I’ve been feeling a little grumpy today – technically it’s my day off, but I have quarts and quarts of work to do AND the house needs cleaning AND there are piles of laundry to get through AND I need to fit in stuff like taking a walk and having lunch with Dad and cooking dinner for Jim…you get the idea. It’s a Bad Abby Day. Kind of like a Bad Hair Day (which is also true for me today), but more all-encompassing.
But then I went on to Google just now, and had a good chuckle when I saw the ode to PacMan. And then, even better, I realized that you can actually play that PacMan game. Awesome!!! Guess what I’ll be doing instead of work for the next twenty minutes or so…
And another of my feltboard favorites, used often and with great gusto: Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree, which I sometimes use as a simple fingerplay, and other times use in conjunction with Eileen Christelow’s book of the same name. The monkey that appears to be white in this photo is actually a pale blue (far more attractive). When presenting the story on the feltboard, I always have the children in attendance help me count out the monkeys, and sometimes we also name the colors of the various monkeys. This feltboard story helps me to remember that simplicity is often the best approach when making felt figures. Click on image to enlarge:
Reflections on children, literature, libraries, and life…and cats.
