What color will Selena wear today?

We're doing a 'Getting Dressed' theme this week at Storytime and I wanted to use my little girl with the colorful wardrobe! This is Selena and she loves fashion...lol.  I start off with her in her nightgown and slippers as she begins to try on one colorful dress after another.  I do have a little rhyme to coordinate the whole activity.  Here she is with her many outfits to choose from.

(change the color dress as you say the rhyme)

What Color Shall I Wear Today?

Good morning, Selena, it's time to get dressed!  

Let's choose a color that we like the best.
How about a red, orange, green, or yellow dress? 

Maybe a purple, or blue, or a pretty flower dress?
Selena tried on her dresses one by one.

Now, she's ready to play and ready for fun!

                                  

 

I really enjoyed making all of Selena's outfits with their embellishments! Getting Dressed for our day is so much Fun with Friends at Storytime!

1,2, Buckle My Shoe!

This is a favorite nursery rhyme for counting, rhythm and the funny fat hen at the end! 

I did use a real buckle for my shoe and stuffed my sticks made of felt with a pipe cleaner so that I could bend them into the shape I wanted.  I added velcro dots to the back of these pieces because they are large and heavy. Counting is lots of Fun with Friends at Storytime!   

                  

Cobbler, Cobbler, Fix My Shoe!

Everyone loves new shoes! If I see a book with shoes on the cover, I'll pick it up to investigate everytime! LOL!  I got my felt piece for Cobbler, Cobbler done to add to a shoe themed storytime. I refreshed my shoes from another post HERE. Here's the rhyme for those painted and embellished pellon shoes,  Busy Little Cobbler. I also have a cute rhyme that uses some laminated shoes that came from the teacher store. I found this adorable active chant at Read, Rhyme and Sing blogspot.  Don't forget Mr. Al's song about shoes , Show Me Your Shoes! Shoes are so much Fun with Friends at Storytime!   

Shoes!!

Every child loves new shoes. I love new shoes!! Everyone loves new shoes!  So, of course, I have shoe flannel sets.  There's the beloved nursery rhyme, The Old Woman Who Lived In a Shoe. That set is made from pellon that I painted with acrylic paints and outlined with black Sharpie. I always love the ending where she 'kisses them sweetly and puts them to bed'. Every chance I get to blow kisses at my storytime kiddos makes me happy! 

I also have a cute little color/counting to 10 shoe rhyme.  I got the original rhyme from Nursery Rhyme Theme-a-Saurus by Jean Warren. I wanted to have 10 shoes so I added some more verses and colors. It's called 'Busy Little Cobbler'.

I used clip art from several sources including shoe ads for the patterns. I traced and outlined each shoe on pellon with a Sharpie. I painted them with acrylic and fabric paints. The purple and orange shoes are partially colored with color pencil. Then I embellished them with sequins, jewels, gold glitter glue and ribbons.  I had a lot of fun making these!

I like to use New Shoes, Red Shoes by Susan Rollings and Whose Shoes? by Anna Grossnickle Hines with this theme. I have used Red Dancing Shoes by Denise Lewis Patrick with older preschoolers. Another fun book is Shoe Baby by Joyce Dunbar. It goes without saying that Pete the Cat : I Love My White Shoes or Pete the Cat : Rocking In My School Shoes by Eric Litwin need to be included too!!

I found several posts on the Flannel Friday Pinterest boards too.  Try this one at Read it Again, or at Read Sarah Read,...one more at Ram Sam Storytime.
Shoes are a lot of Fun with Friends at Storytime!