This lesson is designed to introduce primary students to the importance of asking questions before, during, and after listening to a story. Ask the students why all the animals wanted in the mitten. Children can compare a mitten to a glove, or the mitten story to jan bretts companion story the hat. The mitten lacing, sequencing cards, and putting animals in the mitten. Your students will have so much fun recreating the story of the mitten by jan brett. This list includes ideas for fine motor work, art projects, and learning idea. However, the book has a unique set of animals including a wolf, warthog, and cricket.
Distribute cutout mittens and show students how to write titles or sentence starters on each. One of our all time favorite stories is the retelling of the mitten, by the wonderful jan brett. The bestselling modern classic, in an oversized board book edition perfect for sharing. The mitten is a ukrainian folktale retold by jan brett and it is about how a young boy named nicki loses his mitten in the snow and his lost mitten soon becomes a host to a great number of forest animals. A boy of about 7 or 8 wants warm winter mittens, in white. Click on a link to buy jans book at your favorite store. Her mitten shaped frames within the border frames continue to remind us that the mitten. Young children will find out in this charming and humorous board book. Take time to look at the details in the illustrations. Mittens unit find free songs, poems, activities, and book selections to use in your classroom.
The mitten teaching ideas, lesson plans, printables. They read the book to each other long after the lesson is over. A bestselling modern classic that has been a family favorite for over 25 years. The mitten board book edition 9780399231094 by jan brett. From the wonderful jan brett, nickis grandmother knits him a mitten that soon gets lost in the snow, but becomes a warm, expanding home for many animals.
The children love the illustrations and guessing how many animals will fit into the mitten. Grandma warns him they will get lost in the snow, and that is the first thing that happens of course. A classic ukrainian folktale retold and stunningly illustrated by brett, the mitten follows the adventures of. Brett uses the page frames to allow her to show two scenes at once. Boston public library lifetime achievement award book awards 2010s 20. This book is a sweet rendition and children find it warm and inviting. Jan brett has put her own spin on the familiar folk theme of a shelter which stretches to accommodate each new occupant. Author and illustrator jan brett s love of folk and fairy tales is apparent in this beautifully illustrated picture book for little readers. Its the perfect book to read during the winter seasons.
Your preschooler will love these books about mittens. The mitten is a beautiful ukrainian folk story that our family first became familiar with through the jan brett version. I would use this book in a math class to create an atmosphere that is more relatable for students. Author and illustrator jan bretts love of folk and fairy tales is apparent in this beautifully illustrated picture book for little readers. The mitten board book edition by jan brett, board book. With a simplified text designed for younger listeners, jan bretts classic picture book is now available in a sturdy board book format. See more ideas about winter theme, book activities and preschool activities. The mitten from jan brett story love that childrens book beautiful. Free mitten printables and montessoriinspired mitten.
One by one, the woodland animals discover the mitten and crawl inside, each one larger than the last. This cozy picture book is perfect for teaching sequencing and story retelling. Recently, piper brought home a book from her mookie and papas the mitten by jan brett. You may know the earlier version of the same basic story by alvin tresselt see below. See more ideas about mitten, winter preschool, book activities. Then the bear sneezes and the animals fly out of the mitten. The mitten activities and crafts books and giggles. Printables for the mitten by jan brett homeschool creations. I could enter the pages of my beautiful picture books, she reflects.
Author and illustrator jan bretts love of folk and fairy tales is apparent in this. The mitten jan brett storybook primary resources, the mitten, story book, knitted, nicki, baba, animals, story, early years eyfs, ks1 primary teaching resources. 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 creatures who take up residence in the mitten are different as are less obvious details. Once again jan brett has created a dramatic and beautiful picture book in her distinctive style. Every time you turn the page in bretts books you get another masterpiece. Books by jan brett have been huge favorites in our house, especially her story the mitten. This book is about a missing mitten and the wooded adventure the mitten goes on to find its way back to its owner. But he loses one, and soon the forest animals become interested in it.
Nickis grandmother knitted him a pair of white mittens, which he wears as he goes outside to play in the snow. The mitten preschool theme preschool activities nook. As each animal enters the mitten a large white sheet, sing the mitten phoneme substitution song to the tune of the farmer in the dell. The new york times childrens picture book bestseller list. One by one the animals big and small find shelter and each other inside the mitten. This would be perfect for a table featuring a few activities for the mitten. This awardwinning book will keep readers toastywarm on the coldest of nights. Having carefully researched this ukrainian tale, she renders each picture with true authenticity. Bookmarks from the mitten and the hat by jan brett printable bookmarks. Size small jan bretts 1989 the mitten is now available in a board book edition, for littlest readers. Adapted from a ukrainian folktale, the story centers on a mitten dropped in the snow which become. These printables were created to use with the mitten by jan brett.
When nicki drops his white mitten in the snow, he goes on without. Size small jan brett s 1989 the mitten is now available in a boardbook edition, for littlest readers. Click on the link to viewdownload the mitten venn diagrams. A new york times bestselling childrens book, the mitten. 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 22, 2016 the hat by jan brett and 6 learning activities says. First published in 1989, this book was considered a treasure then. I ordered two the mitten books from two different vendors. Enjoy a beloved classic holiday story with a free reading of the mitten online plus free activities to do with your kids. Youll be able to see the beautiful illustrations in the book while it is read out loud by author jan brett. Then let your students hypothesis about whether or not mittens are warm. 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. The mitten is a beautifully illustrated story adapted from a ukrainian folktale that tells the story of a 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.
Includes crafts, printable resources, games and more for preschool, kindergarten, and elementary students. In jan bretts the mitten, nicki wants his baba to make him a pair of white mittens. A series of animals discover the mitten and snuggle in to stay warm. Size small jan bretts 1989 the mitten is now available in a boardbook edition, for littlest readers. Several animals sleep snugly in nicks lost mitten until a bear sneezes.
Lace a mitten filled with animals and read the mitten by. Its about a young boy named nicki, who loses his mitten in the snow and his lost mitten becomes a host to a lot of different forest animals. When nicki drops his white mitten in the snow, he goes on without rea. The first half of the kit focuses on skills for younger children and the second includes pages for more advanced preschoolers or kindergarteners. Fun visuals and text from jan bretts book with added sound effects. The story follows sevenyearold nicki, who accidentally loses one of his white wool mittens. The mitten preschool activities and crafts kidssoup. 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. 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. The class also publishes their own book about what could fit in their mitten. Adapted from a ukrainian folktale, the story centers on a. Jan brett creates a dramatic picture book with the story of nicki, a young boy who has lost a mitten in the snow and the animals who try to make a home of it. Start by reading the mitten by jan brett and then give these activities a try. It is an adorable little story about a little ukranian boy named nicki who loses one of his mittens.
The mitten unit a 5 day unit with photos and descriptions of activities. The mitten activities to go with the picture book by jan brett. She loved it and had me read it to her several nights in a row before bed. This is a great project to use with my book the mitten these files are quite large and download slowly, but i hope that youll be pleased by the quality.
Click on each animal to display the full sized mask artwork. The yarn brett uses for her mitten makes the tale almost believable. Fitchburg state college doctor of humane letters, honoris causa 2005. 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. Grandmother baba makes white mittens for nicki but warns him that white mittens are easily lost in the snow. New england booksellers association artist award winner bookweek new england 1993.
These are some of the activities our children like to do after reading the book. A teaching guide for using jan brett s the mitten in the classroom. 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. A collection of projects and activities of books for kids, and classroom activities and lesson plans for teachers about particular subjects, curriculum areas, themes and professional topics. But the classic jan brett illustrations of this book make an entertaining story so much better. Add these the mitten activities for preschoolers to your winter learning time. When nicki drops his white mitten in the snow, he goes on without realizing that it is missing. Jan 19, 2015 books by jan brett have been huge favorites in our house, especially her story the mitten. The story begins with nicki, a young ukrainian boy, who hopes that his grandmother will knit him. This is yet another variation of the classic tale, and this one wins for the pictures. This time its a boy, nicki, who begs his grandmother, baba, to knit him a pair of white mittens.
They have their favorites, including the book the mitten by jan brett. The mitten and winter preschool and kindergarten activities, lessons, crafts, and games. The mitten gift package with book and onesizefitsall mittens hardcover published october 5th 1998 by putnam publishing group hardcover, 32 pages. Theres also a venn diagram to compare 2 animal characters. They will need to find the room, plain mitten, and hand in mitten. Activities for a first grade unit on the mitten by jan brett. Jan 23, 2012 these printables were created to use with the mitten by jan brett. A ukrainian folktale adapted and illustrated by jan brett. Its one pack that was a last minute addition to our school time, but one i know we will enjoy. This includes math and literacy activities, worksheets, graphic organizers, and more which. Its great for students to practice their cutting skills as well as writing skills.
The mitten sails up into the air and nicki finds it. Winter months are great for learning more about new clothing. The mitten by jan brett is a great book for a first grade unit. Jan brett s the mitten is a must for the first day of winter. Jan bretts the mitten is a must for the first day of winter. I love all the animals, the little boy, and his grandma and the snowy outdoors. 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. The mitten printable emergent reader for preschool and. If you have not read the story to your own children, you may purchase the book below. After reading the story, students can retell the story using first, next, then, last.
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. Find ideas for activities and lesson plans to use the mitten across the curriculum. The story of the mitten is a ukrainian story about a child who drops their mitten in the snowy woods and then animals one by one crawl into the mitten. The mitten jan bretts printable masks for the animals in the story. Author and illustrator jan bretts love of folk and fairy tales is apparent in this beautifully illustrated picture book for little. Children can compare a mitten to a glove, or the mitten story to jan brett s companion story the hat. Her nowclassic version of the mitten is a favorite classroom read aloud every winter. Free jan bretts the mitten story sequence activities. Your preschoolers will love the story, and jan bretts illustrations add an additional level of engagement throughout the entire book. The mitten finger puppet set a exclusive contains eight plush forest creature finger puppets ranging from 2 to 4 inches long and a mitten for them to fit into. Read another version of the story, like the mitten. The illustrations are simply amazing, and there are many activities that can be done to encourage.
Review the story by performing and acting it out by letting students wear animal masks from jan brett s website of the character they are to be. 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. Printable pack for the mitten by jan brett includes a variety of activities for early childhood learning based around the classic childrens book. Adapted from a ukrainian folktale, the story centers on a mitten dropped in the snow. Print the masks from jan bretts website to heavy paper. A ukrainian folktale 1989, written and illustrated by american author jan brett, is based on an old ukrainian folktale. The mitten author jan bretts free coloring, video and. This cozy picture book is perfect for teaching sequencing and story retelling, making predictions, and developing vocabulary. The mitten jan brett storybook primary resources story. The mitten by jan brett activities flip book free tpt. Jan 30, 2014 in this wintry episode of nook online storytime, author jan brett reads the mitten.
The mitten by jan brett is a beloved winter book that both young and old adore. 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. The mitten is a ukrainian folktale retold by jan brett. His grandmother advises as color so the mittens can be found if dropped. 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. Put the animals in the mitten use after reading the mitten this is cute they could color the. The illustrations are simply amazing, and there are many activities that can be done to encourage learning as we read. 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. 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.