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170 Reading: The Sport of Champions!
Flannelboards
A Little Boy Went Walking
(Adapted by Teresa Chiv from a poem by Emile Poulsson. From Children’s Counting-Out
Rhymes, Fingerplays, Jump-Rope and Bounce-Ball Chants and Other Rhythms by Gloria
Delamar. © 1983 Gloria T. Delamar by permission of McFarland & Company, Inc., Box 611,
Jefferson NC 28640. www.mcfarlandpub.com.)
Photocopy the patterns provided at the end of this chapter onto card stock. Patterns are provided
for a running boy, the sun, a rabbit, a river, a fish, the mill, a school house, a bridge, a sitting
boy, bushes, a bird, a tree, a cloud, and a ladybug. Color them, cut them out, and place the
designated pieces on the flannelboard as you tell the story. Add pieces of flannel or sandpaper to
the back of each piece so that the pieces adhere to the flannelboard.
A little boy went running (Place the running boy on the board)
One lovely summer day. (Place the sun on the board)
He saw a little rabbit (Place the rabbit on the board)
That quickly ran away. (Remove the rabbit from the board)
He saw the shining river (Place the river on the board)
Go winding in and out
And little fishes in it (Place the fish on the river)
Were playing all about.
And slowly, slowly turning
The great wheel of the mill. (Place the mill on the board)
And then the big bell ringing (Place the school house on the board)
On the little school so still.
The bridge across the water. (Place the bridge over the water)
And as he stopped to rest (Remove the running boy, and replace with the sitting boy)
He saw among the bushes (Place the bushes on the board)
A little sparrow’s nest.
And as he watched the birdies (Place the bird on the board)
Above the tree-tops fly (Place the tree below the bird)
He saw the clouds all sailing (Place the clouds on the board)
Across the summer sky.
He saw the bugs all crawling (Place the ladybug on the board)
The flowers that summer brings
He said, “I’ll run tell mother (Remove the sitting boy and replace with the running boy)
I have seen so many things.”