She uses her imagination to come up with lots of creative ways to use one mitten. The mitten with images book study, kindergarten reading. Story sequencing and word cards are included, and the pictures can be colored. Easel art for the hat and the mitten circle time and fun activities for the hat and the mitten literacy ideas for the hat and the mitten math ideas for the hat and the mitten. Out of the three versions of the mitten, i chose to. They also love looking at the details of the illustrations. If you have not read the story to your own children, you may purchase the book below. The activity also includes ordinal words to match up to the pictures, as well as a recording sheet for additional practice or to set this activity up at a center with a pocket chart. If so, i think theyll really enjoy this magic e mitten packet. Formerly known as scholastic printables, we offer printable activities for any subject. Winter circle time activity and craft to go with jan bretts book the hat. One of our favorite winter books is the mitten, a popular story for many of us.
The classic childrens story the mitten provides the centerpiece for this collection of preschool and kindergarten activities, games, and crafts. Enjoy a beloved classic holiday story with a free reading of the mitten online plus free activities to do with your kids. Books by jan brett have been huge favorites in our house, especially her story the mitten. And these are a great playdate idea for fun things to do in winter with friends too. This was one of my sons favorite winter books when he was growing up, so naturally, it became one of the books that we read over and over again. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. The mitten jan bretts printable masks for the animals in the story. Day 1 was all about wintery math sensory play with trucks. The mitten was a retelling of a ukrainian winter folktale. Activities to go with the books making learning fun. Whether you have snow or not, kids can enjoy some fun winter activities that are easily paired with a good read add in some hot cocoa and it makes a cold day just a little warmer.
What a great collection of books and activities and lots of books. Click here for guided reading lessons using the mitten. This week i chose one mitten by kristine oconnell george and couple of fun activities to go with the book. Retelling our own version of the mitten book in preschool. A cute story with a fun ending, the mitten is a great book to teach about sequencing events and characters in the story. One mitten activities for kids the resourceful mama. The books in this kit are timeless, and it just needed some fingerplays, a flannelboard, and a craft to get it back up to snuff. See more ideas about book activities, jan brett and winter theme. Today we did a miniunit on the mitten by jan brett, one of my favorites. Well, we can enjoy some pretend snow indoors anyway. When nicki drops his white mitten in the snow, he goes on without realizing that it is missing. The mitten writing activity for kindergarten madebyteachers.
The mitten unit a 5 day unit with photos and descriptions of activities. I would highly recommend printing the activities from this set onto cardstock so that they are sturdier for younger hands. I did some investigating and found some things online to include with the book and made some of my own all shared below. Click here for the best bookstore prices on jan brett books jan brett 19962011. Download the mitten printables pack even and odd number sorting. Mitten class book by schenk kindershop teachers pay teachers. Perhaps you have heard about our guiding readers reading comprehension units, but you have not tried them yet. Receive book suggestions, reading tips, educational activities, and great deals. Comprehension by chapter, vocabulary challenges, creative reading response activities and projects, tests, and much more. Below you will see some things i have tried with my class.
He loses one of the mittens in the snow and several woodland animals find it. Ive looked over the download, and am amazed that these 92 pagesread more. The mitten freebies and links first grade blue skies. For this activity, i used the put the animals in the mitten mittens pdfs from jan brett and the sequencing cards from the mitten printables kindergarten addon from homeschool creations. The mitten, by jan brett, provided us with wonderful learning opportunities and fun first, we printed out big paper mittens and animals from jan bretts website we colored the front and back of the mittens, then hole punched around the edges and sewed them together with yarn. The mitten and winter preschool and kindergarten activities, lessons, crafts, and games.
The mitten board book edition 9780399231094 by jan brett. Heres a collection of the mitten activities and crafts you and your children will love. If you would like to share, please share a link to. Children work with new vocabulary, sight words, and sentence construction concepts via the literacy activity. A first grade unit the mitten by jan brett is a great book for a first grade unit. This is a mitten activity for beginning writers available free on. The mitten handbook is much more than an instruction bookit provides a list of mitten ingredients thumbs, cuffs, tops, edgings, and different constructions, then outlines the best tools and techniques for readers to combine them to knit their own unique creations. This lovely ebook is great for increasing and assessing familiarity with the main events in the story of the mitten. Free the mitten study unit worksheets for teachers to print. The illustrations are simply amazing, and there are many activities that can be done to encourage learning as we read. Includes crafts, printable resources, games and more for preschool, kindergarten, and elementary students. The mitten class book by camp kindergarten winter activities, book activities, preschool.
I also like to use the mitten to teach the children how to retell a story. When an elderly lady, sarah, notices a little boy waiting at the bus stop with no mittens. See all 3 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. This one simple object, a mitten, offers a lot of fun playful experiences for the girl. The mitten tree, by candace christiansen, and the mitten, by jan brett were the perfect books to accompany our project. The mitten includes four different reading level versions plus a wordless version. All content contained of the pages within this website is teaching is a work of heart. Find free songs, poems, activities, and book selections to use in your classroom. From a tiny field mouse to a large bear, they all squeeze in. But he loses one, and soon the forest animals become interested in it. Simply run the mitten pattern off on a variety of colors of construction paper. The mitten literacy activities to go with the book the mitten by jan brett. Lots of handson language activities perfect for kindergarten. The mitten activities to go with the picture book by jan brett.
Winter animal themed week for preschoolers featuring the mitten. The mitten reading comprehension unit for kindergarten. I started a to z teacher stuff in 1997 when i was getting ready for student teaching. Free the mitten worksheets and literature unit for. Printable to be used with the mitten story by jan brett. Young children will find out in this charming and humorous board book. The mitten free printable book homeschool giveaways. The mitten tree is a heartwarming story about the joy of giving, and taking the time to notice and care for others. Children draw their own picture of what they would like to have in the mitten. The mitten by jan brett freebie preschool books, book.
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 cards, counting activities and more. The mitten teaching ideas, lesson plans, printables. Nickis grandmother knitted him a pair of white mittens, which he wears as he goes outside to play in the snow. Our fun activities will help you to teach and your children practice and learn math and language arts concepts and.
Get 10% off your first order at the scholastic store online when you sign up. Use the the mitten even and odd number sort game to have your. Our preschool mittens books contains the most complete early chilhood education mittens books ideas on the internet. Click on the link to viewdownload the activities to go with jan bretts the mitten packet. The mitten is based on a ukranian folktale about a boy with a pair of snow white mittens.
Bookmarks from the mitten and the hat by jan brett printable bookmarks. The mitten and the mitten tree activities busy bugs. Activities, literacy center ideas, cooperative learning. Since i had already planned to use some version of the folktale the mitten in my winter storytime, when i ran across a mittens kit, i thought this would be the perfect opportunity for an easy overhaul. Students write one thing that will fit in their mitten and draw a picture of it. A rabbit, a bear, a fox, and several others snuggle inside it. Each book presents the same story from three slightly different perspectives. The mitten multilevel kinderreaders printable book a to. The mitten by jan brett is a beloved winter book that both young and old adore. I have three different versions of the mitten book. See more ideas about winter theme, winter fun and activities.
Even if they have mastered the lacing, it is still a great exercise to do, and the kids like it. It helps their fine motor skills, hand muscles, handeye coordination, concentration, and much more. Lacing is always an excellent activity for young children. These are some of the activities our children like to do after reading the book. See more ideas about jan brett, author studies and book activities. I read this one to my little girl who enjoyed the animals and the snow. Download printable lesson plans, reading passages, games and puzzles, clip art, bulletin board ideas, and skills sheets for kids in any grade. 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. Jan bretts the mitten can be used to teach sequencing, predicting. I went on to teach preschool, kindergarten, and first grade and earned my masters degree in education as well. The mitten activities and crafts books and giggles. Activities to go with the books the hat and the mitten by jan brett. Jan 2, 2017 the mitten book study companion literacy activities, perfect for a winter theme in the classroom.
Great color matching activity with free printables. Mitten character sequence cards to accompany the book, the mitten by jan brett. Each of our children has enjoyed the mitten whether a board books, a paperpack, or. Each page features a different line from the story, with a lovely hand drawn image to illustrate it.
Click here for january themed close reading super pack. I enjoyed the illustrations more than the folktale itself. Hope you and your student have fun with this freebie. I love making a unit out of this book during the winter months. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. In addition, hedgehogs, bears, owls, and other winter animals make their appearances in materials designed to strengthen print, alphabet. Be sure to check out my other resources you can use with the mitten by jan brett click here for close reading lessons using the mitten. I brought all three of my mitten books to share with the kids introducing a story. I use the mitten to teach sequencing and predicting.
Are you working on silent, or magic e word work with your kiddos. I thought it was a creative touch to add the mitten windows which allowed you to catch a glimpse of what was going on inside or outside of the cottage. Free mitten printables and montessoriinspired mitten. Compile the pages into a class book for all to enjoy. This would be perfect for a table featuring a few activities for the mitten i put two activities on a large plastic tray from. Jan brett book study companion activities, featuring literacy activities for the mitten and the hat. Students can relate to nicki losing a mitten in the snow. Check this winter freebie that goes out with jan bretts the mitten book. The first half of the kit focuses on skills for younger children and the second includes pages for more advanced preschoolers or kindergarteners. A bestselling modern classic that has been a family favorite for over 25 years.
The mitten preschool activities and crafts kidssoup. So put on those mitten and pick up a warm idea or two. We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Youll be able to see the beautiful illustrations in the book while it is read out. See more ideas about book activities, preschool activities and winter theme. But this lone white mitten becomes a haven for the winter animals to keep warm in. We havent had much snow and havent done many winter themed activities yet, so i decided it was time to try some with liam. These fun activities that go with the mitten unit are sure to make it a favorite book in any first grade classroom. The mitten lacing, sequencing cards, and putting animals in the mitten. My students like retelling the story with different voices. Snow predictable poem from totline take home books. Find books like the mitten from the worlds largest community of readers. Nature study embracing destiny winter fun with free print packs simple at home winter books and activities amys wandering snow books and activities proverbial homemaker preschool polar. Explore jan bretts website for other kidfriendly activities based on the authors books.
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