Madigan Reads

This is pretty awesome!

I must say, I have a whole new appreciation for my story time regulars at my library. I have a group of moms and nannies (and the occasio...

I must give full credit to Melissa Depper for the inspiration for this felt board. These babies were easy and fun to make - no real p...

Here's a felt board I put together for a cookie themed storytime. I also have a Cookie Monster puppet, so naturally we sang a round or ...

I had so much fun with this felt board. I tried something new, and instead of doing a song or rhyme to go along with this activity, I just t...

We just finished a great Cat in the Hat program to celebrate Dr. Seuss's 110th birthday! Here's talented performer, Reuben Hall...

Here's a set of felt snowmen I put together. Easy and fun! I had a great time with these in storytime - this was before our "big sn...

Here are two felt boards I whipped together for Halloween. I'm really happy with this bat one. The kids loved the sparkles on some of ...

Here's my latest felt board creation: And here's the rhyme I used with it: Five pretty flowers in my garden grew. "Hmmm...

I've been seeing this felt board around for a while, and finally decided to make my own version. I love it! I start out with the pieces ...

Forgive the poor picture quality - I snapped this on my cell phone, and for some reason the moon looks very bright! I just have a quick...

I'm so glad I made this felt board! It's based on that old classic picture book, It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles G. Shaw. It w...

Valentine's is over, but I just had to share this fun little feltboard I put together. I found this on Storytime ABC's , and if imit...

I've had my eye on this great felt board for a while. I've seen a couple of different versions of it... Storytime Katie discovered...

I'm really excited about this new storytime rhyme, which I love because it's an anything rhyme. You can have five of anything, and t...

Here are some new felt board figures I made recently. The thing I love about this is that you could use any animals you happen to have arou...

It's Labor Day Weekend, and that means it's a double-threat for awesome, huge, overwhelming, magical, cool activities to do in Atlan...

I was getting ready for storytime the other week, and suddenly realized that I don't have a pig for my feltboard. I created this guy in...

Long before Go the F**k to Sleep jumped to the top of sales charts there was a nursery rhyme about the same problem faced by many exhausted...

I made this one in kind of a hurry. I love the way the train turned out. I wish I had made it a little bigger though. Recognize the car? It...