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Welcome to the September 1 Flannel Friday placeholder! Can't wait to see what you've got this week. Leave a link to your submission in the comments, and I will add posts to the round-up throughout the day Friday and Saturday. Saturday I am at the Fair all day so your submission might not go up right away.
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Laura
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For tonight's activity I decided to host a Janken Competition. Janken (じゃん拳 janken) is the Japanese equivalent of Rock Paper Scissors, but taken to a whole new level in terms of usage and importance in daily life. (WikiJet) To hold your own competition you will need a way to show videos of other competitions to give your teens an idea of how exciting the sport can be. They did air Rock Paper Scissors competitions on ESPN while back but I don't think this will compel my teens to play. You will also need some props. Each opponent needs an item to shield their head and an item to hit with. I used two buckets and two paper swords. You can also use two hats and two pool noodles. Or two dust bins and two inflatables hammers like those at the carnival. The best way to explain the rules if you watch the video. I work in a public library and this video does show two men kissing instead of hitting each other. Kissing is against the rules but the video is fine. Depending on your audience you may need to find another video or alternative method of explaining the rules. Another good video is a Jankenpon contest on a Japanese game show.
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Months ago I saw a great idea on the Lompoc Library's Instagram feed where book covers were used to spell Read. (Just for fun I want to share that this was my childhood library for many years until we moved to Ohio) I have been saving book covers in preparation for my own version of this project ever since. It took well over 50 covers which I then had to laminate and trim. Next I used duct tape to give my letters some structure and I secured the front of the letters with book tape. The whole display is attached to the wall with push pins.
Laura
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Getting ready for fall storytimes I saw the best idea on Miss Mary Liberry for Flannel Friday: (No Sew) Monster Finger Puppets. I already have a cute set of monsters but I knew I could use this inspiration to make a set of dinosaurs instead. This is my 3rd set of finger puppets and I love them the best. My first two pairs were too big and I could not put them on or take them off easily.
Dinosaur - Sung to the tune of One Elephant. See KCLS video for the tune.
One dinosaur went out to play
On a giant fern one day
She had such enormous fun
That she called for another dinosaur to come.
Oh Diiiiiiiiiiiinosaur!.
Two dinosaurs went out to play….
Three dinosaurs…
Four dinosaurs….
Five dinosaurs went out to play
On a giant fern one day
They had such enormous fun
That they played until the day was done!
Laura
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Howdy
For tonight's activity I decided to host a Janken Competition. Janken (じゃん拳 janken) is the Japanese equivalent of Rock Paper Scissors, but taken to a whole new level in terms of usage and importance in daily life. (WikiJet) To hold your own competition you will need a way to show videos of other competitions to give your teens an idea of how exciting the sport can be. They did air Rock Paper Scissors competitions on ESPN while back but I don't think this will compel my teens to play. You will also need some props. Each opponent needs an item to shield their head and an item to hit with. I used two buckets and two paper swords. You can also use two hats and two pool noodles. Or two dust bins and two inflatables hammers like those at the carnival. The best way to explain the rules if you watch the video. I work in a public library and this video does show two men kissing instead of hitting each other. Kissing is against the rules but the video is fine. Depending on your audience you may need to find another video or alternative method of explaining the rules. Another good video is a Jankenpon contest on a Japanese game show.
One dinosaur went out to play