The mitten book

Being a teacher I love bringing thematic learning to my classroom. During this time of year I would bring out my mitten unit for my primary students.

Jan Brett. The Mitten one of my favorite author / illustrators. how many times have I read this?

The Mitten by Jan Brett is an absolute favorite book of mine. I remember it from my elementary school days, and I've always used it in my classrooms and with my own children. Today we got snow for the first time, and so it was the perfect day to pull out this book. I'm going to share a couple activities with you that go great with this book. 1. Hunting for the White Objects (Sensory) In the book, Nicki's grandmother does not initially want to make him white mittens because it could so easily…

Today in our study of the forest animal habitat we read The Mitten. (affiliate link) We read Jan Brett’s book first. Using the beautiful mitten masks by Jan Brett the kids reenacted the story by putting the animal into the mitten (the kids are holding up the masks in the picture above). The mitten is just a file folder, drawn in the shape of a mitten. Jan Brett’s printables for...

#94 The Mitten by Jan Brett (1989) 21 points A lovely retelling of this old folktale with Brett’s truly lovely illustrations. – Barbara Thompson As insane as it sounds, this is Ms. Brett’s first appearance on one of our polls. Prolific and still going strong she first came to my attention due to her knitting. […]

I have read hundreds and hundreds (no exaggeration) of books with my children over the past 16+ years of mothering. With all of that reading, I simply cannot understand how The Mitten never made its way to our book stack! The Mitten by Jan Brett is such a delightful book and my almost 5-year-old and I have enjoyed reading it over and over this week during his school time. This book lends itself to such lovely rabbit trails, so take some time to explore one or two in your own homeschool! This…

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Warm kids up to Jan Brett's classic winter book, The Mitten, with one of these 20+ engaging activities and crafts that go with the story.