Eric Carle's books correlate to felt stories so effectively. In addition, his stories always contain lessons for young children to learn such as mathematical concepts like subtraction and addition. Years ago, I read 10 Little Rubber Ducks and immediately knew I wanted to turn the book into a felt story. When I finished and was at circle time telling the story, I realized a little mistake that I made... the pieces were so big, it was challenging to tell the story on a regular felt board easel. I had to take pieces on and off throughout the telling of the story. You can tell through the photos, the creased lines where the felt material has been folded to get into its bag. But, we always learn through our mistakes and since then, when making felt stories pieces, I make them smaller in size. Best of all, it saves on felt material and cost! So, since the pieces are extra large, the felt story is shown among a number of photos.
The children love this story and at the end I hide the plastic toy duck and squeak it behind the board, so they cannot see. Throughout the story, the children can help to count the ducks and learn about direction (north, south, east, west, up, down, etc.) I wrote the story on index cards, which makes it easier to tell as I coordinate the felt pieces.
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Welcome! I like your index card idea. Never thought about doing that.
ReplyDeleteThank you! Learnt about the index cards way back during school and practicums. Great for circle time ;)
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