This week i chose one mitten by kristine oconnell george and couple of fun activities to go with the book. See more ideas about book activities, preschool activities and winter theme. Our preschool mittens books contains the most complete early chilhood education mittens books ideas on the internet. The mitten teaching ideas, lesson plans, printables, activities. Fill your preschool reading center not only with books about mittens and gloves, but also with books that include illustrations of winter coats and winter boots. See more ideas about book activities, kindergarten literacy and kindergarten reading. Day 1 was all about wintery math sensory play with trucks. I enjoyed the illustrations more than the folktale itself. The student will be able to recall characters and details from a story. Students will retell the story as they recall the sequence of the animals as they appear in the story. The mitten lacing, sequencing cards, and putting animals in the mitten. When i need something for the kids to do and nothing we have around the house seems to make them happy, winter preschool printables always seem to come to the rescue. I read this one to my little girl who enjoyed the animals and the snow. See more ideas about preschool activities, winter theme and preschool.
Lacing is always an excellent activity for young children. The mitten is a beautiful ukrainian folk story that our family first became familiar with through the jan brett version. Add these the mitten activities for preschoolers to your winter learning time. This one simple object, a mitten, offers a lot of fun playful experiences for the girl. The mitten and winter preschool and kindergarten activities, lessons, crafts, and games.
I thought i would share with you some of the mitten ideas i have found so if you are considering a mitten unit, you can use some of these great ideas too. We used blue painters tape to hold things in place while we sewed the end of the thread to the mitten, the two. I used free printables to prepare montessoriinspired activities to go with the book perfect for winter or a woodland animal theme. Counting mittens winter activity printable for preschool. The mitten by jan brett is a terrific book that i could write down for. The mitten activities preschoolers are going to love funaday. Literacy the mitten by jan brett is a terrific book that i could write down for circle time. The mitten preschool theme preschool activities nook. Here are some ways to include learning activities in. Planning marvelous mitten activities for preschool teach. Pin by becca hartman on preschool mittens, coloring pages. Ask the students to stack the two mitten shapes and punch holes outlining the entire mitten, except for the base of the shape. Books by jan brett have been huge favorites in our house, especially her story the mitten.
Jan 15, 2014 i love the mitten adapted and illustrated by jan brett. With that in mind, i designed some quick, easy and fun, mittenthemed activities. Free mitten printables and montessoriinspired mitten. And this time, the mitten was just the right mitten, for it was colored blue. The mitten teaching ideas, lesson plans, printables. After your preschoolers complete the sorting activity above, print out this set of the mitten story printables inside this pack, youll find a printable lacing card and cutouts for your preschoolers to use as they retell the story. Children work with new vocabulary, sight words, and sentence construction concepts via the literacy activity. She uses her imagination to come up with lots of creative ways to use one mitten. Mitten matching cards featuring beginning sounds, full alphabet color and bw. 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 easy winter toddler activities natural beach. This printable mitten matching game is a great activity to work on those visual discrimination skills. Jan 03, 2017 this week i chose one mitten by kristine oconnell george and couple of fun activities to go with the book. Book companion for preschool speech and languagethis is a 38 page download fo.
Each book presents the same story from three slightly different perspectives. One of my favorite mitten science activities is called a sensory mitten. The richly illustrated book tells the story of nicki, a young boy who asks for white mittens from his baba grandmother, and promptly loses one, which is explored by several forest animals before it is returned to nicki albeit, a bit stretched out. Holes should be about an inch apart and somewhat close to the mittens edge. Making mittens with the mitten book read and discuss the different animals in the mitten book and then try to make mittens that are alike. Homeschool creations homeschool blog featuring free homeschool printables, information on how to homeschool, a yearly homeschool planner, homeschool curriculum, and more. Planning marvelous mitten activities for preschool teach preschool. Perhaps you have heard about our guiding readers reading comprehension units, but you have not tried them yet. Youll be able to see the beautiful illustrations in the book while it is read out. It helps their fine motor skills, hand muscles, handeye coordination, concentration, and much more. Plus letters, numbers, science, social studies, more. The mitten by jan brett is such a great book to read with the children in winter. The mitten by jan brett is a beloved winter book that both young and old adore.
The mitten lesson activities explanation science choose an animal begin a weeklong animal research project by choosing an animal from the book. Toddler curriculum for ages 18 to 36 months over 1600 pages kidsparkz themed activities packs. Our fun activities will help you to teach and your children practice and learn math and language arts concepts and. Retelling our own version of the mitten book in preschool teach.
First up is the mitten story slider craftivity, that will help your students retell the story in the proper order. The classic childrens story the mitten provides the centerpiece for this collection of preschool and kindergarten activities, games, and crafts. The mitten printables preschool books, preschool crafts, the mitten. Get 10% off your first order at the scholastic store online when you sign up. We colored the front and back of the mittens, then hole punched around the edges and sewed them together with yarn. Here is everything you need for a preschool winter theme. Mittens theme activities and printables for preschool and. So, ive created a preschool printable for the mitten. In this lesson, using the story the mitten by jan brett, students learn how to become good readers by asking questions. 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. Jan 19, 2014 the mitten by jan brett is such a great book to read with the children in winter. The mitten book your beginning reader will love to read and color in this adorable mini book printable.
Rhymes and movement activities the classic childrens story the mitten provides the centerpiece for this collection of preschool and kindergarten activities, games, and crafts. Theyre meant to allow children the chance to play, explore, and practice preschool skills on their. Out of the three versions of the mitten, i chose to read, the mitten by jim aylesworth to my class. I brought all three of my mitten books to share with the kids introducing a story. Have them trace around the same hand twice, then cut out the two mitten shapes. Literature, dramatic play, internet introduction 1. I have three different versions of the mitten book. Click on the link to viewdownload the activities to go with jan bretts the mitten packet. Pair this book companion with the mitten to develop speech and language therapy lesson plans for intervention. These mitten visual discrimination task cards are perfect for a winter theme in your preschool, prek, or kindergarten classroom. Kindergarten literacy, kindergarten classroom, kindergarten activities.
Start by reading the mitten by jan brett and then give these activities a try. Mar 23, 2017 one of my favorite mitten science activities is called a sensory mitten. One mitten activities for kids the resourceful mama. I brought all three of my mitten books to share with the kids.
Winter months are great for learning more about new clothing. This list includes ideas for fine motor work, art projects, and learning idea. This would be perfect for a table featuring a few activities for the mitten i put two activities on a large plastic tray from. The effective pictures we offer you about bildung grundschule a quality picture can tell you many th. Free mitten printables and activities for preschoolersfirst graders. You turn one so it is inside out, the other one you can put hair gel, cotton balls, feathers, or whatever you want the children to be able to see but not touch directly.
We havent had much snow and havent done many winter themed activities yet, so i decided it was time to try some with liam. Extension activities for the mitten by jan brett the mitten by jan brett is a beloved winter book that both young and old adore. First, we printed out big paper mittens and animals from jan bretts website. Giveaway 10 copies of winter printables bundle from trillium.
Mitten science winter science, preschool science, science. The first half of the kit focuses on skills for younger children and the second includes pages for more advanced preschoolers or kindergarteners. This book has always been a favorite of mine especially when i was a kid. The mitten reading comprehension unit for kindergarten. Well, we can enjoy some pretend snow indoors anyway.
Mittens shape book pattern use for a shape book or writing page. Extension activities for the mitten the preschool toolbox. Enjoy a beloved classic holiday story with a free reading of the mitten online plus free activities to do with your kids. Then i cut the printed mittens in half and make up a variety of pairs of mittens, glue then on the poster board mittens and laminate. Next, each of your students choose a piece of yarn. 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. Read the mitten by jan brett and talk about the book.
Art therapy activities printables the mitten free printable book we love the mitten by jan brett. Out of the three versions of the mitten, i chose to. I diecutted mittens in a variety of patterned scrapbooking paper and white poster board. These are some of the activities our children like to do after reading the book. Simply run the mitten and slider patterns off on white paper. The mitten was a retelling of a ukrainian winter folktale. Heres a collection of the mitten activities and crafts you and your children will love. These activities would work well as centers or work boxes during free play time. With so many great winter books and ideas, its easy to put together themed activities. Dec 28, 2016 explore ambilows board kindergarten jan. The mitten book, a computer with internet access and printer activity time. This lesson is designed to introduce primary students to the importance of asking questions before, during, and after listening to a story. Your students will love this winter inspired read and retell activity activity. Even if they have mastered the lacing, it is still a great exercise to do, and the kids like it.
This is the first lesson in a set of questioning lessons designed for primary grades. Retelling our own version of the mitten book in preschool. I made up a game afterwards of mittens of many colors. The mitten is a great wintertime story for preschoolers and their older siblings. Mitten book read the ukrainian folktale the mitten to your children. This short printable pack is the perfect addition to your winter preschool printables collection. The mitten is a ukrainian folktale retold by jan brett. The illustrations are simply amazing, and there are many activities that can be done to encourage learning as we read. This week we have already read the gingerbread baby and had fun with these montessori inspired animal matching activities. Keep reading to get your copy of the printable mitten visual discrimination task cards. The mitten by jan brett meet your next favorite book. The mitten preschool activities and crafts kidssoup. Each of our children has enjoyed the mitten whether a board books, a paperpack, or.
I am in the middle of preparing lesson plans for our winter session at. The mitten by jan brett freebie preschool books, book. Retelling our own version of the mitten book in preschool winter. Have the children recite the following verses along with you. I would highly recommend printing the activities from this set onto cardstock so that they are sturdier for younger hands. It isnt a montessoristyle book, but its a beautiful, classic childrens story. In addition, hedgehogs, bears, owls, and other winter animals make their appearances in materials designed to strengthen print, alphabet. Each team has up to 12 players, depending on the type of battle chosen. Its about a young boy named nicki, who loses his mitten in the snow and his lost mitten becomes a host to a lot of different forest animals. Feb 01, 2012 the mitten, by jan brett, provided us with wonderful learning opportunities and fun. 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. Activities to go with the books making learning fun. The students could respond to the following questions or to teacher created questions. Mystery mitten letter sound game by growing book by book mitten letter matching on a clothesline by mom inspired life mystery mitten tactile counting game for preschool.
Be sure to add these activities to your preschool mitten theme. One favorite is retold and illustrated by jan brett g. This packet focuses on language activities for early elementary and late preschool aged children. 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. Nothing is more fun than bringing a book to life with handson activities. The mitten story printable and handson activity for preschool. 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. You will need to take two sandwich sized ziploc baggies. I made up some phonological awareness games for our preliteracy shelf to go with the book. Counting mittens winter activity printable for preschool saving links to every winter printable activity i can find has saved the day for me on more than one occasion. Free mitten printables and montessoriinspired mitten activities. Then help them make a simplified version of the story into a mitten book. When you come to the page with the bear sneezing, encourage your child to be dramatic with a big sneeze and yank the mitten off the animals.