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. It contains a lot of wonderful preschool mittens projects for your children to enjoy. Print the masks from jan bretts website to heavy paper. And sometimes i add make a little activity on my computer, too. The mitten preschool theme preschool activities nook. I made up a game afterwards of mittens of many colors. I have three different versions of the mitten book. Preschool literacy, preschool books, literacy activities, preschool crafts, the mitten book activities, winter activities for preschoolers, winter preschool. The mitten lacing, sequencing cards, and putting animals in the mitten. Children work with new vocabulary, sight words, and.
Jan 20, 2016 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. The mitten and winter preschool and kindergarten activities, lessons, crafts, and games. Mitten math snowflake counting for preschoolers stir the. Day 1 was all about wintery math sensory play with trucks. Your preschooler will love these books about mittens. Children can compare a mitten to a glove, or the mitten story to jan bretts companion story the hat. Theres also a venn diagram to compare 2 animal characters. Montessoriinspired activities for toddlers and preschoolers, including fine motor and practical life. The first half of the kit focuses on skills for younger children and the second includes pages for more advanced preschoolers or kindergarteners. Includes crafts, printable resources, games and more for preschool, kindergarten, and. 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. Preschool literacypreschool booksliteracy activities. Students write one thing that will fit in their mitten and draw a picture of it.
Read the mitten by jan brett, and the children were enchanted by the story. Extension activity when all the snowflakes are counted out and the mittens are decorated, kids can get some. Matching mittens you will need a variety of colors of heavy paper for this activity. There are 8 sets of cards, so i am able to pick the skills that each group of students needs.
Extension activity when all the snowflakes are counted out and the mittens are decorated, kids can get some more practice with putting numbers in order by hanging the snowflakes on a line and clipping them on with a clothespin. We havent had much snow and havent done many winter themed activities yet, so i decided it was time to try some with liam. I brought all three of my mitten books to share with the kids out of the. Children can compare a mitten to a glove, or the mitten story to jan bretts. These are some of the activities our children like to do. Laminate these to a manila folder, provide your children with different things that can be matched with these by color, size, length. See more ideas about preschool activities, winter theme and preschool. I do have ideas of my own to include or ideas that i have used in the past to draw inspiration from. If so, theyre going to love this the mitten story printable and handson activity. This would be perfect for a table featuring a few activities for the mitten i put two activities on a large plastic tray from. You can extend this activity by cutting the sentences apart and giving each child his sentence to glue onto a piece of large paper and illustrate.
The mitten book, a computer with internet access and printer activity time. Jan 03, 2017 each week i choose a book to read and come up with a craft or activity to go with the book. Each week i choose a book to read and come up with a craft or activity to go with the book. Printable mitten art pattern printable mitten pattern. 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. Add these the mitten activities for preschoolers to your winter learning time. Combine all of the finished pages into a mitten big book that your preschool students will love to read.
Mittens theme activities and printables for preschool and. Lacing m ittens craft frugal fun 4 boys lacing is a simple and easy fine motor activity. Copy the mitten pattern below onto different colors of construction paper. Read another version of the story, like the mitten by alvin tresselt. I would highly recommend printing the activities from this set onto cardstock so that they are sturdier for younger hands. There are just certain books that seem to resonate with children, and i love watching the kids get wrapped up in a store. For this activity, i used the put the animals in the mitten mittens pdfs from jan brett and the sequencing cards from. Children work with new vocabulary, sight words, and sentence construction concepts via the literacy activity. Free mitten printables and montessoriinspired mitten activities. We havent had much snow and havent done many winter themed activities yet, so i. Let your child use his mitten puppet when singing mitten songs or reciting mitten rhymes. Well, we can enjoy some pretend snow indoors anyway. Jan bretts book the mitten is a consistent hit with my students every year, and its a blast to retell the story i put together this the mitten printable for young kids to work. Each of our children has enjoyed the mitten whether a board books, a paperpack, or hardcover.
Our fun activities will help you to teach and your children practice and learn math and language arts concepts and. The mitten activities and crafts books and giggles. This packet focuses on language activities for early elementary and late preschool aged children. Inside this pack, youll find a printable lacing card and cutouts for your preschoolers to use as they retell the story.
The mitten printable emergent reader for preschool and. Activities to go with the books making learning fun. This year, create your own lacing activity with mitten shaped cardboard pieces. Cut several mittens in different sizes and colors out of construction paper. Winter theme literacy activities for preschool and kindergarten. Help the students notice that the side pictures are a story within a story and will help. See more ideas about mitten, winter preschool, preschool. The mitten story printable and handson activity for preschool. Mittens theme activities, centers, printables and handson games to make that can be used when planning lessons and curriculum for preschool, prek and kindergarten children. I also designed 3 mitten venn diagrams, perfect for helping your students practice the concept of comparison and contrast. See more ideas about book activities, preschool activities and winter theme. It helps their fine motor skills, hand muscles, handeye coordination, concentration, and much more. A boy drops his mitten in the winter snow, and one by one animals climb into the mitten to stay warm. Jan 20, 2016 mystery mitten tactile counting game for preschool.
The mitten activities preschoolers are going to love funaday. The mitten activities to go with the picture book by jan brett. For each pair label one with an upper case m and the other with a lower case m. She uses her imagination to come up with lots of creative ways to use one mitten. Mar 23, 2017 mitten science activities for preschoolers through second grade.
Rhymes and movement activities the classic childrens story the mitten provides the centerpiece for this collection of preschool and kindergarten activities, games, and crafts. After reading the book, the mitten, by jan brett, use these animal cards to teach your prek kids vocabulary, recall, and story sequencing. Literacy snowman at word families snowman word families materials needed. I diecutted mittens in a variety of patterned scrapbooking paper and white poster board. Jan bretts book the mitten is a consistent hit with my students every year, and its a blast to retell the story i put together this the mitten printable for young kids to work on a variety of early literacy skills. Instead of animals, we had children climbing in our mitten. Murphy the main focus of these lesson plans is jan.
Mittens shape book pattern use for a shape book or writing page. Mitten math snowflake counting for preschoolers stir the wonder. Help the students notice that the side pictures are a story within a story and will help them predict what is going to happen next. Inside this pack, youll find a printable lacing card and cutouts for your. If you have not read the story to your own children, you may purchase the book below. Coop battlea kind of training situation, where all the opponents are bots. Homemade mitten matching activity for preschoolers happy. The illustrations are simply amazing, and there are many activities that can be done to encourage learning as we read. Books by jan brett have been huge favorites in our house, especially her story the mitten. Jan 15, 2014 the mitten lacing, sequencing cards, and putting animals in the mitten. Each book presents the same story from three slightly different perspectives. The mitten teaching ideas, lesson plans, printables. Lacing is always an excellent activity for young children. 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.
Have a mitten relay race similar to the one described above. Its a great activity to help young kids develop their matching skills and fine motorskills, and a fun activity for a snow day or for the kids table at a christmas party. Retelling our own version of the mitten book in preschool. Ask your child to help draw a mitten the size of their hand then use the mess free suggestion to paint their mitten.
We enjoyed this book, but i got tired of it after a few readings. After your preschoolers complete the sorting activity above, print out this set of the mitten story printables. I brought in two large mittensone made of wool that stretched quite a bit, another made of leather that didnt stretch at all. Includes all of your favorite preschool mittens related songs. The mitten gets bigger and bigger, until a tiny animal causes it to burst. Start by reading the mitten by jan brett and then give these activities a try.
Cut out 5 8 pairs of colored mittens, using the medium sized mitten pattern. The mitten preschool activities and crafts kidssoup. One mitten activities for kids the resourceful mama. Removing the backs of the snowflake stickers is a great fine motor challenge for preschoolers. Murphy the main focus of these lesson plans is jan bretts book the 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. Jan bretts wonderful adaption of the ukrainian folktale the mitten makes a great base for a unit on mittens to. Winter theme literacy activities for preschool and. Mystery mitten tactile counting game for preschool. The richly illustrated book tells the story of nicki, a young boy who asks for white mittens. Mitten graphing and counting might also be a fun idea to add under math. Free mitten printables and activities for preschoolersfirst graders. The cards can also be used for other activities and.
Includes all of your favorite preschool mittens related songs art. The mitten is one of my favorite childrens books for winter. Even if they have mastered the lacing, it is still a great exercise to do, and the kids like it. This week i chose one mitten by kristine oconnell george and couple of fun activities to go with. The mitten writing activity for kindergarten madebyteachers. The illustrations are simply amazing, and there are many activities that can be done to encourage.
Mitten sight word games by the educators spin on it. The missing mitten mystery by steven kellogg the mitten tree by candace christiansen snowshoe hare by dee phillips missing mittens by stuart j. Introduce your preschoolers to comparing using a venn diagram. Mitten science activities for preschoolers through second grade. This is a mitten activity for beginning writers available free on. The classic childrens story the mitten provides the centerpiece for this collection of preschool and kindergarten activities, games, and crafts. 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. Combine all of the finished pages into a mitten big book that your. Mitten matching activities for preschool life over cs. Below youll find others that complement the focus book.
With this homemade mitten matching activity, preschoolers will match up coloured, patterned paper mittens and pin them together with small clothespins. Free mitten printables and montessoriinspired mitten. These are some of the activities our children like to do after reading the book. The mitten is a beautiful ukrainian folk story that our family first became familiar with through the jan brett version. Planning marvelous mitten activities for preschool teach.
See more ideas about winter theme, preschool and preschool activities. Even if they have mastered the lacing, it is still. I suggest laminating them all for stability before using them. Each team has up to 12 players, depending on the type of battle chosen. 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. Take time to look at the details in the illustrations. Weve been using this set of mitten matching games in so many different ways this month. This list includes ideas for fine motor work, art projects, and learning idea. Let your children play with snow with one mitten hand and one bare hand, have them talk about the difference of the two dont let them play bare handed very long. This would be perfect for a table featuring a few activities for the mitten. Lacing m ittens craft frugal fun 4 boys lacing is a simple and easy fine motor activity for preschoolers. Click on the link to viewdownload the activities to go with jan bretts the mitten packet. A fun christmas unit study for jan bretts the mitten.
This week i chose one mitten by kristine oconnell george and couple of fun activities to go with the book. Each of our children has enjoyed the mitten whether a board books, a paperpack, or. 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. A little mitten symmetry might also be a good prospect for math. Jan 06, 2020 with this homemade mitten matching activity, preschoolers will match up coloured, patterned paper mittens and pin them together with small clothespins. The mitten by jan brett is a beloved winter book that both young and old adore. Jan 19, 2015 books by jan brett have been huge favorites in our house, especially her story the mitten. Download the pattern, photocopy additional mittens and have your students color or paint them. Create a fun preschool mittens theme with these hands on ideas to go with the book, the mitten by jan brett. Its a rhyming book just right for toddlers and preschoolers.
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