Robots

I haven't posted for quite awhile, so I thought I'd share several robot flannel boards today.  These were all items I picked up at various stores but I don't think I paid more than $3 for any one set.

These are wooden lacing robots I got from Target's $1-$3 bins (these were $3)

EIGHT ROBOTS

 

Hank has eight robots in his shop this week.

This one's microchips are fried and that one sprung a leak.

 

Hank will give these two a look-see

And he'll know just what to do.

And when these robots leave Hank's shop

They'll be as good as new!

 

(repeat with 6, 4, 2)

 

Hank has no more robots in his shop this week.

He's fixed all their microchips and plugged up all their leaks.

 

 

This is my adaptation of the rhyme Cate at STORYTIMING wrote.

 

 



Two different sets:  the top ones were bulletin board cutouts from Wal-Mart & the bottom three are from Dollar Tree & a set of 15 (5 of each design).  Here's the rhyme I use with 9 of the bottom ones.

NINE FRIENDLY ROBOTS

 

One friendly, two friendly, three friendly robots,

Four friendly, five friendly, six friendly robots,

Seven friendly, eight friendly, nine friendly robots,

Standing in three rows.

 

Nine friendly, eight friendly, seven friendly robots,

Six friendly, five friendly, four friendly robots,

Three friendly, two friendly, one friendly robot

Waving bye, bye, bye.

 

 



I love these because they're big (9") & I got them from Dollar Tree.  I used these with this song (to B-I-N-G-O).  I cut the 8" letters out with our Ellison dies.  I'm still working on some other rhymes for these.

ROBOT

 

I took a lot of metal parts

and built a funny robot.

R-O-B-O-T

R-O-B-O-T

R-O-B-O-T

I built a funny robot.

 

(Continue with by replacing one letter at a time with a robot & a clap)

 

 

Shawn at Read, Rhyme & Sing is hosting Flannel Friday this week so check out his blog to get lots of good ideas.  Flannel Friday is a wonderful way to share and gain inspiration for programming.  I love to visit, learn, and borrow ideas from lots of different folks.

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