Read the mitten by jan brett and talk about the book. Either doad the the missing mitten mystery super pack or this individual word work lesson plan and activity package to access lesson plans, interactive games, and fun worksheets that directly tie word study to your classroom reading. The mitten preschool activities and crafts kidssoup. Book companion for preschool speech and languagethis is a. As you use these jan brett lesson plans, preschool children will become familiar with her books and partake in activities that enhance these stories. In her distinct style, renowned childrens author jan brett has created a wonderful winter story about a lost mitten and the woodland creatures who find it called, the mitten a book which lesson plan contributor janet lowe thinks makes the basis of a great winter lesson. 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.
The students will actively demonstrate enjoyment and understanding of the mitten through their role playing. The teacher and students may enjoy looking for more books by this author. 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. Retelling our own version of the mitten book in preschool. Use warm mittens as a finger play during circle time. Click on the link to viewdownload the activities to go with jan bretts the mitten. Homeschool creations homeschool blog featuring free homeschool printables, information on how to homeschool, a yearly homeschool planner, homeschool curriculum, and more. One mitten activities for kids the resourceful mama. Why do you think the animals want to be inside his mitten.
While there are many other book themed activities you and your kiddos can explore together, one thing the story is great for is working on sequencingretelling skills. Conclusion upon completion of this lesson, students will have been exposed to the use of the internet and have enjoyed a literature experience with a jan brett book. The mitten multilevel kinderreaders printable book a to. I thought i would share with you some of the mitten ideas i have found so. Winter months are great for learning more about new clothing.
I recommend printing the cards on card stock paper and laminating them. Jan bretts the mitten can be used to teach sequencing, predicting, and how to retell a story. The mitten by jan brett preschool lapbook resources. The student will be able to recall characters and details from a story.
The mitten by jan brett is a beloved winter book that both young and old adore. As an alternate idea, you can use the smaller squares to the right to sequence the story using a paint stick. Resources and lesson plans for a unit on books by jan brett. After, students retell the story through a variety of different dramatic play activities. The mitten and winter preschool and kindergarten activities, lessons, crafts, and games.
The mitten is a beautiful ukrainian folk story that our family first became familiar with through the jan brett version. Mitten activities the book mini of week from jan brett printables lesson plans preschool animals being a teacher i love bringing thematic learning to my classroom. Supplemental resources include sequencing cards, guided reading lesson plans, sight word and vocabulary cards, and a full page book for read alouds. Making mittens with the mitten book a to z teacher stuff. Print mitten pattern and cut out four mitten pages. Our mitten glyphs a sign to print and display with mitten glyphs k2 compare and contrast. The mitten theme preschool lesson plans by eceducation101. Jan bretts wonderful adaption of the ukrainian folktale the mitten makes a great base for a unit on mittens to use during the winter. Explore jan bretts website for other kidfriendly activities based on the authors books. It contains a lot of wonderful preschool mittens projects for your children to enjoy. The mitten activities preschoolers are going to love. Contains great preschool mittens related books that will help you to teach your children. 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. Use the popular book the mitten by jan brett as the inspiration for handson learning activities throughout the week in this preschool classroom lesson plan pack.
Mittens and gloves let your preschool students romp outdoors, paying attention to use their mittened and gloved hands to throw balls rubber or snow, swing and if they are lucky enough to have plenty of snow, build a snow man. This list includes ideas for fine motor work, art projects, and learning idea. Have the children wiggle their left hands and then right hands and then hold them together like they are keeping them warm. I know i plan on trying it the next time we explore the book. This week we have already read the gingerbread baby and had fun with these montessori inspired animal matching activities. Below youll find others that complement the focus book. The cards can also be used for other activities and games, such as rhyming, beginning sounds, counting and more. Attach velcro dots to the paint stick and dots to the back of the squares. Compare the hat and the mitten lesson plan for 2nd grade. By studying the famous childrens author, jan brett, children will learn about people and places in our world through reading. The mitten activities for preschool and kindergarten. During this time of year i would bring out my mitten unit for my primary students.
This week i chose one mitten by kristine oconnell george and couple of fun activities to go with the book. She uses her imagination to come up with lots of creative ways to use one mitten. Gingerbread baby unit an 11 lesson plan unit for gingerbread baby by jan brett. Armadillo rodeo activities from the jan brett site. Free mitten printables and handson mitten activities to go with the classic childrens book the mitten. The mitten teaching ideas, lesson plans, printables.
With so many great winter books and ideas, its easy to put together themed activities. This lesson is designed to introduce primary students to the importance of asking questions before, during, and after listening to a story. Teach students about story elements such as character using the book the mitten and this lesson plan. My mitten book story retelling kidssoup resource library. 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. Ask the children to raise their hands if they can name one of the animals in the book. Read and discuss the different animals in the mitten book and then try to make mittens that are alike. Several enhancing activities for jan bretts books are included. Fun ways to explore and learn with mittens in your preschool classroom. Perhaps you have heard about our guiding readers reading comprehension units, but you have not tried them yet.
Winter is a great time of year for indoor toddler activities. After reading the book, the mitten, by jan brett, use these animal cards to teach your prek kids vocabulary, recall, and story sequencing. The mitten by jan brett is a terrific book that i could write down for. Activities and lesson plans for the mitten by jan brett. The missing mitten mystery offers students the opportunity to name and notice several contractions within the context of the book. Compare and contrastthe hat with the mitten, also by jan brett. Have children cut out the mittens and decorate the covers using crayons, markers, etc.
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. Today we added the mitten by jan brett to our learning space the mitten book activities for toddlers. 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. The mitten teaching ideas, lesson plans, printables, activities a to. Your winter lesson plans just wouldnt be complete without jan bretts classic childrens tale, the mitten or an appearance of it, at the very least. Jan brett teaching ideas, lesson plans, printables. This lesson is a wonderful compliment to our free winter theme unit study. The mitten reading comprehension unit for kindergarten. This the mitten by jan brett lesson plan is suitable for prek kindergarten. I diecutted mittens in a variety of patterned scrapbooking paper and white poster board. It isnt a montessoristyle book, but its a beautiful, classic childrens story. Start by reading the mitten by jan brett and then give these activities a try.
They will use this knowledge to write their stories about animals. If you have not read the story to your own children, you may purchase the book below. 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 is the first lesson in a set of questioning lessons designed for primary grades. Kindergarten, preschool, winter recently i stumbled across some wonderful free printables to go along with the childrens book the mitten.
The mitten this is a multilevel kinderreader that retells the traditional story with a twist. I made up a game afterwards of mittens of many colors. Free mitten printables and montessoriinspired mitten activities. Students will retell the story as they recall the sequence of the animals as they appear in the story. A shared reading outlining story elements launches the lesson, followed by a read aloud and guided learning. Planning marvelous mitten activities for preschool teach. The mitten activities preschoolers are going to love funaday. This compare the hat and the mitten lesson plan is suitable for 2nd grade. Show how hard it is to see the white mitten after it drops in the snow. 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. The main focus of these lesson plans is jan bretts book the mitten. In this lesson, using the story the mitten by jan brett, students learn how to become good readers by asking questions.
This kit includes 4 reading levels plus a wordless version of the story so that your whole class can read the same book, but still be on their own level. What better way to do that than with some exciting preschool mittens games. As you read about an animal in the story, attach it to the stick until they are all in the. The mitten preschool classroom lesson plans preschool lesson.
Kids will learn about real animals from the story, practice story retelling and more in over 30 engaging activities inspired by this book. The mitten preschool theme preschool activities nook. These are some of the activities our children like to do after reading the book. In the lesson plan set inspired by the popular childrens book mix it up kids dive into many handson color explorations and art activities. The mitten by jan brett preschool lapbook resources march 6, 20 filed under.
This packet focuses on language activities for early elementary and late preschool aged children. A great lesson with the books the mitten and the hat is to compare and contrast the two books. They will learn to use adjectives as they describe the animals. This one simple object, a mitten, offers a lot of fun playful experiences for the girl.
Second graders compare two books they have read, the hat and the mitten. The mitten, story characters and sequence grade level. The mitten teaching ideas, lessons, printables, and activities. Pair this book companion with the mitten to develop speech and language therapy lesson plans for intervention. Planning marvelous mitten activities for preschool teach preschool. With entirely new fullcolor illustrations, this beautiful version of the beloved picture book the mystery of the missing red mitten retains all the charm of the original. Be sure to add these activities to your preschool mitten theme. 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.
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