Then we played, make footprints in the snow and just played! Then he kids got the chance to retell the story themselves. A series of animals discover the mitten and snuggle in to stay warm. We added trees to make a forest and then we dropped our mitten into the snow.įor most of my students, I read the story as they acted it out with our story box. I added white play-doh (with some glitter thrown in) to the bottom of a shallow box. Luckily the kid didn’t mind using the ferret toy and using pretending it was a mole. As I read aloud the Ukrainian folktale, The Mitten, by Alvin Tresselt I used these posterboard animals to illustrate the story.

You can see all the links on Amazon widget below. I also grabbed some animals in my Meijer toy department. With my prekinders, as we go through each page, we discuss the meaning of the words. It will also introduce children to the rich vocabulary in the book. I couldn’t find them all in one nice package so I decided to order several Toob sets. This printable book will introduce children to the animals in the story, The Mitten, by Jan Brett, and includes real photos of the animals. So I set out to buy the creatures from The Mitten. Either slowly re-read the book or just look at the pictures while the child acts it out with the animals and the mitten. I thought it was brilliant so I tried it! Tips for retelling the story: Gather your materials for retelling the story felt mitten, animals (hedgehog, red fox, owl, hare, brown bear, badger, mouse, mole) and the book, The Mitten. I knew I had materials to print my huge book companion packet but I wanted to add a hands-on component to my set. I saw an awesome idea on My Small Potatoes for making an activity set.

I was cruising Pinterest a few weeks ago prepping for my ‘Mitten’ week. As Santa was searching for the mitten he saw the animals, he was impressed by the friendship and kindness and offered all the animals a warm place to stay. As Santa was delivering presents to the kids, he mistakenly lost his mitten. We have plenty of snow covered experiences and chances to talk about adventures in The Mitten. The mitten belonged to Santa in the story. “The Mitten” by Jan Brett is my favorite winter story.

The mitten story animals