Mitten activities the book mini of week from jan brett printables lesson plans preschool animals use this cute mitten shaped mini book in a winterthemed unit to target fluency. Ask the children to raise their hands if they can name one of the animals in the book. I am in the middle of preparing lesson plans for our winter session at school and one thing that i would love to include is an entire unit on nothing but mittens. Making mittens with the mitten book read and discuss the different animals in the mitten book and then try to make.
This one simple object, a mitten, offers a lot of fun playful experiences for the girl. The mitten this is a multilevel kinderreader that retells the traditional story with a twist. Planning marvelous mitten activities for preschool teach. These fun preschool mitten rhymes and the activities that go with them will leave young children feeling warm and cozy on a cold, winter day. Making mittens with the mitten book a to z teacher stuff. Sequencing whole group activity for sequencing to put the animals in order on a mitten and an independentstation activity for students to cut and paste and do this on their own basic comprehension whole gro. Her nowclassic version of the mitten is a favorite classroom read aloud every winter. Jan bretts wonderful adaption of the ukrainian folktale the mitten makes a great base for a unit on mittens to use during the winter months with your preschool and kindergarten children. Kids learn about real animals, practice story retelling and more in this collection of the mitten activities with printable lesson plans.
The mitten activities preschoolers are going to love funaday. I would highly recommend printing the activities from this set onto cardstock so that they are sturdier for younger hands. Well, we can enjoy some pretend snow indoors anyway. Jan 19, 2015 books by jan brett have been huge favorites in our house, especially her story the mitten. She uses her imagination to come up with lots of creative ways to use one mitten. Paint mittens for bulletin board this is mitten weather. Then we did our own retelling of the mitten book i had a large mitten shape made out of tape on the floor to use as our mitten prop. This literacy mini unit goes along with jan bretts the mitten activities included. The mitten printables preschool books, mittens, book activities. Print mitten pattern and cut out four mitten pages.
The first half of the kit focuses on skills for younger children and the second includes pages for more advanced preschoolers or kindergarteners. Winter months are great for learning more about new clothing. I can retell the mitten story minibooks read, glue, trace, draw the sentence color the igin words writing prompt using the words from the mitten as a guide the mitten board game a mitten writing prompt readers theater for the mitten. Explore internet resources and information using websites bookmarked by the teacher.
Ottawa mommy club moms and kids online magazine use this cute mittenshaped minibook in a winterthemed unit to target fluency. Discuss the authors use of different kinds of sentences to interest a reader or listener and communicate a message. There are just certain books that seem to resonate with children, and i love watching the kids get wrapped up in a store. This is the first lesson in a set of questioning lessons designed for primary grades. These mitten visual discrimination task cards are perfect for a winter theme in your preschool, prek, or kindergarten classroom. The mitten teaching ideas, lesson plans, printables. Homeschool preschool has a fun the mitten story sequencing activity to extend the book. Today we added the mitten by jan brett to our learning space. Books by jan brett have been huge favorites in our house, especially her story the mitten. The mitten activities and crafts mittens, preschool. See more ideas about book activities, winter theme and mittens. Have children cut out the mittens and decorate the covers using crayons, markers, etc. See more ideas about book themes, book activities and preschool activities.
Fun ways to explore and learn with mittens in your preschool classroom. The mitten and winter preschool and kindergarten activities, lessons, crafts, and games. Jan bretts the mitten is definitely on my list of mustread childrens books i know im not the only one, as evidenced by some of the great emails i receive from funaday readers. Read the mitten by jan brett and talk about the book. The mitten easy winter toddler activities natural beach. Print the masks from jan bretts website to heavy paper. In this lesson, using the story the mitten by jan brett, students learn how to become good readers by asking questions. Start by reading the mitten by jan brett and then give these activities a try. Create a fun preschool mittens theme with these hands on ideas to go with the book, the mitten by jan brett. Book companion for preschool speech and languagethis is a 38 page download fo. This packet focuses on language activities for early elementary and late preschool aged children. This lesson is designed to introduce primary students to the importance of asking questions before, during, and after listening to a story. Keep reading to get your copy of the printable mitten visual discrimination task cards.
Its one pack that was a last minute addition to our school time, but one i know we will enjoy. The mitten teaching ideas, lesson plans, printables, activities a to. So i thought id put together a list of the mitten activities you can use alongside the book. Use the popular book the mitten to explore a variety of winter and animal related topics during this week long lesson plan for home preschool. Free printable readers for kindergarten at the zoo. Activities and lesson plans for the mitten by jan brett. With so many great winter books and ideas, its easy to put together themed activities. The mitten story printable and handson activity for preschool. I know im not the only one, as evidenced by some of the great emails i receive from funaday readers. Retelling our own version of the mitten book in preschool.
These are some of the activities our children like to do after reading the book. The mitten preschool theme preschool activities nook. Giant mitten handson activity from teach preschool. Instead of animals, we had children climbing in our mitten. This list includes ideas for fine motor work, art projects, and learning idea. Preschool activities nook early learning and fun for. The mitten in this technologyintegrated lesson, students respond to listening by answering comprehension questions, retelling the story as a skit, and writing to the author. Includes crafts, printable resources, games and more for preschool, kindergarten, and elementary students. Jan 03, 2017 this week i chose one mitten by kristine oconnell george and couple of fun activities to go with the book. At least one more version of the mitten story, such as the mitten by alvin tresselt.
The mitten teaching ideas, lesson plans, printables, activities. The main focus of these lesson plans is jan bretts book the mitten. It isnt a montessoristyle book, but its a beautiful, classic childrens story. Retelling activities childcare activities preschool activities book activities preschool books preschool lessons preschool crafts preschool classroom kindergarten math its week 3 of tot school and im going to be real and say this was a tough one for me. Explain that the children will be making a pair of mittens that look alike. The mitten activities preschoolers are going to love. Jan 23, 2012 these printables were created to use with the mitten by jan brett. The mitten by jan brett is a beloved winter book that both young and old adore. The mitten activities for preschool and kindergarten. If you have not read the story to your own children, you may purchase the book below.
The mitten printables you should grab for your preschoolers. Jan bretts the mitten is definitely on my list of mustread childrens books. This led to a simple but thoughtful discussion on how each author used their own imaginations and ideas to tell the same story just like we can do. Preschool lesson plans the mitten activities see more. The illustrations are simply amazing, and there are many activities that can be done to encourage learning as we read. The mitten curriculum web learning centers for art, drama, play, big book, and science. This printable mitten matching game is a great activity to work on those visual discrimination skills. The mitten activities to go with the picture book by jan brett. Read and discuss the different animals in the mitten book and then try to make mittens that are alike. Each of our children has enjoyed the mitten whether a board books, a paperpack, or. During this time of year i would bring out my mitten unit for my primary students. I use the mitten to teach sequencing and predicting. Add these the mitten activities for preschoolers to your winter learning time. Free mitten printables and montessoriinspired mitten activities.
Day 1 was all about wintery math sensory play with trucks. See more ideas about mitten, winter preschool, book activities. I also designed 3 mitten venn diagrams, perfect for helping your students practice the concept of comparison and contrast. My mitten book story retelling kidssoup resource library. Pair this book companion with the mitten to develop speech and language therapy lesson plans for intervention. Free mitten printables and activities for preschoolersfirst graders. Jan 15, 2014 i love the mitten adapted and illustrated by jan brett. Activities for the mitten for preschoolkindergarten.
The mitten tree by candace christiansen a mountain of mittens by lynn plourde missing mittens by stuart j murphy the mitten by jan brett. Preschool literacy, preschool books, literacy activities, preschool crafts, preschool winter, the mitten book activities, winter activities for preschoolers, snow. One mitten activities for kids the resourceful mama. Printables for the mitten by jan brett homeschool creations. Being a teacher i love bringing thematic learning to my classroom. The mitten activities and crafts books and giggles. I used free printables to prepare montessoriinspired activities to go with the book perfect for winter or a woodland animal theme. Pin it the mitten printables includes fun activities to tie in with the story vocabulary words, word tracer cards, a tracer page, sequencing cards, a fun song, beginning sound. The mitten is one of my favorite childrens books for winter. Check this winter freebie that goes out with jan bretts the mitten book. Click on the link to viewdownload the activities to go with jan bretts the mitten packet. This week we have already read the gingerbread baby and had fun with these montessori inspired animal matching activities. I love that she includes ordinal number labels, as this book really lends itself to talking about what comes first, whats second, etc. Our preschool mittens books contains the most complete early chilhood education mittens books ideas on the internet.