Storytelling Aprons/Kits | Boards/Kits | Plain Boards | Books in Professional Collection | Additional Resources | Borrowing information

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Storytelling Aprons with Kits
These Storytelling Kits come from Lakeshore Learning and provide you with a guide and all of the stuffed cloth characters you need to tell each story. The aprons have deep pockets to store the pieces for your story and a flannel-friendly surface that allows the pieces to stick with ease.

Storytelling Apron - We have 3 adult-size aprons for you to borrow.
Child Size Storytelling Apron - We have 1 child-size apron for you to borrow.

Choose any of the stories below (all of the flannel stories below include a copy of the book):
Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock
Brown Bear, Brown Bear What do You See?
Corduroy -See also Storybook Characters
Elmer
The Jacket I Wear in the Snow -Borrow the Big Book from MHLS
It Looked Like Spilt Milk -Borrow the Big Book from MHLS
The Napping House
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly -See also Storybook Characters
The Paper Bag Princess
Patrick's Dinosaurs
Polar Bear, Polar Bear What Do You Hear? -Borrow the Big Book from MHLS
Quick as a Cricket
Sheep in a Jeep
Silly Sally -Borrow the Big Book from MHLS
Sleepy Bears
Tops & Bottoms
The Very Hungry Caterpillar -Borrow the Big Book from MHLS, See also Storybook Characters
Who is the Beast?

Castle Theme Flannel Board Background, Castle Tales Audio Cassette, Background Information, Activity Ideas, Kidstuff Vol. 4 # 10 Kings & Queens and Other Things!

Stories:
Cinderella
The Frog Prince
The Princess and the Pea
Rumplestiltskin
Sleeping Beauty
St. George and the Dragon

Dinosaurs
Dinosaur Flannel Board Background, Background Information and Activity Guide

Finger Play Fun
Finger Play Audio Cassette and Finger Play Mitt
Poems and songs about: Elephants, Emotions, Clowns, Monkeys, Alligators, Ducks, Birds, Squirrels, Rabbits, Frogs, Toads, Bears, Pumpkins, Policemen, Firemen, Garbage Men, Teachers, and Doctors.

Grandma's Favorites
Outdoor Theme Flannel Board Background
Grandma's Favorites Audio Cassette and Activity Ideas

Stories:
Hansel and Gretel
Rapunzel
The Three Billy Goats Gruff
The Gingerbread Man
The Three Pigs

The Little Engine That Could
Themed Flannel Board Background, Activity Ideas

Little League Lineup
Child matches correct mitt and ball with the same corresponding color.

Mother Goose on the Loose
Once Upon A Rhyme

Nursery Rhymes Audio Cassette and Activities

Books in MHLS Professional Collection

The following books are found in the MHLS Professional Collection and can be borrowed through the online ILL form:

Additional Resources

Here are some sites with additional stories and ideas for using flannel boards:

Make your own storyboards-Ideas from a national workshop presented by authors of books on library programming for children.
Stories, Songs and Rhymes-Ideas for making flannel board pieces, stories and other activities to use

Links to places to buy flannel board sets:

Borrowing Information: Materials may be borrowed only by MHLS member libraries for library programs. To order, click here to send an e-mail to the Youth Services Department listing what you would like to borrow, what date you need to have it for and to which MHLS member library you would like it sent. Shipping Procedure - All YS materials that cannot fit in the delivery bins must have this completed form attached to the outside. Items will not be picked up without the form.