Flannel Friday: H-A-P-P-Y

The more favorite songs, rhymes, and books I discover, the more difficult it becomes to choose among them, so I have started doing more themed story times just to make it easier to organize myself and keep some variety in my repertoires. On Tuesday, I did a feelings theme, where the biggest hit was a song I wrote called H-A-P-P-Y.  I used clipart from Clker.com to make popsicle stick puppets (my group is too large these days for my small flannel board to be practical), and then rewrote the lyrics to a song I originally saw at Preschool Express. Here is the end result:

 

When I'm feeling full of joy,

I am feeling happy!

H-A-P-P-Y

H-A-P-P-Y

H-A-P-P-Y

I am feeling happy!

 

When I'm feeling mad and mean,

I am feeling angry!

A-N-G-R-Y

A-N-G-R-Y

A-N-G-R-Y

I am feeling angry!

 

When I'm feeling full of beans,

I am feeling silly!

S-I-L-L-Y

S-I-L-L-Y

S-I-L-L-Y

I am feeling silly!

(Note: One of my coworkers uses the phrase "full of beans" to describe kids when they're acting silly. I think it's a great phrase so I stuck it in my song.)

 

When it's time to go to bed,

I am feeling tired.

T-I-R-E-D

T-I-R-E-D

T-I-R-E-D

I am feeling tired!

The only thing I might do differently the next time I use this is to have the letters for each word on hand. I don't know how much toddlers understand spelling anyway, but having the letters on the flannel board to point to might help them make a connection to the letters, whereas singing them without any visual cues might have been confusing. That said, they liked this song a lot on Tuesday, and it was a fun change from my usual songs!

This week's Flannel Friday host is Sarah at Read It Again! Find out more about Flannel Friday on the official website.