Perfect Pies for Storytime

We had fun with "Pies" in a recent storytime and I thought I'd share a flannelboard we did then.  My wonderful colleague, Sue Block, made some wonderful large pies out of felt.  I came up with the following rhymes based on traditional rhymes.

TEN TASTY PIES

One tasty, two tasty, three tasty pies;

Four tasty, five tasty, six tasty pies;

Seven tasty, eight tasty, nine tasty pies;

Ten tasty pies smell so yummy!

Ten tasty, nine tasty, eight tasty pies;

Seven tasty, six tasty, five tasty pies;
Four tasty, three tasty, two tasty pies;

One tasty pie in my tummy!

FIVE PIES

Five little pies in the bakery shop.

Shining bright with the sugar on top.

Along comes (child's name) with a dollar to pay.

(He/she) buys a pie and takes it away.

Four little pies in the bakery shop.

Shining bright with the sugar on top.

Along comes (child's name) with a dollar to pay.

(He/she) buys a pie and takes it away.

Three little pies in the bakery shop.

Shining bright with the sugar on top.

Along comes (child's name) with a dollar to pay.

(He/she) buys a pie and takes it away.

Two little pies in the bakery shop.

Shining bright with the sugar on top.

Along comes (child's name) with a dollar to pay.

(He/she) buys a pie and takes it away.

One little pie in the bakery shop.

Shining bright with the sugar on top.

Along comes (child's name) with a dollar to pay.

(He/she) buys a pie and takes it away.

To make the pies, Sue traced around a dinner plate for the bottom layer (she used textured felt there), then a smaller plate for the color (fruit) inside, & then used the dinner plate for the top layer, scalloping the edge to make it just slightly smaller then the first piece of felt.  Our interiors were all different colors which can be seen though the slits made on the top layer, though it's hard to tell that from the photo.

The books I used were:

BLUEBERRY MOUSE by Alice Low

PIE FOR ALL, ALL FOR PIE by David Martin

PIE IN THE SKY by Lois Ehlert

PIE'S IN THE OVEN by Betty Birney

SWEET POTATO PIE by Anne Rockwell

THREE LITTLE KITTENS