See more ideas about book activities, preschool activities and winter theme. Young children will find out in this charming and humorous board book. Here are a few ways you might work with your kiddos to recount the story. 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. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Students will retell the story as they recall the sequence of the animals as they appear in the story. The first half of the kit focuses on skills for younger children and the second includes pages for more advanced preschoolers or kindergarteners. Reviewed in the united states on december 28, 2015.
The student will be able to recall characters and details from a story. The mitten is a wellknown folktale that has been retold and illustrated by several childrens authors and illustrators. Bretts website for other kidfriendly activities based on the authors books. 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. Popular sequencing books meet your next favorite book. Jan, 2014 mitten character sequence cards to accompany the book, the mitten by jan brett. This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and if not signed in for advertising. Staple the pages together at the top of the page, then read the book and colour it. Items not used during the minilesson can be made available for student use during the reading workshop. The mitten by jan brett preschool lapbook resources. The mitten lacing, sequencing cards, and putting animals in the mitten. Freebie sequencing activity for the hat winter kindergarten.
Here, she uses the kidssoup sequencing cards for the childrens classic story the mitten. Both winterthemed printables and those made specifically for the book are included. Positive messages no heavy message here but the suggestion is that one animal too many a tiny mouse in this case pushes the mitten beyond its limit. These are some of the activities our children like to do after reading the book. This book is about a missing mitten and the wooded adventure the mitten goes on to find its way back to its owner. How many animals can fit inside a little boys mitten. Mitten character sequence cards to accompany the book, the mitten by jan brett. I enjoyed the illustrations more than the folktale itself. The story goes through a series of events in which several animals gather into the main character nickis mitten. This book is a sweet rendition and children find it warm and inviting.
Free jan bretts the mitten story sequence activities. The mitten includes four different reading level versions plus a wordless version. The mitten sequence cards updated 12014 by erin from. The bear sneezes, and all of the animals pop out of the mitten, causing it to sail in the air just as nicki is about to give up. In this lesson, using the story the mitten by jan brett, students learn how to become good readers by asking questions. Jan 27, 2016 after reading the book, the mitten, by jan brett, use these animal cards to teach your prek kids vocabulary, recall, and story sequencing. Read book and work on building individual sequencing books with small. Buy online, pick up in store is currently unavailable, but this item may be available for instore purchase. Sarahs first grade snippets first grade reading, mitten.
Here is a collection of ideas and printables that you can use with your kids or classroom when reading the mitten by jan brett. The activity also includes ordinal words to match up to the pictures, as well as. Ive looked over the download, and am amazed that these 92 pagesread more. The children love the illustrations and guessing how many animals will fit into the mitten. Then we created an anchor chart and discussed the elements of the story. Story sequencing and word cards are included, and the pictures can be colored. Kids the mittenprintable book the mitten a printable book for early readers print out the following pages to make a mitten early reader book for early readers. If you have not read the story to your own children, you may purchase the book below. The mitten was a retelling of a ukrainian winter folktale. The very hungry caterpillar by eric carle, if you give a mouse a cookie by laura joffe numeroff, the napping house by audrey. The mitten multilevel kinderreaders printable book a to. Story twiggles interactive online books for preschool and kindergarten. 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 sequencing retelling skills.
The mitten by jan brett social studies families, folk tales sack. The mitten kids picture book folk tales kindle edition by v. A boy asks his grandmother to knit white mittens for him and he promptly loses one of. Grabbing the mitten triumphantly, he takes it back to his grandmothers house. What follows is a delicious repetitive sequence, in which the mitten becomes the home of many animals who go inside and snuggle togetherrabbit, mole, hedgehog, fox, even a bear fit themselves into its warm space. The mitten flannel board felt board magnetic board. But the mouse is soon joined by other friends frog, owl, rabbit, fox, wolf, boar, and bear also seeking shelter from the winter chill and so they all settle instretching the mittens capacity. I thought it would be fun to create a lapbook to store and display the printouts, minibooks, and matchinggame pieces. The classic childrens story the mitten provides the centerpiece for this collection of preschool and kindergarten activities, games, and crafts.
I brought all three of my mitten books to share with the kids introducing a story. And that lost mitten stretches and stretches and stretches to provide shelter for many woodland creatures. Nickis grandmother knitted him a pair of white mittens, which he wears as he goes outside to play in the snow. Coop battlea kind of training situation, where all the opponents are bots. In addition, hedgehogs, bears, owls, and other winter animals make their appearances in materials designed to strengthen print.
I went on to teach preschool, kindergarten, and first grade and earned my masters degree in education as well. This lesson is designed to introduce primary students to the importance of asking questions before, during, and after listening to a story. After reading the book, the mitten, by jan brett, use these animal cards to teach your prek kids vocabulary, recall, and story sequencing. Jan bretts the mitten can be used to teach sequencing, predicting, and how to retell a story. The mitten is a beautiful ukrainian folk story that our family first became familiar with through the jan brett version. The cards can also be used for other activities and games, such as rhyming, beginning sounds, counting and more. The activity also includes ordinal words to match up to the. The mitten jan brett storybook primary resources, the mitten, story book, knitted, nicki, baba, animals, story, early years eyfs, ks1 primary teaching resources. 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. This one simple object, a mitten, offers a lot of fun playful experiences for the girl.
Below you will see some things i have tried with my class. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the mitten kids picture book folk tales. Recently i stumbled across some wonderful free printables to go along with the childrens book the mitten, by jan brett. The mitten by jan brett meet your next favorite book. I read this one to my little girl who enjoyed the animals and the snow. I would use this book in a math class to create an atmosphere that is more relatable for students. They read the book to each other long after the lesson is over. I love making a unit out of this book during the winter months. Jan bretts the mitten can be used to teach sequencing, predicting, and how to retell. I have three different versions of the mitten book. The mitten sequence cards updated 12014 kindergarten. This differentiated lesson teaches provides a handson lesson for teaching sequencing using a popular childrenas book, the mitten by jan brett.
The mitten story sequencing cards teacher made twinkl. Students will understand that sequencing means remembering directions or the events of a story from the beginning to the end. 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.
During this time of year i would bring out my mitten unit for my primary students. Humorous fiction, 74 words, level d grade 1, lexile 280l. She uses her imagination to come up with lots of creative ways to use one mitten. Language activitiesliteracy activitieswinter activitiesthe mitten book activitiespreschool bookskindergarten literacy preschool. These lovely a6 story sequencing cards are great for increasing and assessing familiarity with the main events in the story of the mitten. Finally bears sneeze sends the mitten flyingonto nikkis hand. Aylesworths rollicking rhyming refrains and mcclintocks delightfully expressive characters are sure to make this book everychilds. Story sequencing activities for the mitten kidssoup. Young children will enjoy the humorous language and predictable ending. Each book presents the same story from three slightly different perspectives. Each card features a different illustrated scene from the story.
Kidssoup offers many resources to use with your students when including this story in your curriculum. See more ideas about book activities, winter theme and preschool activities. This book would be a good introduction to ukrainian culture, especially their folk tales and folk art. Deep in the woods on the coldest day of winter a little boy drops his mitten. Youngsters listen to the classic jan brett book, the mitten, then gain strength in utilizing listening skills, developing vocabulary, practicing sequencing events, and expressing themselves through movement and art projects. The mitten is a wellknown folktale that has been retold and illustrated by. Stack them together and put two staples at the top. The lone mitten lying in the snow looks so cozywarm to a passing mouse who decides to crawl in, get comfy, and stay a while.
Your preschoolers will love the story, and jan bretts illustrations add an additional level of engagement throughout the entire book. Comprehensive lesson plan for the mitten by jan brett. Have your class listen to the mitten by jan brett and participate in guided practice with sequencing events. 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. Out of the three versions of the mitten, i chose to read, the mitten by jim aylesworth to my class. This activity was updated january 2014 with new clip art, fonts, and the added. Language activitiesliteracy activitieswinter activitiesthe mitten book activitiespreschool bookskindergarten literacypreschool. Children work with new vocabulary, sight words, and sentence construction concepts via the literacy activity. The set includes four cards per a4 page, with 21 cards in total. Sequencing cards 1st first 2nd second 3rd third cut the cards apart and have your child sequence them in the order that the animals go into nickis mitten. Copyright info copyright 2016 karen cox all rights reserved by author. One of the most versatile of these resources is the set of sequencing cards.
Sequencing the mitten lesson plan for kindergarten 2nd. Activities to go with the books making learning fun. The mitten retelling visuals and sequencing activity book. But he loses one, and soon the forest animals become interested in it. 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. There are many versions of this old, ukrainian folktale. Last week we had our mini unit on the mitten by jan brett, and we began with reading it whole group. To accommodate them, the mitten stretches and stretches. I would highly recommend printing the activities from this set onto cardstock so.
I started a to z teacher stuff in 1997 when i was getting ready for student teaching. One mitten activities for kids the resourceful mama. See more ideas about winter theme, book activities and preschool activities. Dramatic and sweet, this book will evoke warm and cozy feelings in readers any time of the year. The mitten free printable book homeschool giveaways. This type of sequencing would draw in the nature smart students due to the storys focus. The mitten, story characters and sequence grade level. Each team has up to 12 players, depending on the type of battle chosen.
When a little boy loses a mitten in the snow, a passing squirrel finds its the perfect place to warm his icy toes. I recommend printing the cards on card stock paper and laminating them. The mitten by jan brett is a beloved winter book that both young and old adore. The mitten jan brett storybook primary resources story. 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. Next we completed a mitten sequence cut and paste activity. The items included in a story sack can be used to enhance whole class instruction. Here are a few ways you might work with your kiddos to recount the. On each page draw a picture of another animal who could have crawled into the mitten and tell why the other animals might have let it. Then she finds the second mitten, opening the door to even more imaginative ideas. So put on those mitten and pick up a warm idea or two. All content contained of the pages within this website is teaching is a work of heart.
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