Friday, November 16, 2012

Flannel Friday: What a Cake!


What a Cake!
From Mudluscious by Jan Irving and Robin Currie

Once there was a baker who baked a lovely cake.
Oh, what a cake he did make!


But when he wasn't looking,
A flea flew in
to the cake the baker baked
Oh, what a cake he did make!

But when he wasn't looking...


a butterfly blew in
a frog flipped in
a snake slipped in
a duck danced in
a pig pranced in
Oh what a cake THAT did make!

But then the baker looked and said, "ENOUGH!"
And out the pig pranced,
The duck danced,
The snake slipped,
The frog flipped,
The butterfly blew,
The flea flew
And they all shared the cake the baker baked, and what a cake he did make!
The end.

I usually just dump the animals out, because it's easier and funnier. The children all rush to pick them up, then we can recall what alliterative movement they did. At the end, I hold the cake up to the board, which is red, so it will show through the clear part. He made a red, velvet cake, YUM!

Flannel Friday 11/16

7 comments:

  1. The rhyme and the prop are fantastic. Thinking I could adapt this to be part of a Christmas preparation storytime and make it a Christmas Cake,

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    1. LQ, that sounds like fun. You could use classic Christmas characters to fall in the cake like elves and reindeer.

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  2. I have a set for this but I now do it with hats/ visors instead. Everyone forms a big circle.We all pretend to make the cake--the kids love to take turns "adding" ingredients, which of course can get pretty gross(!)--then the characters come in one by one and go out one by one. Lots of fun. I did it one June as part of a "wedding" theme, but I may have to bring it out next week for a food program!

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    1. Great idea. I like to use the parachute with lots of characters. They can go under the chute when they fall in, then the rest of the group can shake it or mushroom it while you call them back out!

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  3. I have a set for this but I now do it with hats/ visors instead. Everyone forms a big circle.We all pretend to make the cake--the kids love to take turns "adding" ingredients, which of course can get pretty gross(!)--then the characters come in one by one and go out one by one. Lots of fun. I did it one June as part of a "wedding" theme, but I may have to bring it out next week for a food program!

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  4. Adorable!! I want to make a set, I can see this for a Birthday Cake too! Thanks for sharing.

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