Thursday, August 21, 2008

Hello It's me Jan

I'm Jan A-Z from Smoky. The reason people call me Jan A-Z is my last name beginnings with A and ends with Z. It is a hard name to pronounce. I love my job at Smoky. I do story times for Babies, two to six years and the different Elementary Schools in the area. I enjoy working with children of all ages. Right now I have been working on new flannel boards for our fall story times. If any one has any good web sites for flannel boards let me know.

2 comments:

MelissaZD said...

Hi Jan, welcome aboard! I'm starting to gear up for storytime, too! I'm mostly working with the babies right now, so my "flannels" are pretty basic--we do a lot of counting songs, that sort of thing--rather than stories. Plus I don't use flannel at all anymore--I go straight to Microsoft Word and dive into the Clip Art files. I find colorful images and photos, print them out big, and laminate them!

One of my favorite websites for storytime ideas is Hummingbird Education at http://www.hummingbirded.com/ (scroll down to where it says "lotsa lesson plans"). They've got a bunch of rhymes, songs, and activities by theme...though no patterns for flannels.

Anyone else with a good resource?

Elisabeth said...

This isn't a flannel board resource but I thought I'd share it here anyway...
http://www.mpls.lib.mn.us/elsie.asp