Make or buy a flannel board with a neutral background color like white, light blue, beige or green.
Pick out a story you wish to tell with a flannel board. Use a simple children's book or write a story yourself.
Purchase characters for flannel boards or cut out shapes and characters for your story.
Hang your flannel board up on a wall or easel, so it is easy to access while telling your story.
Tell the children to sit around the flannel board in a circle and begin to narrate the story. As you narrate, place different characters and shapes on the flannel board, moving them around or removing them as appropriate to the story.
Ask an assistant or one of the children to help you, if you need an extra hand to arrange the characters on the board.