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Five Christmas Bells Felt Board Set Digital Pattern
Five Christmas Bells Felt Board Pattern PDF Digital Download
One Christmas bell rings out loud and clear,
Calls for another so that more can hear.
Two Christmas bells make a joyful noise,
Call for another to ring for girls and boys.
Three Christmas bells ring out holiday cheer,
Call for another to be heard far and near.
Four Christmas bells make a merry sound
Call for another to be heard all around.
Five Christmas bells ring throughout the land
May there peace on earth and goodwill to all man.
Each bell is 9 cm high (3.5 inches) and 10 cm wide (4 inches).
This Pattern includes:
A complete list of felt and supplies required
Full sized patterns – just print and use – no need to enlarge, reduce, trace or duplicate
Detailed step-by-step instructions
A song card template containing the words to the song ready to print, laminate and use.
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Five Candles on a Birthday Cake Felt Board Set Digital Pattern
Sing Happy Birthday, chant the rhyme and count the candles as you blow them out on this lovely felt cake with removable candles.
This felt set is easy to make. No sewing at all. Just cut the felt and assemble.
The cake including the cake stand is 32.5cm tall (about 13 inches) and 23cm wide (9 inches).
Five candles on a birthday cake
Five, and not one more
You may blow one candle out,
And that leaves four!
Four candles on a birthday cake
There for all to see.
You may blow one candle out,
And leaves three!
Three candles on a birthday cake
Standing straight and true.
You may blow one candle out,
And that leaves two!
Two candles on a birthday cake
Helping us have fun.
You may blow one candle out,
And that leaves one!
One candle on a birthday cake
WE know the task is done
You may blow this candle out,
And that leaves none!
This Pattern includes:
A complete list of felt and supplies required
Full sized patterns – just print and use – no need to enlarge, reduce, trace or duplicate
Detailed step-by-step instructions
A song card template containing the words to the song ready to print, laminate and use.
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Five Birthday Candles Felt Board Set Digital Pattern
Five birthday candles and not one more,
The red one was blown out (blow)
Then there were four.
Four birthday candles, pretty as can be,
The blue one was blown out (blow)
Then there were three.
Three birthday candles waiting for you,
The green one was blown out, (blow)
Then there were two.
Two birthday candles oh what fun,
The orange one was blown out, (blow)
Then there was one.
Just one birthday candle standing oh so tall.
The yellow one was blown out (blow)
And that was all!
This Pattern includes:
A complete list of felt and supplies required
Full sized patterns – just print and use – no need to enlarge, reduce, trace or duplicate
Detailed step-by-step instructions
A song card template containing the words to the song ready to print, laminate and use.
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Egg Hunting Baskets Felt Board Set Digital Pattern Easter
Lots of fun counting with this felt set. Count eggs to match the numeral on the basket or the number word on the basket.
This felt set is easy to make. No sewing at all.
Tune : Are you Sleeping?
Hunting eggs
Hunting eggs
one by one
one by one
Put them in a basket
Put them in a basket
Oh what fun!
Oh what fun!
Practice counting to five whilst hunting for eggs.
Find the number of eggs to match the word or number on the basket.
Learn to recognise numerals and number words.
Each basket is 6.5 x 16.5cm (2.5 x 6.5 inches) and each egg is 4.5 x 5.5cm ( 1.75 x 2.25 inches).
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Easter Egg Decorating Felt Board Set Digital Pattern
This is creative way to enjoy Easter eggs.
This felt set is easy to make. No sewing at all.
This is a simple idea which provides an open ended opportunity for play and creativity and which can lead to discussions about colours and patterns and how many, and what shape and lots of vocabulary development.
Children can decorate together – having to share and cooperate with finite resources or work on their own eggs.
Each egg is 19.5cm tall (7.5 inches) and 15cm wide (5.75 inches).
This Pattern includes:
A complete list of felt and supplies required
Full sized patterns – just print and use – no need to enlarge, reduce, trace or duplicate
Detailed step-by-step instructions
A song card template containing the words to the song ready to print, laminate and use.
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Balloons for a Party Felt Board Set Digital Pattern
Discover colours and expand vocabulary with this birthday balloon felt board set.
This felt set is easy to make. No sewing at all. Just cut the felt and assemble.
Each balloon is 14cm tall (5.5 inches) and 11.4cm (3.5 inches) wide.
Here are balloons for a party
Because it’s my birthday today.
I have balloons for all of my friends
Who are coming over to play.
Here is a pretty blue balloon,
As blue as the summer skies.
And here is a bright red balloon,
The best that you can buy!
Here is a gorgeous yellow balloon,
As yellow as bright sunshine.
And here is a beautiful purple balloon,
Like purple grapes from a vine.
Here is a lovely orange balloon,
Like oranges from the store.
And here is a fine white balloon,
And now there are no more!
This Pattern includes:
A complete list of felt and supplies required
Full sized patterns – just print and use – no need to enlarge, reduce, trace or duplicate
Detailed step-by-step instructions
A song card template containing the words to the song ready to print, laminate and use.
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Al and Etta Jelly Bean Song Felt Board Set Digital Pattern
This is a great Easter felt set for singing about colours and expanding vocabulary.
This felt set is easy to make. No sewing at all.
Al and Etta are two little bunnies who really want to help deliver Easter eggs. But first they need to be able to collect a basket full of jelly beans to show that they can be trusted to deliver the Easter eggs.
Tune: Allouette
Al and Etta, they went out to get a
Basket full of jolly jelly beans.
Jolly jelly beans of [green]
Now you know just what I mean
Beans of [green]
Beans of [green]
Whoa!
Red—That’s Exactly what I said
Pink—That’s exactly what I think
Blue—one for me and one for you
Black—I keep them in a great big sack
White—I like to eat my beans at night
Yellow—that’s a helpful bunny fellow
Each rabbit is 13cm tall (5.25 inches).
The jelly beans are 3.5cm long (1.5 inches )
The basket is 22cm (8.5 inches) tall 18cm (7.25 inches) wide.
This Pattern includes:
A complete list of felt and supplies required
Full sized patterns – just print and use – no need to enlarge, reduce, trace or duplicate
Detailed step-by-step instructions
A song card template containing the words to the song ready to print, laminate and use.
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A is for Apple Felt Board Set Digital Pattern Alphabet
Use this set to reinforce the concept of the letter “A”.
Have the children sound out the letter “A”.
Talk about other things that start with the letter “A”.
The apples from the tree can “picked” and sorted in the correct basket.
The tree is 28 cm (11 inches) and 25 cm wide (10 inches).
This Pattern includes:
A complete list of felt and supplies required
Full sized patterns – just print and use – no need to enlarge, reduce, trace or duplicate
Detailed step-by-step instructions
A song card template containing the words to the song ready to print, laminate and use.
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Ten Red Apples Adding and Subtracting Felt Board Set Digital Pattern
Ten red apples hanging in a tree
The juiciest apples you ever did see
The wind came by with an angry frown,
(make wind blowing sound)
And one red apple came tumbling down.
(“tumble one apple to the ground)
Now one red apple is on the ground!
The apple tree is 28cm high (11 inches) and 25 cm wide (almost 10 inches).
This Pattern includes:
A complete list of felt and supplies required
Full sized patterns – just print and use – no need to enlarge, reduce, trace or duplicate
Detailed step-by-step instructions
A song card template containing the words to the song ready to print, laminate and use.
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The Lights on the Tree Felt Board Set Digital Pattern Christmas
(Tune : The Wheels on the Bus)
The lights on the tree go blink, blink, blink
Blink, blink, blink
Blink, blink, blink
The lights on the tree go blink, blink, blink
All Christmas day.
The Christmas tree is 45cm (18 inches) by 45 cm (18 inches)
This Pattern includes:
A complete list of felt and supplies required
Full sized patterns – just print and use – no need to enlarge, reduce, trace or duplicate
Detailed step-by-step instructions
A song card template containing the words to the song ready to print, laminate and use.
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Incy Wincy Spider Felt Board Set Digital Pattern Itsy Bitsy Nursery Rhymes
Incy Wincy Spider climbed up the water spout.
Down came the rain and washed poor Incy out.
Out came the sunshine and dried up all the rain.
And Incy Wincy Spider climbed up the spout again.
The water spout is 31cm x 23.5cm(12 x 9 inches)
and the spider is 21cm x 6cm wide (8 x 2.5 inches).
This Pattern includes:
A complete list of felt and supplies required
Full sized patterns – just print and use – no need to enlarge, reduce, trace or duplicate
Detailed step-by-step instructions
A song card template containing the words to the song ready to print, laminate and use.
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Three Jelly Fish Felt Board Set Digital Pattern
Three jelly fish, three jelly fish,
Three jelly fish sitting on a rock
one fell off, ohhhh.
Two jelly fish, two jelly fish,
Two jelly fish sitting on a rock
another one fell off, ohhhh.
Each jelly fish is 8.5cm wide ( about 3.5 inches) and 18cm long ( 7 inches) . The rock is 28cm wide (11 inches).
This Pattern includes:
A complete list of felt and supplies required
Full sized patterns – just print and use – no need to enlarge, reduce, trace or duplicate
Detailed step-by-step instructions
A song card template containing the words to the song ready to print, laminate and use.
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Ten Green Bottles Hanging on the Wall Felt Board Set Digital Pattern
Ten Green Bottles Felt Set Pattern PDF Digital Download
There were ten green bottles hanging on the wall
Ten green bottles hanging on the wall
And if one green bottle should accidently fall
There’ll be nine green bottles standing on the wall
Nine Green Bottles standing on the wall…
Count down until ….
One Green Bottle hanging on the wall
One green bottle hanging on the wall
And if that green bottle should accidently fall
There’ll be no green bottles hanging on the wall
The wall is 54cm long (21 inches) and 12cm high (almost 5 inches).
This Pattern includes:
A complete list of felt and supplies required
Full sized patterns – just print and use – no need to enlarge, reduce, trace or duplicate
Detailed step-by-step instructions
A song card template containing the words to the song ready to print, laminate and use.
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Ten Apples Up on Top Dr Seuss Felt Board Set Digital Pattern
Retell Ten Apples Up on Top by Dr Seuss using this felt set.
First put the dog, the lion and the tiger on the felt board.
Read the first page of the book and demonstrate how to use the apples to act out the story.
Encourage children to take over adding apples as each page is read.
This felt set is easy to make. No sewing at all.
The lion is 11cm x 10cm ( About 4.5 x 4 inches)
This Pattern includes:
A complete list of felt and supplies required
Full sized patterns – just print and use – no need to enlarge, reduce, trace or duplicate
Detailed step-by-step instructions
A song card template containing the words to the song ready to print, laminate and use.
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Little Worm Hide and Seek Sizes Game Felt Board Set Digital Pattern
Little Worm Hide and Seek Sizes Game Felt Set Pattern PDF Digital Download
Hide worm underneath one of the apples. Then chant with the children:
Little worm, little worm
playing hide and seek.
Are you under the large, medium, or small apple.
Let’s take a peek.
The large apple is 15cm x 16 cm (about 6 inches) and the smallest apple is 7cm x 8cm ( about 2.5 inches).
This Pattern includes:
A complete list of felt and supplies required
Full sized patterns – just print and use – no need to enlarge, reduce, trace or duplicate
Detailed step-by-step instructions
A song card template containing the words to the song ready to print, laminate and use.
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Kitty Cat, Kitty Cat Party Hat Hide and Seek Game Felt Board Set Digital Pattern
This is a fun interactive game which encourages vocabulary development, colour and pattern recognition and turn taking. Depending on the concepts you are trying to develop you can make the party hats using ether plain coloured fabric or patterned.
First, talk about the party hats, highlighting colours and patterns and any distinguishing features.
Then, hide the cat underneath one of the party hats.
Then chant with the children:
Kitty Cat, Kitty Cat
Playing hide and seek.
Are you under the [colour or pattern] party hat?
Let’s take a peek.
Children take turns guessing which party hat the cat is hiding under by identifying a party hat by colour or pattern and removing it to search underneath for the cat.
For example:
Are you under the pink party hat?
OR
Are you under the stripy party hat?
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Five Little Elves Felt Board Set Digital Pattern
These cute elves just demand to be counted at Christmas time.
This felt set is easy to make. No sewing at all.
Each elf is 11.5 cm (about 4.5 inches) and 12 cm wide (about 5 inches).
Five little elves jumping on the sleigh,
One jumped off and ran away
Rudolph called Santa and Santa said
“No more elves jumping on the sleigh.”
This Pattern includes:
A complete list of felt and supplies required
Full sized patterns – just print and use – no need to enlarge, reduce, trace or duplicate
Detailed step-by-step instructions
A song card template containing the words to the song ready to print, laminate and use.
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Five Christmas Cookies Felt Board Set Digital Pattern
Five little Christmas Cookies
With frosting galore
One was eaten and then there were four.
Four little Christmas cookies
Two and two you see
One was eaten and then there were three.
Three little Christmas cookies
But before I knew
One was eaten and then there were two……
Each cookie is approximately 8.5cm tall (3.25 inches).
This Pattern includes:
A complete list of felt and supplies required
Full sized patterns – just print and use – no need to enlarge, reduce, trace or duplicate
Detailed step-by-step instructions
A song card template containing the words to the song ready to print, laminate and use.
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Five Apple in a Basket Felt Board Set Digital Pattern
Five Apples in a Basket Felt Set Pattern PDF Digital Download
The first apple in the basket was bright and shiny red.
The second apple in the basket said “My ,what a cosy bed”
The third apple in the basket said “Make room for me your pair”
The fourth apple in the basket said “Please, move over there”
The fifth apple in the basket said “Oh dear, oh me, oh my!”
This basket looks like pastry—I think we’re in a pie!”
The pie is 28cm wide.
This Pattern includes:
A complete list of felt and supplies required
Full sized patterns – just print and use – no need to enlarge, reduce, trace or duplicate
Detailed step-by-step instructions
A song card template containing the words to the song ready to print, laminate and use.
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Cloud and Raindrop Counting Felt Board Set Digital Pattern
This is a great activity for children practicing number recognition, one-to-one correspondence, number word recognition and counting.
Children count the number of raindrops required to match the numeral or number word on the cloud.
Clouds are 14-17 cm wide (5.5 – 7 inches) and each raindrop is 3.5 cm long (1.4 inches).
This Pattern includes:
A complete list of felt and supplies required
Full sized patterns – just print and use – no need to enlarge, reduce, trace or duplicate
Detailed step-by-step instructions
A song card template containing the words to the song ready to print, laminate and use.