Jan Brett The Mitten (Story Re-telling and Mitten Art)

The Mitten by Jan Brett is a favourite story about winter. We read the story looking at the pictures and what makes the storybook special (Jan always have pictures drawn below, on the side or top of the pages). 

After reading the story the first time, we went over the story again to find out the sequence of the animals that came into the mitten. For this book, we used the ordinal numbers to note the sequence of the animals. For this activity, we used the ordinal numbers (e.g., first, second, third, fourth, etc.) to refer to the order of the animals. 

At the drama and dance centre, we used paper puppets to re-enact the story. 

Here is the picture of the mitten.

Here are the paper puppets of the animals.

 

For the art centre, the children did their mittens using construction paper, doilies, feathers, pompoms and markers. And each mitten is a wonderful unique one. Enjoy!