Free mitten printables and activities for preschoolersfirst graders. After reading the story i make a very large mitten out of white butcher paper and the children work together to make the animals that go in the mitten. I use the mitten to teach sequencing and predicting. Mitten character sequence cards to accompany the book, the mitten by jan brett. Kindergarten literacy kindergarten reading preschool classroom literacy activities winter activities the mitten book activities preschool winter number activities creative curriculum 123 come read the mitten and do mitten craftivities with me. The mitten by jan brett freebie preschool books, book. The mitten activities sew a mitten the mitten book activity the jenny evolution jan brett mitten join me for a fun activity filled with fine motor practice with jan brett the mitten activities. The mitten is one of my favorite childrens books for winter. Updated 1020 this pack is great for retelling and sequencing for the book, the mitten by jan brett. Ive looked over the download, and am amazed that these 92 pagesread more.
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Pair this book companion with the mitten to develop speech and language therapy lesson plans for intervention. Explain that the children will be making a pair of mittens that look alike. In this lesson, using the story the mitten by jan brett, students learn how to become good readers by asking questions. The mitten class book kindergarten writing, teaching. This 58page pack includes activities for comparing two versions of the popular childrens book, the mitten. Discuss the authors use of different kinds of sentences to interest a reader or listener and communicate a message. Making predictions, retelling, making connections, and opinion writing focus lessons are included in this free unit. Jan brett book study companion activities, featuring literacy activities for the mitten and the hat.
The mitten lesson activities explanation science choose an animal begin a weeklong animal research project by choosing an animal from the book. Read the mitten by jan brett and talk about the book. The mitten lacing, sequencing cards, and putting animals in the mitten. This is the first lesson in a set of questioning lessons designed for primary grades. Practice reading the high frequency word went in in this book. You can print and use all the pages or just the ones that you prefer to use. Book companion for preschool speech and languagethis is a 38 page download fo. Packed with fun ideas and guided reading literacy activities. Jan, 2015 printable to be used with the mitten story by jan brett. We use this to retell the story and then when we are done i have the children glue the animals to the mitten and label the characters. The mitten includes four different reading level versions plus a wordless version. Mitten activities kindergarten writing, kindergarten. See more ideas about book activities, jan brett and winter theme.
I did some investigating and found some things online to include with the book and made some of my own all shared below. Story sequencing and word cards are included, and the pictures can be colored. The mitten activities winter animals free book kindergarten and first gra. Free mitten printables and handson mitten activities to go with the classic childrens book the mitten. The mitten activities to go with the picture book by jan brett. The mitten activities and crafts books and giggles. The illustrations are simply amazing, and there are many activities that can be done to encourage learning as we read. This highly engaging pack will keep your kids warm this winter. This cozy picture book is perfect for teaching sequencing and story retelling, making predictions, and developing vocabulary. This is a multilevel kinderreader that retells the traditional story with a twist. Perhaps you have heard about our guiding readers reading comprehension units, but you have not tried them yet. 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. One mitten can have a picture on it and the matching mitten is the one that has the beginning sound of the picture.
The mitten activities preschoolers are going to love funaday. Includes crafts, printable resources, games and more for preschool, kindergarten, and. One mitten can have various numbers of dots on it and the child must count the dots on the mitten and then run to the pile and find the mitten that has the correct numeral number on it. 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. There are just certain books that seem to resonate with children, and i love watching the kids get wrapped up in a store. Use warm mittens as a finger play during circle time. See more ideas about book activities, kindergarten literacy and preschool activities. Wills kindergartenkinderland collaborative a preschool lapbook. If you have not read the story to your own children, you may purchase the book below.
The mitten curriculum web learning centers for art, drama, play, big book, and science. Have children cut out the mittens and decorate the covers using crayons, markers, etc. Build vocabulary and concepts of print with these printable mitten making words. My mitten book story retelling kidssoup resource library. At least one more version of the mitten story, such as the mitten by alvin tresselt.
Do you need activities to go with jan bretts book, the mitten. The first half of the kit focuses on skills for younger children and the second includes pages for more advanced preschoolers or kindergarteners. Click on the link to viewdownload the activities to go with jan bretts the mitten packet. Giant mitten handson activity from teach preschool. The mitten teaching ideas, lesson plans, printables. Children draw their own picture of what they would like to have in the mitten.
The mitten preschool activities and crafts kidssoup. Print mitten pattern and cut out four mitten pages. I went on to teach preschool, kindergarten, and first grade and earned my masters degree in education as well. Story activities by laniers lions the mitten unit i prefer the original visuals this unit is full of fun, handson, engaging, math and literacy activities all related to the story, the.
Extend by using different size mittens and compare. This packet focuses on language activities for early elementary and late preschool aged children. The mitten free printable book homeschool giveaways. This week we had so many fun activities that correlated with the mitten by jan brett. The mitten freebies and links first grade blue skies. The mitten by jan brett is a beloved winter book that both young and old adore. The mitten by jan brett lesson plans and teaching resources.
Explore internet resources and information using websites bookmarked by the teacher. Ask the children to raise their hands if they can name one of the animals in the book. This lesson is designed to introduce primary students to the importance of asking questions before, during, and after listening to a story. 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.
See more ideas about book activities, preschool activities and winter theme. Compile the pages into a class book for all to enjoy. Have the children wiggle their left hands and then right hands and then hold them together like they are keeping them warm. Activities and lesson plans for the mitten by jan brett. This would be perfect for a table featuring a few activities for the mitten i put two activities.
Our fun activities will help you to teach and your children practice and learn math and language arts. Making mittens with the mitten book read and discuss the different animals in the mitten book and then try to make. Construct a mitten from outline and cut out the animals provided to use in individual activities, learning center activities or group activities, based on the folktale illustrated by jan brett. Today we did a miniunit on the mitten by jan brett, one of my favorites. Free mitten printables and montessoriinspired mitten activities today, im sharing free mitten printables and montessoriinspired activities to go with the book the mitten by jan brett. The mitten printables preschool books, mittens, book. Jan brett is a longtime favorite author in our family. As you may have seen in my blog post, 8 fun christmas activities for kindergarten, making words is an engaging activity for early language and writing skills. Here are few fun preschool activities to go with mitten rhymes and poems. 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 mitten reading comprehension unit for kindergarten.
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