- Flannelgraph
Flannelgraph (sometimes called a flannel board) is a storytelling system that uses a board covered with
flannel fabric, usually resting on aneasel . It is very similar toFuzzy felt , although its primary use is as astorytelling medium, rather than as atoy .Description of use
The flannel board is usually painted to depict a background scene appropriate to the story being told. Paper cutouts of characters and objects in the story are then placed on the board, and moved around, as the story unfolds. These cutouts are backed, either with flannel, or with some other substance that adheres lightly to the flannel background, such as coarse sandpaper.cite book|title=Write Better, Speak Better|author="
Reader's Digest "|year=1972|printing=Sixth|isbn=0-89577-006-7]Plain, undecorated flannel boards can also be used as a visual aid during presentations, allowing the speaker to display and remove charts and graphs as needed.
Associations with Christianity
Flannelgraph has been (and continues to be) a popular medium for telling Bible stories to young
Sunday School students in Christian (and particularly Evangelical)church es. Indeed, it is used as a storytelling method almost exclusively in elementary level Christian education. This may be attributed, in part, to the fact that flannelgraph is relatively inexpensive, yet provides a more vivid alternative to storytelling without visualillustration .ources
* Balmer, Randall. "Flannelgraph" in "Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism". Westminster John Knox Press, 1st edition, 2001. p. 221.
External links
* [http://pfm.activematter.com/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&CONTENTID=4709 In Praise of Flannelgraph]
ee also
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Fuzzy felt
*Bible story
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