Here's the last magnet board activity that I'll do for a while.
When my daughter was younger she had three little boats that she played with in the tub. I made up this little song that I would sing as she played with the boats. I just kind of randomly made it up--so no laughing :) . . .
Three Little Boats
(to the tune of Five Little Ducks)
Three little boats went sail-ing one day, Over the waves and far away, When the light house said come back, come back, Only two little boats came sailing back . . .
(continue with two boats, one, and then none)
Hope you've enjoyed these.
For those of you who like the flannel board stories, I just found this great website called Make Learning Fun. They have a whole list of flannel board stories that you can print out. Looks like fun. You can find them HERE.
This is a song that I loved as a little girl. My kids love singing along and putting up each animal as we come to it. I really wanted all my animals to match but after searching and searching I couldn't find anything . . . so I did my best.
Grandpa's Farm
I climbed up the apple tree To see just what there was to see, I looked down on grandpa's farm All laid out with patchwork charm.
There's a baa-baa sheep, and a bow-wow dog, an oink-oink pig, and a croaky frog,
There's a moo-moo cow and a meowy cat, a cackily hen and other things like that.
Per request I'm adding a few more of our magnet board activities to the batch. I apologize that I don't have any links that I can send you to to make these. I kind of just made them up on my own--and this was like two years ago now so whatever pictures I got off the web I have no idea where I found them at this point. Sorry. Hopefully they'll inspire you to do something on your own.
There are a couple activities that I do with this one . . .
Let your child pick a bird and then say the little rhyme according to the color they picked:
Blue bird, blue bird high in a tree, How many blue things can you see?
Then look all around you and find all the things that are that color.
Here's another one . . .
Pass out the birds to the children and then say this little rhyme together:
Little Red bird in the tree, In the tree, in the tree, Little Red bird in the tree Sing a song for me.
Whatever color you put into the rhyme the child with that color bird gets to put his bird on the tree. They can also sing a little song if they
want . . .
Stay tuned for a few more magnet board activities . . .
I found theseToy Story 3characters that were meant to be turned into magnets. Since I took the boys to see it a few weeks back they have been excited over every Toy Story 3 thing we've seen. I wasn't planning on bringing a magnet board on our trip so I decided to make them for a flannel board. I printed, cut, laminated, cut, and then glued some felt to the back of my characters.
Originally I was going to make a mini flannel board for each boy until I realized that I had the back of the car mats! Two-for-one! One less thing to pack!
My 5-year-old also decided that Buzz, Woody, and the gang could play in the town as well. Perfect!
Do you remember way back when, when I showed you my magnet board activities? Well here's another one to add to the batch . . .
I started out by cutting up various shapes that I could assemble together to make a picture . . .
I then used the shapes to make different objects or scenes. I took a picture of them with my camera and then printed them out to make these cards.
This is the fun part for the kids. Using the picture cards to guide you, you can use the shapes to piece together the different objects. All the pieces have magnetic tape on the back so they can go right up on our white board.
I'm sure you're all very tired of all this white board/magnetic stuff by now, but I just had to share a few more things.
I recently found this site. I think it is a little gem. It has links to Bible flannel board stories that you can print out. The bonus is that they're already colored. My favorite! We've enjoyed using them on our magnet board for Family Home Evening lessons.
Also . . .
We subscribe to the Friend Magazine. Over the past few years we've come across these stories that we've enjoyed using in FHE too.
The following are some of the activities we do on our magnet board. Sorry I can't show them all. That would be too exhausting. I have way too many of these things. Mostly because I'm crazy and always get carried away when I start something. My daughter and I love to pull out these activities out on a cold gloomy day in the winter or on a rainy day in the spring.
Letter People
These letter people are just daring. I found them here. You can print them out in color or in black and white. I'll be honest. I love that they're already colored. It saved me so much time . . . and bruises on my hands. I don't know why but I always get bruises when I color. I guess I need to loosen the grip . . .
Sorry I don't have a link for this one that you can easily print out. I just made it up. I made the "pool" into a pocket so the frogs can jump inside.
See.
My daughter loves it.
At The Zoo
I thought these animals were so darn cute that I had to find something to do with them.
Here's a little story that fit perfectly:
At the Zoo
Once there was a monkey who climbed out of his tree one day and looked around. He decided that there would be more animal friends to see if he went to the ZOO so off he went. The first animal he saw was a bear. He said Mr. Bear, which way to the Zoo. The bear said I DON'T KNOW. Let us ask Mr. Zebra. The bear and the monkey went to the zebra and asked. Mr. Zebra which way to the Zoo? I don't know, lets go ask . . . . elephant, lion, snake, etc. At the end they all go to the wise old owl. Mr. Owl which way to the zoo they all ask.? The owl replies "silly animals you are already at the zoo!"
FIVE LITTLE APPLES Five little apples hung on a tree... The farmer didn't care So guess who came to eat? A MOUSE . . . MUNCH, MUNCH Four little apples hung on a tree... The farmer didn't care So guess who came to eat? A BIRD . . . MUNCH, MUNCH Three little apples hung on a tree... The farmer didn't care So guess who came to eat? A SQUIRREL . . . MUNCH,MUNCH Two little apples hung on a tree The farmer didn't care So guess who came to eat? A PIG . . . MUNCH,MUNCH One little apple hung on a tree The farmer didn't care So guess who came to eat? A SHEEP . . . MUNCH,MUNCH Now the tree is bare There are no more apples there But when next fall comes around Guess who'll be there? THE MOUSE THE BIRD THE SQUIRREL THE PIG and the SHEEP YUM!YUM!
One day MOUSE saw a lovely ripe apple on the apple tree. It was red and shiny, and it looked delicious. Mouse waited for the apple to fall. Along came HEN. Hello, Mouse! What are you doing? I am waiting for the apple to fall, said Mouse. That is a good idea, said Hen hopefully. I will wait with you. So Mouse and Hen waited for the apple to fall. Along came GOOSE. Hello, Mouse! Hello, Hen! What are you doing? We are waiting for the apple to fall, said Hen. Apples are my favorite, said Goose greedily. I will wait with you. So Mouse, Hen and Goose waited for the apple to fall. Along came GOAT. Hello, Mouse! Hello, Hen! Hello, Goose! What are you doing? We are waiting for the apple to fall, said Goose. I love apples, said Goat hungrily. I will wait with you. So Mouse, Hen, Goose and Goat waited for the apple to fall. Along came COW. Hello, Mouse! Hello, Hen! Hello, Goose! Hello, Goat! What are you doing? We are waiting for the apple to fall, said Goat. I was just thinking about apples, said cow, licking her lips. I will wait with you. So Mouse, Hen, Goose, Goat and Cow all waited for the apple to fall. They waited. And they waited. And they waited. Mouse waited patiently, but Cow, Goat, Goose and Hen soon grew restless. They thought up ways to make the apple fall. I will fly up and knock it down, said Hen and she ran towards the tree, flapping her wings. But she tripped and fell on her beak with a bump. I will honk it down, said Goose. He opened his beak wide. Honk! Honk! Honk! But the apple didn't move. I will butt it down, said Goat. He ran at the tree and butted it as hard as he could. But the apple didn't budge. I have got a good idea! cried Cow. She jumped up and down on all four hoofs. The tree trembled and the apple began to quiver. Everybody jump! cried Cow, jumping up and down. Goat jumped up and down. Goose jumped up and down. Hen jumped up and down. The tree shook and the apple wobbled, but still the apple did not fall. Meanwhile, Mouse waited patiently. Let's go, said Cow grumpily. That apple is probably rotten anyway. Or sour, said Goat. Or hard, said Goose. Or soft, said Hen. Now only Mouse was left. All of a sudden the shiny red apple fell to the ground with a plop! It wasn't rotten or sour or hard or soft. It was the crunchiest, sweetest, most delicious apple Mouse had ever tasted!
Five Little Monkeys
And last but not least "five little monkeys swinging from a tree".
You probably can't see it in the picture but all the monkeys have a paper clip on them. I put a magnet on the back of the alligator so that you can . . .
"snap that monkey right out of the tree".
Yes, it's so much fun. I found it here.
I love it! It was only $15 dollars at Sam's Club. It's pretty big -- 23" x 36". It's also magnetic and the reverse side is a memo board.
My daughter loves to draw on it. We use these markers:
They are fabulous. They don't have the strong odor that gives you a headache like the other markers do. Plus there are four colors to choose from.
We also use our white board like a flannel board, except with magnets. We have all sorts of stories, games and songs that go up on the board. And I found this magnetic tape that works perfectly for that purpose.
I love this stuff. It's just like tape, but magnetic. It's nice and thin so it keeps all my "magnetic board" stories flat and compact. It lasts a long time too.
And because I promised my sister I would--stay tuned for some magnet board activities.
