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. One by one the animals big and small find shelter and each other inside the mitten. Kids will love retelling the story, the mitten, by using these pieces. Youll be able to see the beautiful illustrations in the book while it is read out loud by author 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 brett s designs. 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. Jan 19, 2015 books by jan brett have been huge favorites in our house, especially her story the mitten.
The mitten is a beautiful ukrainian folk story that our family first became familiar with through the jan brett version. Read another version of the story, like the mitten by alvin tresselt. The class also publishes their own book about what could fit in their mitten. The mitten by jan brett voice over and cc available signed and edited by jeni jackerson of rocky mountain deaf school toddler program. Click on the link to view download the activities to go with jan bretts the mitten packet. Jan 06, 2015 grandmother knits snowwhite mittens that nikki takes on an adventure. 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. 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. We love jan brett s book the mitten so we took the retelling of this classic story to the light table.
My daughter who is 8 years old has drawn all the characters, made the sets and all the vocals is. The mitten story printable and handson activity for preschool. The girl is upset and goes outside to the playground where all the other kids are walking their dogs. Free pdf reader click on each letter for the fullsized print or click on the link under the artwork for a pdf version. Grandma warns him they will get lost in the snow, and that is the first thing that happens of course. The children love the illustrations and guessing how many animals will fit into the mitten. Jun 27, 2017 the mitten is our adaption of the book the mitten written and illustrated by author jan brett. Readers will enjoy the charm and humor in the portrayal of the animals as they make room for each newcomer in the mitten and. Then the bear sneezes and the animals fly out of the mitten. Ever since we saw where imagination grows creative story telling on the light table with transparencies we wanted to try it out ourselves.
Adapted from a ukrainian folktale, the story centers on a mitten dropped in the snow which become. All eight animals fit inside the large white mitten. Based on the classic ukrainian folktale, the mitten tells two stories simultaneously. Its one pack that was a last minute addition to our school time, but one i know we will enjoy. Find a small space, maybe in a closet or under the stairs, and pretend to be like the animals packing into the mitten. These felted storybook characters go along with jan brett s version of the ukrainian folktale, the mitten. 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. 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 for your preschoolers and kindergartners. Each of our children has enjoyed the mitten whether a board books, a paperpack, or. As the story of the animals in the mitten unfolds, the reader can see nicki in the boarders of each page, walking through the woods unaware of what is going on. Jan 19, 2014 the mitten by jan brett is such a great book to read with the children in winter. These felted storybook characters go along with jan bretts version of the ukrainian folktale, the mitten.
Retelling the mitten on the light table still playing school. I have no clue how this story wound up in the mitten storytime kit. Click on each animal to display the full sized mask artwork. 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. See more ideas about jan brett, author studies and book activities. 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 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. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
The mitten is our adaption of the book the mitten written and illustrated by author jan brett. 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. Oct 05, 1989 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. Jan 23, 2012 these printables were created to use with the mitten by jan brett. The first half of the kit focuses on skills for younger children and the second includes pages for more advanced preschoolers or kindergarteners. The mitten jan brett storybook primary resources, the mitten, story book, knitted, nicki, baba, animals, story, early years eyfs, ks1 primary teaching resources. I made up some phonological awareness games for our preliteracy shelf to go with the book. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. See more ideas about book activities, jan brett and winter theme.
They read the book to each other long after the lesson is over. Jan brett herself makes this easy as she provides pdf drawings of both a large mitten and the animals in the story, so that kids can help you fill the mitten. 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. The illustrations are simply amazing, and there are many activities that can be done to encourage learning as we read. Grandmother knits snowwhite mittens that nikki takes on an adventure. The mitten board book edition by jan brett, board book. 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. 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. She starts playing with her mitten, pretending that the mitten is a dog. Size small jan brett s 1989 the mitten is now available in a boardbook edition, for littlest readers. She brings home a puppy but her mother wouldnt let the puppy stay. 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 4page book report on mitten by jan brett 2020.
I went with it because its hilarious and it did provide a nice start and end with jan brett arc to the storytime, but i plan to relocate it to another kit. Theres also a verbdefinition poster, plus 39 action verb cards, and 11 character cards, which you can use for several games and activities. Take time to look at the details in the illustrations. Use a real mitten and see how many different toys or objects you can squeeze into the mitten. Isolating words you will need a basket of blocks to play this game. Try to remember and recite or tell the order you put them in there.