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Flannel Board Chalkboard
Beside chalkboard, the other popular medium in the Class Room or the Sunday school room is flannel board. Flannel board can be one of the most effective and cheapest ways of conveying a story. There are a wide variety of ready-made flannel board books containing most of the Bible stories already available on the market. You can also buy ready-printed backgrounds to dramatize the effect of an outdoor scene at the lakeside or in front of the Temple or to add detail to an indoor scene.
The comments regarding board shape, color and attractiveness apply to flannel board as much as to chalkboard. Ideally all your boards should be the same size so that they can be used one behind the other to follow a story with a quiz or a memory verse. Flannel board can, however. have its pitfalls. We have all seen the person who places a figure on the board and then insists on rubbing it five or six tunes over, just to make sure it stays on. An uneasy nervousness with the materials is evident, a "will it stay or won't it" anxiety.
It is important to test what you are doing and to feel confident that the board, the figures, the backgrounds are going to be alright. I am reminded of an enthusiastic Church Army Sister who decided to try a beautifully illustrated Bible story in flannel graph out in the open air. It was a warm but overcast day at Lowestoft on the east coast of England, with a gentle breeze blowing steadily off the sea. Taking account of this, Sister had made some cardboard windshields to place around the flannel board.
"A Flannel Board Story - so non tech!."
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