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  • Five Valentine's Cookies

    by Kate McKnight
    Five Valentine’s cookies at the bakery shop
    Heart shaped with icing on the top
    Along came a friend with a dollar to pay
    S/he bought a Valentine’s cookie to give it away. 
    Posted in Counting, Valentine's Day

  • Scat the Cat

    by Kate McKnight
    Scat the Cat is such a fun and interactive color story. It encourages children to think about colors in their environment. Scat the Black Cat has a magical hat that he can use to change colors. Blue like the sky, green like the grass. A great educational resource for library storytime, preschool circle time, family day care and homeschool preschool.
    Posted in Cats, Clothes, Colors, Colours, Concepts, Hats, Magic, Pets, Story Telling

  • Dog's Colorful Day

    by Kate McKnight
    Dog’s Colorful Day: A Messy Story about Colors and Counting
    by Emma Dodd Adapted for the felt board by Kate McKnight. Learn about colors and counting as we accompany Dog on his adventures around town.
    Posted in Colors, Colours, Counting, Dogs, Pets, Picture Books

  • Go Away Big Green Monster

    by Kate McKnight
    Adapted for the felt board by Kate McKnight
    from the book Go Away Big Green Monster by Ed Emberley
     
    The Big Green Monster had a big scary green face.
    (place Green Monster Face on the flannel board)....
    Posted in Bedtime, Colors, Colours, Concepts, Felt Set, Halloween, Monsters, Picture Books, Story

  • Mouse's Halloween House

    by Kate McKnight

    This is a lovely story about a mother mouse building a home for her baby mice.

    She finds a pumpkin and starts to renovate and in the process makes a jack-o-lantern.

     

    Posted in Family, Halloween, Houses and Homes, Jack O Lanterns, Mice, Mouse, Story

  • Five White and Spooky Ghosts

    by Kate McKnight

    Two great Halloween Counting Rhymes.

    Five white and spooky ghosts
    Doing what they love the most
    Scaring some most rambunctious kids

    Posted in Counting, Ghosts, Halloween, Songs

  • Two Little Ghosts

    by Kate McKnight
    Tune: Two Little Blackbirds  Two Little ghostsLooking at youOne named WheeAnd one named booFly away WheeeFly away BooCome back WHEECome back BOO...
    Posted in Counting, Halloween, Puppets, Songs

  • Five Little Jack O Lanterns

    by Kate McKnight
    Five little jack o lanterns sitting on a gate;   The first one said, "Oh my, it's getting late." The second one said, "There are bats in the air....
    Posted in Counting, Halloween, Jack O Lanterns, Pumpkins

  • Little Bat Hide and Seek Colours Game

    by Kate McKnight

    This is such a fun and interactive Halloween colour identification game.

    Little bat, little bat
    Where could you be?
    Is that you behind the (colour) witch hat I see?

    Posted in Bats, Clothes, Colors, Colours, Halloween, Hats, Hide and Seek Games, Witch

  • Five Black Bats

    by Kate McKnight
    Five black batsReady to soar;One stayed behind,Now there are four. Four black batsHiding in a tree;One flew away,and that left three. Thre...
    Posted in Bats, Colors, Colours, Halloween

  • Five Little Bats on a Dark Dark Night

    by Kate McKnight
    Five little bats on a dark, dark night. A Halloween Counting Rhyme.
    Posted in Bats, Counting, Halloween, Nocturnal Animals

  • The Chocolate Chip Ghost

    by Kate McKnight
    Adapted for the felt board by Kate McKnight   Once upon a time there lived a family of ghosts.   ( Put ghosts on the flannel board with their w...
    Posted in Colors, Colours, Concepts, Family, Food, Ghosts, Halloween, Picture Books