the interfacing limits the stick-ability of felt to the board. It's fine if the bottom layer is hand cut, but often you'd only be using one layer anyway.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then there is <b><span style="color: #0b5394;">more waste</span></b>, unless you're prepared to cut down the scraps by hand to iron on to other projects.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The <span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>manufacturers don't give instructions</b></span> for cutting felt as they do for other media including cotton and canvas. Although I haven't tried it, a conventional yet robust (non-electronic) die cutter would appear to give more effective results, without the need for backing material.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are <span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>copyright limitations</b></span> of the free and paid-for images and files available from the manufacturers. I still prefer to either draw from scratch (time consuming), or use clip art with minimal use restrictions (Open Clip Art is a great resource). </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However, when the felt cuts well, the process is both <span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>quick and effortless</b></span>. The layers stick together very smoothly when ironed and the finished result is uniform and pleasing. I used this method for my <a href="http://loonsandquines.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Five Current Buns</a> set.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In order to combine a hand cut bottom felt layer with the detailed cutting capabilities of the cutter, I experimented with heat transfer vinyl. This worked very well once I worked out which way around everything needed to go. This was the method I used to make the <a href="http://loonsandquines.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/flannel-friday-where-is-little-green-bug.html" target="_blank">Where is Little Green Bug</a> set. I'll tell you more about that in <i>another</i> post.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Check out Courtney's blog, </span><a href="http://neverlandarling.blogspot.com/2013/02/flannel-friday-placeholder.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2288bb; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Miss Courtney Meets Bobo</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, for this week's Flannel Friday roundup.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/flannelfriday" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Scan</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> images and links to Flannel Friday posts on Pinterest.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://melissa.depperfamily.net/blog/?page_id=519" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Search</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> for flannels and storytime ideas at Mel's Desk.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/flannelfridayfun/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Discuss</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> storytimes and flannel boards on the Flannel Friday Facebook Page.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><i>Flannel Friday celebrates it's second birthday in March. Look for out for ways in which YOU can participate (even if you don't have a blog).</i></span></div>
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Library Quinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07453980399566078753noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-658237264638998818.post-68717068079942341932013-01-26T09:45:00.000+00:002013-02-16T13:13:28.862+00:00Flannel Friday - Where is Little Green Bug?<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Valentine's Day isn't <a href="http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/english-skills-practice/life-uk/valentines-day" target="_blank">celebrated in the UK</a> in quite the same way as it is in the USA. So our closest storytime to Valentine's Day won't be of the mushy, gushy variety!</strong> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However, as our regular sessions in Valentine's week fall on a day when the school is taking a break, we decided to give our Bookbug Rhymetimes a Hug-a-Bug theme! As we've more space when school classes aren't in the library we've combined our Baby and Toddler Rhymetimes and invited older siblings to come along too. These family events are always well attended and we love hosting them. The older children always seem very willing to participate in group activities, and the little ones get to learn how much fun it is to join in.</span><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For this rhyme I'll display a bug , a rug, a jug and a mug on the board. </span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'll start off by asking ...</span></em><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Little green bug, little green bug, </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Where are you resting little green bug?</span></strong><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">... and moving the bug around ...</span></em><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The little bug's resting on the rug</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The little bug's resting on the jug</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>The little bug's resting on the mug</strong> <em>... etc</em></span><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As we've got some older children too, I thought we'd talk about WHERE the bug is resting on the objects?</span></em><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Little green bug, little green bug, where are you resting little green bug?</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The little bug's resting ON the rug</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Little green bug, little green bug, where are you resting little green bug?</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The little bug's resting BEHIND the jug!</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Little green bug, little green bug, where are you resting little green bug?</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The little bug's resting in FRONT of the mug!</span></strong><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then I'll introduce some stranger objects ...</span></em><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Little green bug, little green bug, where are you resting little green bug?</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The little bug's resting NEXT to a plug!</span></strong><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(Sorry non-UK types - I guess your plugs don't look like this!)</span></em><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Little green bug, little green bug, where are you resting little green bug?</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The little bug's resting on TOP of a slug!</span></strong><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Where is he this time?</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Who is he with? </span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A dog? Does that fit the rhyme?</span></em><br />
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<em><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">NO!</span></strong></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We'll need a sort of dog that rhymes with bug - have you heard of a pug?</span></em><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">... and to finish (thanks to Sarah from her suggestion in the comments)</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Little green bug, little green bug, </span></strong><br />
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<strong><em></em></strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've been doing some more experimenting with my digital cutter. These pieces were all made by cutting out the white bits from HTV (heat transfer vinyl) and ironing them onto the felt. They could also be drawn on with puffy paint. In theory, this SHOULD be a quicker process! I'll tell you more about it in a separate post.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://melissa.depperfamily.net/blog/?page_id=519" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Search</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> for flannels and storytime ideas at Mel's Desk.</span></span></div>
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Library Quinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07453980399566078753noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-658237264638998818.post-46959613263465115952013-01-25T20:49:00.001+00:002013-01-26T16:24:25.461+00:00Flannel Friday - Valentine Octopi (Guest Post from Miss Kristine) <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>I am delighted to have a guest post this week. My guest is Miss Kristine. She is <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17px;">the children's librarian and co-director of a small public library in Wisconsin. She told me that she can never decide if her favourite part of librarianship is the literature, the creativity or the people.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Over to you Miss Kristine:</span><br />
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"Valentines are such wonderful things. Just imagine how many creatures express
emotion. Ask your little ones if they
have ever seen a dog wag its tail happily, or snuggle in close during a
thunderstorm. Now have them imagine an
unexpected animal celebrating a holiday.
Maybe we can travel deep into the ocean to see how an octopus might
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girl octopus on Valentine’s Day?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Day, but with a little twist to the joke, you can make them work for an ocean
theme at any time of year."<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://melissa.depperfamily.net/blog/?page_id=519" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Search</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> for flannels and storytime ideas at Mel's Desk.</span></span></div>
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Library Quinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07453980399566078753noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-658237264638998818.post-79432928282808920972013-01-10T15:26:00.000+00:002013-01-10T15:26:39.221+00:00Flannel Friday - Five Currant Buns with template<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>I still need a few more flannel sets to enhance our back-to-basics nursery rhymes. I've not used the 'Five Current Buns' rhyme for a while, so think it will be just the right time to introduce it to my 0 to 18 month year old Baby Rhymetimers. </strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've included the version of the rhyme that I intend to use and a template </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">for a flannel/felt pattern or to print onto card to laminate or magnetise. Towards the end you'll find a brief overview of my experience of using a digital cutter to produce this flannel set.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Five buns fit perfectly on my </span><a href="http://loonsandquines.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/flannel-friday-hand-held-flannel-board.html" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">hand-held flannel board</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. </span><br />
<em style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">BTW, those aren't real pennies, so the buns are bigger than you might think!</em><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">little cookies (from </span><a href="http://melissa.depperfamily.net/blog/?p=2350" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mel's Desk</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, <a href="http://storytimewithmissmollie.blogspot.com/2011/10/flannel-friday-cookies_14.html" target="_blank">Storytime with Miss Mollie</a>) </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">hot pancakes (not FF, but </span><a href="http://www.librarypalooza.net/downloads/storytime_sparks/pakcake_day.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Storytime Sparks</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">pumpkin pies (from </span><a href="http://sarah-readrabbitread.blogspot.com/2013/01/flannel-friday-five-pumpkin-pies-in.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Read Rabbit Read</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and, with a change of location can be used for </span><a href="http://melissa.depperfamily.net/blog/?p=1439" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">flowers, hats, teddys, or "whatever"</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> (from </span><a href="http://melissa.depperfamily.net/blog/?p=1439" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mel</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, of course)!</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I might just have to adapt it to a new Scottish version, "Five Fine Pieces", featuring tray bakes, macaroons, shortbread and all the 'auld toon' bakery specials!</span></span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One currant bun in a baker's shop.</span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is the first flannel set that I've cut using my new digital cutter. This is my own cutter, and not really intended for work purposes, but I couldn't resist trying it out to see if it would work.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The instructions require that fabric is backed with heat transfer fabric interfacing with the backing paper removed before being placed on the cutting mat. The three felt colours are all slightly different in texture and thickness, and the thinner white one cut best of all. Once all the pieces are cut, they are ironed together. A few 'currents' are then added with pen to complete the set.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was a quick process (now I'm familiar with the software), and producing the template in <i>.pdf</i> format was MUCH faster than I'd managed previously. I've considered making and including more image formats - the proprietary format on my software is Silhouette's <i>.studio</i> file type. I've not yet worked out how to change them to the more common <i>.svg</i> cutting file type.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Does anyone else use a digital cutter for their flannels? Would .svg files be useful to other Flannel Friday-ers? Do share your thoughts and experience - I'd love to find out more!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Check out K's blog, </span><a href="http://librarystorytimeabcs.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2288bb; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Storytime ABC's</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, for this week's Flannel Friday roundup. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Want to know more?</b> </span><a href="http://flannelfridaystorytime.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Find out</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> about Flannel Friday on the dedicated website. Features include past roundups, host schedule and how to participate.</span><br />
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<a href="http://pinterest.com/flannelfriday" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Scan</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> images and links to Flannel Friday posts on Pinterest. </span><br />
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<a href="http://melissa.depperfamily.net/blog/?page_id=519" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Search</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> for flannels and storytime ideas at Mel's Desk.</span><br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/flannelfridayfun/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Discuss</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> storytimes and flannel boards on the Flannel Friday Facebook Page. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I'm taking a turn at being the Flannel Friday Fairy Godmother (for January and February 2013) and </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">you can contact me at flannelboardfriday [at] gmail [dot] com.</span><br />
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Library Quinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07453980399566078753noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-658237264638998818.post-59642958120439049582012-12-16T12:13:00.001+00:002012-12-16T12:18:26.563+00:00Props for Snowman Rhymes<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As promised here are the printable templates (JPEG format) to accompany the rhymes in the <a href="http://loonsandquines.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/flannel-friday-snowman-storytime.html" target="_blank">Snowman Storytime</a> published last week.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span><br />Library Quinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07453980399566078753noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-658237264638998818.post-65618271410121211622012-12-14T07:27:00.000+00:002012-12-14T21:14:06.116+00:00Flannel Friday - Pete the Cat and the Santa Hat<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>A library can never have too many Santa hats and this week even Pete the Cat has a hat!</strong></span><br />
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For the last storytime sessions of the year our four visiting Nursery classes and our Baby and Toddler Rhymetimers will be treated to a reading and a singing of <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13624074-pete-the-cat-saves-christmas" target="_blank">Pete the Cat Saves Christmas</a>. The Pete books are so popular in our library that folks have started putting reservations on them.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJfuRBbJUwiogtHzkRmSNnNuPRgX18q6nI4SIxKhSp1P6oDAwSQxa6NKiUIbr4t6OjbjP3zkASmGsHuoz2qGmyz37q7-IWM6WZZ-FpOpC07pzyLVtm3353DY3kd5p0qEaB2V1CXm-lOcVQ/s1600/Peat_close.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJfuRBbJUwiogtHzkRmSNnNuPRgX18q6nI4SIxKhSp1P6oDAwSQxa6NKiUIbr4t6OjbjP3zkASmGsHuoz2qGmyz37q7-IWM6WZZ-FpOpC07pzyLVtm3353DY3kd5p0qEaB2V1CXm-lOcVQ/s400/Peat_close.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">NOW you can see my poor sewing!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">So, to mark the occasion, I made Pete a Santa hat. Just a triangle of red felt/flannel, some white trimmings, and a bare 2 minutes sewing (when gluing failed). I think you'll agree he looks very smart. Now, off to practise the song again from the <a href="http://harpercollinschildrens.com/feature/petethecat/audio/Pete-Saves-Christmas-Story.mp3" target="_blank">MP3 file</a> that the publishers have thoughtfully provided together with an <a href="http://harpercollinschildrens.com/feature/petethecat/" target="_blank">information page</a> and a <a href="http://files.harpercollins.com/HCChildrens/OMM/Media/PeteSavesXmas_EK_FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">Christmas event kit</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Although this book is fun, and I know the kids will love it because it's Pete, I still much prefer the first Pete book. 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Library Quinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07453980399566078753noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-658237264638998818.post-44371914221151934112012-12-07T17:52:00.001+00:002012-12-20T06:51:27.971+00:00Flannel friday - Snowman Storytime<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Towards the end of December we usually offer a Seasonal Storytime. Last year the highlight was the </strong></span><a href="http://loonsandquines.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/flannel-friday-rudolph-rudolph.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Rudolph's Nose Game</strong></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong> and rhyme.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This year the rhymetime crowd is younger, and I've found I need to bring the flannels to the children, which is why I devised a <a href="http://loonsandquines.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/flannel-friday-hand-held-flannel-board.html" target="_blank">hand held flannel board</a>. However, Rudolph is too big to fit on the board, which is only 12" across, and his antlers just aren't study enough to be handled by our wee ones!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I thought I'd adapt the idea of photo props to use the snowman rhymes we've been learning since we got our first fall of snow a week or so ago. Here is the result ...</span><br />
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Short and fat<br />
Here are my buttons,<br />
Here is my hat.<br />
When the sun comes out,<br />
I cannot stay.<br />
Sadly I just melt away.</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">... with hat and nose</span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><strong>The Natty Little Snowman</strong> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><em>(finger play rhyme)</em><br />
The nattylittle snowman<br />
Had a carrot for a nose.<br />
Along came a bunny<br />
And what do you suppose?<br />
The hungry little bunny<br />
Looking for some lunch<br />
Ate that carrot nose<br />
Munch, munch, munch!</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">If you like the idea of using photo props in your storytimes there is a fun roundup of photo prop ideas <a href="http://getcreativejuice.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/round-up.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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Library Quinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07453980399566078753noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-658237264638998818.post-82663316733632186382012-11-18T14:45:00.000+00:002012-11-23T21:53:27.402+00:00Flannel Friday Roundup - November 23rd 2012<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>GREETINGS FROM SCOTLAND!</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Here is the November 23rd 2012 edition of the Flannel Friday Roundup coming to you from bonnie Scotland. I'm honoured to be your host this holiday week (for those of you celebrating American Thanksgiving).</strong></span><br />
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are a great way of using up leftovers, and Sandy shows us some new props and a
great <span style="color: red;"><strong>Let's make a Sandwich</strong></span> rhyme at </span><a href="http://storytimesparks.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/sandwiches-plus.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Storytime Sparks</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">. Also with donuts/doughnuts
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the hen had food on her mind too, and Miss Mollie shows us a lovely flannel set
to use when telling the story of <span style="color: red;"><strong>The Little Red Hen</strong></span> at <a href="http://storytimewithmissmollie.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/flannel-friday-little-red-hen.html" target="_blank">What Happens in Storytime</a>. </span></span><br />
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flannel and rhyme at </span><a href="http://lisaslibraryland.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/flannel-friday-toot-toot.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lisa in Libraryland</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anne from </span><a href="http://www.sotomorrowblog.com/2012/11/tic-tac-toe.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">SoTomorrow</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> has a flannel <span style="color: red;"><strong>Tic-Tac-Toe game</strong></span> that you could do as a group activity which would also make a cute gift.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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has some flannel pumpkins with an hands-on activity for <span style="color: red;"><strong>making faces on
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><a href="http://misssarahsstorytime.blogspot.com/2012/11/flannel-friday-tips-for-multiple-use.html" target="_blank">Miss Sarah</a> has some great <span style="color: red;"><strong>tips</strong></span> for making flannel pieces multi-use - very handy when things get busy! Thanks Sarah!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you're new to Flannel Friday you might need to know that </span><a href="http://flannelfridaystorytime.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Flannel Friday</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> is an online event in which participating bloggers post a description of
a flannel board, puppet, prop or storytime activity on their blogs on a Friday.
All the participating posts are gathered into one spot in a link roundup (here at <a href="http://loonsandquines.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Loons and Quines</a> this week, but it rotates between the participants) and then shared in a more visual way on the Flannel Friday <a href="http://pinterest.com/flannelfriday/" target="_blank">Pinterest boards</a>. It is
a way of sharing ideas, encouraging new techniques, and building community among
children’s library staff around the world.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><a href="http://flannelfridaystorytime.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Find out</a> about Flannel Friday on the dedicated website. Features include </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">past roundups, host schedule and how to participate.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/flannelfriday" target="_blank">Scan</a> images of </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Flannel Friday posts</span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> on Pinterest. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><a href="http://melissa.depperfamily.net/blog/?page_id=519" target="_blank">Search</a> for flannels and storytime ideas at Mel's Desk.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/flannelfridayfun/" target="_blank">Discuss</a> storytimes and flannel boards on the </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Flannel Friday Facebook Page</span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">. </span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span></strong><br />Library Quinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07453980399566078753noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-658237264638998818.post-85448066705566743342012-11-18T12:58:00.001+00:002012-11-21T18:47:10.967+00:00Restoring Calm to Rhymetime<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Restoring calm to an excited group of storytimers can be quite a challenge. In our library service we follow a recommended format for our Baby and Toddler Rhymetimes where a calming song or rhyme precedes a closing song. After an active rhyme, involving the glittery Lycra(c) especially, the children can be too enthused to settle down readily, and so a calming song is the order of the day.</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My favourite for most ages is <strong>Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star</strong>, as almost every child knows it, and for many it is their favourite from a very early age. There are a variety of theories as to why this tune is so popular, and many are brought together in the concluding paragraphs of this </span><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/expatlife/8877033/Twinkle-twinkle-little-rip-off-the-dark-secrets-of-the-worlds-most-recognisable-tune.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">newspaper article</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> (I was thrilled to read that the leading authority, </span><a href="http://www.research.ed.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/katie-overy(bb2c3dfb-8d15-4b89-b725-977fc8b0bed8).html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dr Katie Ovary</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, is a senior lecturer at Edinburgh College of Art). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, my storytimers seem to love it, and we ring the changes sometimes by shouting a verse as loudly as we can (hamming it up with hands over ears), and then restoring calm by whispering a verse as quietly as we can. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A Scottish song recommended in our training uses a similar tune, <strong><a href="http://www.mamalisa.com/?p=780&t=es&c=110" target="_blank">Ali Bali, Ali Bali Bee</a></strong>, and also features in my favourite Scot's Rhymes book, </span><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/202283351" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Katie's Coo</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. I haven't used the song that often and will make a point to use it more in the future.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In Baby Rhymetime sessions I like to use <strong>Cross Cross, Line Line </strong>(aka Criss Cross, Applesauce). In looking for a link to the words I realise that I've revised the words somewhat, so I've included my version in it's entirety.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em><strong>Cross, cross,</strong> [finger draw a diagonal cross on baby's back]</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em><strong>Line, line</strong> [draw two parallel lines from shoulder to waist]</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em><strong>Fingers creeping up your spine</strong> [walk fingers up baby's back]</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em><strong>Over here</strong> [tap one shoulder]</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em><strong>Over there</strong> [tap the other shoulder]</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em><strong>Fingers mussing up your hair</strong> [ruffle up the hair on the top of baby's head]</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em><strong>Tight squeeze</strong> [cuddle]</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em><strong>Cool breeze</strong> [blow onto baby]</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em><strong>Now we've got the shi-i-v-ers!</strong> [cuddle and a gentle shake]</em></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Ten Little Fingers</strong></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, Turn Around</strong></span></li></ul><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Of course, sometimes we need to ring the changes and I searched the <a href="http://flannelfridaystorytime.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Flannel Friday</a> storytime resources search from <a href="http://melissa.depperfamily.net/blog/?page_id=519" target="_blank">Mel's Desk</a> for inspiration.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I found that Kay, of Storytime ABC's, has a lovely leaves rhyme that's great for autumn/fall storytimes called <strong>Leaves are Twirling</strong>, sung to the tune of<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <em>Frère Jacques, </em>in her <strong><a href="http://librarystorytimeabcs.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/flannel-friday-fall-leaves-are-falling.html" target="_blank">Fall Leaves are Falling</a></strong> Flannel Friday post</span>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><ul><li><strong>Please Sit Down</strong> (video from <a href="http://supersimplelearning.com/songs/original-series/one/please-sit-down-and-storytime-music/" target="_blank">Super Simple Learning</a>)</li><li><strong>Two Little Feet</strong> (and others from <a href="http://www.preschoolrainbow.org/transition-rhymes.htm" target="_blank">Transition Times</a> on Gayle's Pre-school Rainbow)</li></ul><br />
<strong>Do you have a favourite calming or transition rhyme? If so, please do share in the comments below.</strong><br />
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Library Quinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07453980399566078753noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-658237264638998818.post-34206560447741092752012-10-18T21:00:00.002+01:002012-10-20T15:08:16.820+01:00Flannel Friday - Hand-held Flannel Board<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>May I introduce my latest innovation - a hand-held flannel board! It has a retractable handle on the back to make it easy to bring flannels up close to storytime participants. I've found it to be perfect for small groups of storytimers (I use it for my Baby Rhymetimes).</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Our Baby Rhymetime groups are quite small (they vary from 6 to 24 participants), and we all sit on doughnut cushions on the floor around a colourful play mat. I've found <a href="http://loonsandquines.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/flannel-friday-oh-flannels-ill-make.html" target="_blank">my flannel board</a> to be too high when placed on a table, and too likely to be pulled over when placed on the floor. My solution is this round, hand-held version which I mentioned briefly in my <a href="http://loonsandquines.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/flannel-friday-five-fancy-goldfish.html" target="_blank">Five Fancy Goldfish</a> post.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">... and I've have also used it with finger puppets and these sets of "Five Little ..." things.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was very simple to make, although the innards look a bit <a href="http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2012/01/frasers-phrases-the-peculiar-tale-of-w-heath-robinson/" target="_blank">'Heath Robinson'</a> or (my favourite new word) <strong>stringpunk</strong>! It cost almost nothing to make, consisting of:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2 polystyrene/syrofoam pizza packaging discs (about 12" across) - or a circle of stiff cardboard</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sheet of thick polystyrene/styofoam (mine was reused packaging) 0.5" - 1.5" thick</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Handle and wrapping off a shampoo duo pack</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've made a slide show (below) so you can see how easy it was to make. Unfortunately the slide show needs Flash Player, so doesn't display on iPads etc.</span><br />
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<br />Library Quinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07453980399566078753noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-658237264638998818.post-7054352828340934902012-10-15T16:45:00.001+01:002012-10-15T17:03:01.341+01:00American children's authors popular in the UK<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Which American children's authors ARE popular in the UK? That was a (paraphrased) question posed by Anne from </strong></span><a href="http://www.sotomorrowblog.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>SoTomorrow</strong></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong> in response to my comment on </strong></span><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7784.The_Lorax" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Goodreads</strong></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong> that Dr Seuss was not as popular in the UK as the US.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On this point I was aware that my own views are probably not indicative of folks in the UK generally as I've probably spent too long immersed in all the great US books recommended by my fellow </span><a href="http://flannelfridaystorytime.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Flannel Friday</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-ers and because of the six years I lived in the USA (years when my children were reading children's books for school and leisure). I thought a more objective answer might be found in the recognised published statistics.</span><br />
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UK public libraries. The following list shows the <a href="http://www.plr.uk.com/mediaCentre/mostBorrowedAuthors/top20Authors/2010-2011Top20Authors.pdf" target="_blank">most borrowed children's authors</a> in the UK in 2011 taken from a sample of UK libraries.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. Daisy Meadows <br />2. Jacqueline Wilson <br />3. Francesca Simon <br />4. Julia Donaldson <br />5. Mick Inkpen <br />6. Adam Blade <br />7. Terry Deary <br />8. Fiona Watt <br />9. Roald Dahl <br />10. Lauren Child </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">12. Enid Blyton</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">13. Lucy Cousins</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">14. Janet & Allan Ahlberg</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">15. Eric Hill</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">16. Tony Ross</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">17. Michael Morpurgo</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">18. Jeanne Willis</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">19. Vivian French</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I suspect that looking at the earlier archived lists will bring up some Eric Carle titles, and surely E.B. White's <em>Charlotte's Web</em> must feature? Once the latest author list is published it will no doubt include Suzanne Collins. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>As to what MY personal Children's list would include, that is a whole other post!</strong></span>Library Quinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07453980399566078753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-658237264638998818.post-118961073816002792012-10-14T15:01:00.001+01:002012-10-14T15:30:19.347+01:00Library Display for Early Years<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've been wanting to introduce a storytime-centred display into the library for some time. However, with no blank wall space, finding a location for said display was going to be a challenge.</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">The logical choice was a bulletin board type display which, because of lack of wall space, would have to be suspended from the ceiling above a slatted bay end panel. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I opted for a 'Reading Tree' with the tree top painted on poster board, lightweight and easy to hang, with a trunk extending down the centre of the end panel (minimizing the loss of book display space). I made it double-sided - one side for our public programmes, and one side for visiting nursery classes.</span><br />
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<br />Library Quinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07453980399566078753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-658237264638998818.post-52251725774622232042012-10-05T22:33:00.000+01:002012-10-19T18:35:59.895+01:00Baby Rhymetime at Halloween<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>I was going to skip Halloween for our Baby Rhymetimers as they are so young (most are under one year). However, because the little ones so love peek-a-boo games, I thought they'd probably enjoy some Woo-ooh and BOO! and adapted this action rhyme to use along with a couple of ghost finger puppets.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>One named Woo</strong> (put right hand on child's left shoulder)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>And one named Boo</strong> (put left hand on child's right shoulder)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Come back.....BOO!!!!!</strong> (Bring left hand back, and only say loud enough to startle if you think your little one will enjoy it)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I can't take all the credit. That goes to <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Peggy Drake who contributed the unadulterated version of this rhyme to a Halloween post at <a href="http://www.perpetualpreschool.com/" target="_blank">The Perpetual Preschool</a> entitled<a href="http://www.perpetualpreschool.com/misc_halloween.html" target="_blank"> Two Little Ghosts</a> back in 1998.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Oh, I almost forgot. The template for the ghost finger puppets comes from <a href="http://crackofdawncrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2010/12/batty-ghosts.html" target="_blank">Crack of Dawn Crafts</a> blog. She has hundreds of adorable designs for finger puppets - <a href="http://crackofdawncrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/ninja-finger-puppets.html" target="_blank">ninjas</a>, <a href="http://crackofdawncrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2010/12/gingerbread-people.html" target="_blank">gingerbread people</a>, <a href="http://crackofdawncrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2010/02/germs-biohazard.html" target="_blank">germs</a> - all brilliant!</span><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Update: The finger puppets and rhyme were very popular at Baby Rhymetime - lots of smiles and chuckles! This is a rhyme I definitely recommend!</span></em><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My rating: </span><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/420527863" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5 of 5 stars</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A humorous tale of longing and friendship. One the one hand, Henry wants a dog more than anything in the world; on the other, duck needs a friend. Duck sees Henry's advert for a pet in the paper and decides that this is his opportunity to get a friend. He tries, with hilarious outcomes, to be the perfect pet that Henry longs for. I won't spoil the ending, but just say that both learn a great deal about compromise and friendship before the book ends. I adored this book, loved the ways in which duck tries to make himself more acceptable to the boy with egg box, old socks and string. This book provides scope for some great extension activities - I loved it!</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3217358-not-norman" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img alt="Not Norman: A Goldfish Story" border="0" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1320485012m/3217358.jpg" width="176" /></span></a><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3217358-not-norman" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not Norman: A Goldfish Story</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> by </span><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/537620.Kelly_Bennett" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kelly Bennett</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My rating: </span><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/420579273" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4 of 5 stars</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A fun tale about a boy who is given a fish for his birthday when what he really wants is a cat or a dog. He sets about talking up his fish so that he can offload his fish on someone else. The plan fails and the two share a number of experiences that bring boy and fish together. Eventually the boy gets the opportunity to swop his fish, but will he? The illustrations are simple and humorous and enhance the story.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>Booktrust Book of the Month for August 2005 (UK)</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>A FamilyFun Magazine Best Children’s Book for 2005</em></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/515905.Knuffle_Bunny_Too" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img alt="Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity" border="0" height="146" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1327894604m/515905.jpg" width="200" /></span></a><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/515905.Knuffle_Bunny_Too" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> by </span><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/33274.Mo_Willems" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mo Willems</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My rating: </span><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/422467767" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4 of 5 stars</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Trixie now goes to school and one day takes Knuffle Bunny too. Things don't quite go as expected when another child has a similar bunny. A nice tale of jealousy and friendship. Not as charming (for me) as the first book, but still worth sharing as a read aloud as well as a one-to-one.</span><br />
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Library Quinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07453980399566078753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-658237264638998818.post-5953054948357489792012-09-30T16:32:00.002+01:002012-09-30T16:46:27.606+01:00British Books Challenge (September's picture books)<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've read some cracking British picture books this month. The ones I've mentioned here would make great read alouds at storytime.</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love stories with strong female characters, but I find there just aren't enough of them. This first book is certainly one that demonstrates that young princesses don't have to conform to their traditional stereotype.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My rating: </span><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/422497573" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4 of 5 stars</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A excellent updated fairy tale. Decked out in canvas high-tops, this strong-willed young princess wants excitement and adventure and is disappointed by the role her 'Prince Charming' expects her to play. To combat the boredom she experiences at his court, she hatches a plot with the winsome dragon and proves once and for all that she is the worst princess (and so what)! The rhyming text is amusing and full of little asides designed to make the adults and older children in your audience snigger! </span><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2012.</span></em>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the UK we celebrate Older Person's Week in the first week of October. This book is the perfect choice for my Multi-Generational Storytime to be held next week. Unfortunately there is no cover picture on Goodreads, but I think this charming video of the author, Judith Kerr (of Mog fame), will more than make up for it. These grannies certainly don't conform to their stereotypes either!</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15923497-the-great-granny-gang" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Great Granny Gang</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> by </span><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/30703.Judith_Kerr" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Judith Kerr</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My rating: </span><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/418300889" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4 of 5 stars</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A fun story about capable and courageous grannies who thwart the thieving 'hoodies'. I'm not totally happy with the demonising of hoodie wearers (thinking of those extra shy children who like to hide within their clothing). However, the grandmas are amazing; they have unexpected skills, talents and strengths, not least their ability to work together, and their capacity for eating cake!
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Finally a book about our more typical younger visitors.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1251155.What_Shall_We_Do_With_The_Boo_Hoo_Baby_" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img alt="What Shall We Do With The Boo Hoo Baby?" border="0" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1348245764m/1251155.jpg" width="200" /></span></a><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1251155.What_Shall_We_Do_With_The_Boo_Hoo_Baby_" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What Shall We Do With The Boo Hoo Baby?</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> by </span><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/23894.Cressida_Cowell" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cressida Cowell</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My rating: </span><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/414205505" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4 of 5 stars</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Various animals try to calm the baby in nice repetitive text. There is lots of opportunity for a young audience to join in with their animal noises. The animals try a number of activities; feeding, bathing and playing to quieten the baby. All work for a time, but then the "Boo-hoo-hoo" starts again. Thankfully they eventually they find the solution. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This would have been a 5 out of 5 if I hadn't found the layout of the text a little confusing at times, and would prefer a version in one language just so the text is easier to read.</span>
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Library Quinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07453980399566078753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-658237264638998818.post-51776735600395142752012-09-30T11:19:00.001+01:002012-10-07T14:53:26.085+01:00Boggiesta - blog housekeeping time<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Well, Bloggiesta is back again with Bloggiesta Ole! The Fall 2012 edition is happening from September 28th through to the 30th - and time is swiftly running out.</strong> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bloggiesta is a 3-day blog-a-thon where participants endeavour to complete as many things on their to-do lists as they can.<span style="font-size: medium;"> Y</span>ou can learn all about it from </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Suey at </span><a href="http://sueysbooks.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It’s All About Books</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and sign up to participate at Danielle's </span><a href="http://www.theresabook.com/2012/09/bloggiesta-participants-welcome-lets-get-signed-up/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There's a Book</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> blog.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To join in all you need to do is write a post about Bloggiesta and include your to-do list and <a href="http://www.theresabook.com/2012/09/bloggiesta-participants-welcome-lets-get-signed-up/#ixzz27wZkSrR7" target="_blank">link up</a> your post. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As I've only one day in which to do it my to-do list is going to be pretty short.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong><strike>Update the </strike></strong><a href="http://loonsandquines.blogspot.co.uk/p/reading-challenges.html" target="_blank"><strong><strike>reading challenges</strike></strong></a><strong><strike> page on my blog</strike> </strong></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strike><strong>Prepare an October update for the above.</strong></strike> <em>It is prepared - an update on butterfly books - but I'm having second thoughts about the value of spending time on the updates for this challenge.</em></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><em>Update: I made a major mistake with this Bloggiesta by not signing up for it a lot sooner. When I checked out the instructions over one week before the start, I found that all the mini-challenges were closed. I'll set a calendar notification to check up on this 8 weeks and 4 weeks before the start of the challenge next time (March 29th - 31st 2013 for the main challenge). </em></span><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Verdana;">N.B. The Bloggiesta Challenge now has a dedicated site at <a href="http://bloggiesta.com/">Bloggiesta.com</a></span></em><br />
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Once completed I intend to take a Flannel Friday sabbatical for a few weeks and dedicate some time to writing up my <a href="http://www.cilip.org.uk/jobs-careers/qualifications/cilip-qualifications/chartership/pages/chartershipintro.aspx" target="_blank">CILIP Chartership Portfolio</a> after a year of working on various professional development challenges. Then towards the end of the month I'll be taking what I hope will be the trip of a lifetime to Vietnam and Cambodia. Wish me luck!</div>
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