*  This flannel board activity is easy for 2-3’s year olds
 to follow and helps teach colors. I use it throughout the
 year with different themes.
 Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do you See?
 (adapted from the book by Bill Martin Jr.)
 Cut each animal out of felt.  Place each animal on the board as they are
 mentioned.  Afterwards, leave the pieces out so the children can retell
 it themselves.
 
 Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see? 
 I see a blue bird looking at me.
 Blue bird, blue bird, what do you see?
 I see a black cat looking at me.
 Black cat black cat, what do you see?
 I see a green frog looking at me.
 Green frog, green frog, what do you see?
 I see a yellow duck looking at me.
 Yellow duck, yellow duck, what do you see?
 I see a red fish looking at me.
 Red fish, red fish, what do you see?
 I see some children looking at me.
 
 Variations: Use sea creatures: an orange star fish, 
 a blue sea horse, a green octopus, a pink lobster,
 a red fish, etc.  At Halloween, use a black cat, a white ghost, 
 a green witch, an orange Jack O Lantern.
 Use woodland animals for a forest unit and
 farm animals for a farm unit.  

*  Make a big Clown Face, Put eyes, and Mouth on it. Cut out many different
shapes of different colors. Make One Big Round Red Nose this is what the
children will be looking for. 
 
 what makes this flannel board fun is that you are making mistakes. Went you
put the clown on the flannel board tell the children they are looking for A
BIG ROUND RED NOSE.  I start out with clancy saying hello and ask the
children to help him find his  Big Red Round Nose as he has a show to do.
 Have all the shapes pieces hiding behind the flannel board. as you put the
different shapes on the board the children will tell you if it is the right
shape.  Keep putting the wrong shapes on clancy. the children quickly learn
their shapes and colors play untill the children are still  interested. I may
say as we play this game.
 
 Mrs. Cathy is being silly, Mrs. Cathy needs to learn her shapes. Clancy
getting a little nerves as it is getting late and Mrs. Cathy and the children
can't find is Big Round Red Nose. I hope this is understandable.

*  Here is a flannel board you can do with 1,2,3"s.

 
 Make a tree with no leaves. Big enough to fit your flannel board
 Make birdies one each of red, yellow, green, purple, orange, blue, black,
brown.
 You can make two or tree of each color so each child will have one.
 
 Give each child a colored birdie.
 Place the tree on the flannel board
 song
 
 Little Red bird  in the tree
 in the tree, in the tree
 Little Red bird in the tree 
 Sing me a song.
 The child or children who have a red bird 
 Places the bird on the tree and sings Tweet Tweet.
 
 This is great for younger children to learn their colors. I find the older
children love it as they get to hold a bird and place it on the tree.