Dramatic and sweet, this book will evoke warm and cozy feelings in readers any time of the year. Kindergarten, preschool, winter recently i stumbled across some wonderful free printables to go along with the childrens book the mitten, by jan brett. 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. Jan bretts the mitten is according to her informative authors note a combination, an original fusion of several similar ukrainian folktales in some of these versions, a group of shivering, cold animals find refuge in a discarded pot, whilst in others, it is a huntsmans lost mitten providing shelter, who then unfortunately also starts shooting at the animals inhabiting his mitten when he. Youll be able to see the beautiful illustrations in the book while it is read out loud by author jan brett. Gingerbread baby by jan brett printable animal character masks. Handson printable activities for the mitten by jan brett. Mar 06, 20 the mitten by jan brett preschool lapbook resources march 6, 20 filed under. Books by jan brett have been huge favorites in our house, especially her story the mitten. If you arent familiar with the story of the mitten, it is about a grandson who begs his grandmother to knit him a pair of white mittens.
Packed with fun ideas and literacy activities in a. Students should be able to ask and answer basic, literal questions about a story. Do you love using this book in your classroom as much as i do. Perhaps you have heard about our guiding readers reading comprehension units, but you have not tried them yet.
Then the bear sneezes and the animals fly out of the mitten. Asking questions before, during, and after reading is a strategy that primary students can use to become better readers. This set has 16 activities that supplement the book including a mitten sequencing activity, emergent reader, animal writing craft, animal graph, nonfic. Nothing is more fun than bringing a book to life with handson activities. Jan 15, 2014 i love the mitten adapted and illustrated by jan brett. Includes crafts, printable resources, games and more for preschool, kindergarten, and elementary students. These printables were created to use with the mitten by jan brett. His mitten stretches and stretches as one by one appealing woodland animals, each. Size small jan brett s 1989 the mitten is now available in a board book edition, for littlest readers. Enjoy a beloved classic holiday story with a free reading of the mitten online plus free activities to do with your kids. Below youll find others that complement the focus book.
Teach students about story elements such as character using the book the mitten and this lesson plan. The mitten preschool theme preschool activities nook. Check this winter freebie that goes out with jan bretts the mitten book. Jan brett s 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. Murphy the main focus of these lesson plans is jan bretts book the mitten.
The mitten sails up into the air and nicki finds it. They have their favorites, including the book the mitten by jan brett. 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 jan brett storybook primary resources, the mitten, story book, knitted, nicki, baba, animals, story, early years eyfs, ks1 primary teaching resources. The mitten teaching ideas, lessons, printables, and activities. All content contained of the pages within this website is teaching is a work of heart. Sequencing whole group activity for sequencing to put the animals in order on a mitten and an independentstation activity for students to cut and paste and do this on their own basic comprehension whole gro. The mitten practice with retelling the story and with letters and sounds.
Grandma warns him they will get lost in the snow, and that is the first thing that happens of course. The mitten in this technologyintegrated lesson, students respond to listening by answering comprehension questions, retelling the story as a skit, and writing to. Then the boys mitten is all stretched out from all the animals laying in there. Pin it the mitten printables includes fun activities to tie in with the story vocabulary words, word tracer cards, a tracer page, sequencing cards, a fun song, beginning sound. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the mitten. Young children will find out in this charming and humorous board book. Free mitten printables and montessoriinspired mitten.
Dec 1, 2016 the hat book study companion literacy activities for kindergarten based on the book by jan brett. This literacy mini unit goes along with jan bretts the mitten activities included. So put on those mitten and pick up a warm idea or two. Nickis grandmother knitted him a pair of white mittens, which he wears as he goes outside to play in the snow. These activity pages from homeschool preschool will help your little ones bring jan bretts the mitten to life. This cozy picture book is perfect for teaching sequencing and story retelling, making predictions, and developing vocabulary. 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. Jan brett book study companion activities, featuring literacy activities for the mitten and the hat.
Preschool books, montessori activities, kindergarten literacy, preschool activities, preschool. But he loses one, and soon the forest animals become interested in it. 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. The mitten, along with many other jan brett stories are perfect for your winter preschool activities.
The mitten activities and crafts books and giggles. Jan brett s the mitten is according to her informative authors note a combination, an original fusion of several similar ukrainian folktales in some of these versions, a group of shivering, cold animals find refuge in a discarded pot, whilst in others, it is a huntsmans lost mitten providing shelter, who then unfortunately also starts shooting at the animals inhabiting his mitten when he. The mitten by jan brett freebie preschool books, book. Lots of handson language activities perfect for kindergarten. The mitten by jan brett this 5day unit plan also includes related stories and crosscurricular activities. Notice the parts of the book which are very realistic. I used free printables to prepare montessoriinspired activities to go with the book perfect for winter or a woodland animal theme. The mitten teaching ideas, lesson plans, printables, activities. Based around the book the mitten by jan brett, the students will choose an animal and describe why it would crawl into his or her mitten. The mitten by jan brett preschool lapbook resources. Check out the activities below, and then pick up some of her other stories from the library. As the story of the animals in the mitten unfolds, the reader can see nicki in the borders of each page, walking through the woods unaware of what is going on.
To see a short 3 minute youtube video featuring jan brett click on the link. Click on the link to viewdownload the activities to go with jan bretts the mitten packet. The mitten writing prompt by miss angotti teachers pay. The mitten freebies and links first grade blue skies. Find free songs, poems, activities, and book selections to use in your classroom. Each of our children has enjoyed the mitten whether a board books, a paperpack, or. Read another version of the story, like the mitten by alvin tresselt.
This is a book study i created to accompany the book the mitten by jan brett. The missing mitten mystery by steven kellogg the mitten tree by candace christiansen snowshoe hare by dee phillips missing mittens by stuart j. I did some investigating and found some things online to include with the book and made some of my own all shared below. Adapted from a ukrainian folktale, the story centers on a mitten dropped in the snow which becomes a refuge for a series of increasingly large animals.
Take time to look at the details in the illustrations. The mitten and winter preschool and kindergarten activities, lessons, crafts, and games. The artists trademark borders and panels showcase finely detailed winter scenes. 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. The mitten preschool activities and crafts kidssoup. And, when you can introduce handson activities to bring a book to life thats even better. The mitten lacing, sequencing cards, and putting animals in the mitten. Below you will see some things i have tried with my class. They read the book to each other long after the lesson is over. Jan brett s winter books jan brett is known for the borders that surround the pages of her books. I love making a unit out of this book during the winter months. Jan 07, 20 today we did a miniunit on the mitten by jan brett, one of my favorites. One by one the animals big and small find shelter and each other inside the mitten.
Find ideas for activities and lesson plans to use the mitten across the curriculum. The mitten board book edition 9780399231094 by jan brett. The mitten board book and a pair of stretchy onesizefitall mittens for the five and under audience available in a sturdy box decorated with jan bretts designs. Start by reading the mitten by jan brett and then give these activities a try. These are some of the activities our children like to do after reading the book. The illustrations are simply amazing, and there are many activities that can be done to encourage learning as we read.
See more ideas about book activities, kindergarten literacy and kindergarten reading. Dec 28, 2016 explore ambilows board kindergarten jan. Books by jan brett have been huge favorites in our house, especially her story. I also designed 3 mitten venn diagrams, perfect for helping your students practice the concept of comparison and contrast. See all 33 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Includes crafts, printable resources, games and more for preschool, kindergarten, and. Boys and girls will love owning their own pair of stretchy mittens, just like the one nicki drops in the snowy woods near his grandmothers house.
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. The students will then illustrate that animal in the mitten. Includes a free printable to make your own the mitten story stones. If you have not read the story to your own children, you may purchase the book below. Our fun activities will help you to teach and your children practice and learn math and language arts concepts and. Jan brett teaching ideas, lesson plans, printables, activities. Preschoolers and kindergartners love these story rock activities for the mitten. The children love the illustrations and guessing how many animals will fit into the mitten. The mitten activities to go with the picture book by jan brett. As she has explained, she has so many ideas for the illustrations that they spill over onto the borders, so the reader is treated to more designs and information along the edges of the book pages. Free mitten printables and montessoriinspired mitten activities.
This unit is full of fun, handson, engaging, math and literacy activities all related to the story, the mitten. The mitten teaching ideas, lesson plans, printables. Comprehension questions that address the standard of answering who, what, when, where, why, and how questions 3. Compare two characters in the mitten, or compare the story the mitten with jan brett s other story the hat.
Find out the sizes of each of these animals and get into some math activities by estimating how big the mitten would have to have grown. Do one as a wholegroup activity to explain things, compare mittens and gloves and then give students a choice of the other two. This literacy mini unit goes along with jan brett s the mitten activities included. Just like each of our book units, we included questions to guide you through the text. Jan 19, 2015 books by jan brett have been huge favorites in our house, especially her story the mitten. The mitten by jan brett is a beloved winter book that both young and old adore. A bestselling modern classic that has been a family favorite for over 25 years. Jan bretts the mitten is a must for the first day of winter.
Readers may soon notice that the animal nicki has scared is actually the animal to. Childrens authorsjan brett wikibooks, open books for. Kindergarten, preschool, winter recently i stumbled across some wonderful free printables to go along. In her distinctive style, jan brett brings the animals to life with warmth and humor, and her illustrations are full of visual delights and details faithful to the ukrainian tradition. The class also publishes their own book about what could fit in their mitten. The mitten unit a 5 day unit with photos and descriptions of activities. The mitten is a beautiful ukrainian folk story that our family first became familiar with through the jan brett version. Theres also a verbdefinition poster, plus 39 action verb cards, and 11 character cards, which you can use for several games and activities. If you read the mitten by jan brett in your classroom during winter, this set of literacy and math activities are perfect to go along with the book. A shared reading outlining story elements launches the lesson, followed by a read aloud and. The mitten, by jan brett, is a perfect read aloud for those winter months in your. Her nowclassic version of the mitten is a favorite classroom read aloud every winter. First published in 1989, this book was considered a treasure then. Winter months are great for learning more about new clothing.
It isnt a montessoristyle book, but its a beautiful, classic childrens story. The idea is to use these questions to help guide the conversation vs. The mitten story printable and handson activity for preschool. The mitten board book and a pair of stretchy onesizefitall mittens for the five and under audience available in a sturdy box decorated with jan brett s designs. Activities for a first grade unit on the mitten by jan brett. The mitten by jan brett lesson plans and teaching resources. Add these the mitten activities for preschoolers to your winter learning time.
In jan bretts story, the mitten, the borders show the adventures of the young boy nicki as he treks trough the woods scaring different animals out of their hiding places. By jan brett the mitten board book hardcover january 1, 1996 4. I would highly recommend printing the activities from this set onto cardstock so that they are sturdier for younger hands. Grabbing the mitten triumphantly, he takes it back to his grandmothers house. Click on the link to viewdownload the activities to go with jan brett s the mitten packet. These activities go along with the common core in literacy, writing, and math. An 11 lesson plan unit for gingerbread baby by jan brett. Oct 05, 2009 the mitten ebook written by jan brett. When nicki drops his white mitten in the snow, he goes on without realizing that it is missing. But the classic jan brett illustrations of this book make an entertaining story so much better. Ive further tied the packet into bretts folktale,the mitten, by including an alphabetical list of 39 of the action verbs in her story, along with a worksheet. See more ideas about book activities, kindergarten literacy and winter theme. The first half of the kit focuses on skills for younger children and the second includes pages for more advanced preschoolers or kindergarteners. Jan 23, 2012 these printables were created to use with the mitten by jan brett.
Printables for the mitten by jan brett homeschool creations. Go to jan bretts site and print the masks and hot glue onto river rocks. Vocabulary page where students must define vocabulary words from the story 2. The mitten literacy activities to go with the book the mitten by jan brett. The mitten jan brett storybook primary resources story.
The mitten by jan brett is a great book for a first grade unit. They will work on their fine motor skills asread more. Jan bretts winter books jan brett is known for the borders that surround the pages of her books. The mitten board book edition by jan brett, board book. Here is a video version of the book that is read by jan brett. The mitten jan bretts printable masks for the animals in the story. My favorite part is when the bear sneezes and all the animals fly out of the mitten. Go to jan bretts site and print the masks and hot glue onto river rocks story rocks for the mitten. This list includes ideas for fine motor work, art projects, and learning idea. Youll be able to see the beautiful illustrations in the book while it is read out. Teach inference and strong verbs in writing using the. Bookmarks from the mitten and the hat by jan brett printable bookmarks. Size small jan bretts 1989 the mitten is now available in a boardbook edition, for littlest readers.
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