Book: “One Little Lamb” by Elaine Greenstein
Flannelboard: 10 Warm Mittens from http://stepbystepcc.com/mittens.html
10 warm mittens, hanging on the line
1 blows away, and then there are nine
9 warm mittens, one without a mate
A squirrel carries one away, and that leaves eight.
8 warm mittens, just eight and not eleven
One gets buried in the snow, and that leaves seven.
7 warm mittens, which one do you pick?
I’ll pick the red one, and that leaves six.
6 warm mittens, put one on to try.
Then you take it from the line and that leaves five.
5 warm mittens, we had 10 before!
A fluffy bunny needs one and that leaves four.
4 warm mittens, 2 for you and 2 for me
I lost one on the ski slope and that leaves three.
3 warm mittens, looking very new
One falls into the mud and that leaves two.
2 warm mittens, drying in the sun.
A bird comes down and snatches it, and that leaves one.
1 warm mitten, what good is one?
A little mouse can have a bed and that leaves none.
Fingerplay: Mitten by Lucia Kemp Henry from http://mrsjonesroom.com/books/mitten.html
Here is a mitten (hold up one hand)
A snug fuzzy one (rub palms together)
With a place for my fingers (wiggle 4 fingers)
And a place for my thumb (wiggle thumb)
Here are two mittens (hold up 2 hands)
A colorful sight (move hands back and forth)
One for the left hand (hold up left hand)
And one for the right (hold up right hand)
Here are our mittens (hold up 2 hands)
As soft as can be (stroke back of one hand)
A warm pair for you (point to neighbor)
And a warm pair for me (point to self)
Book: “The Three Little Kittens” by Paul Galdone
Flannelboard: Colorful Mittens (to the tune of Six Little Ducks) adapted by Mrs. Jones from http://mrsjonesroom.com/books/mitten.html
Colorful mittens for me and you
red one, yellow ones, blue ones too
but the one pair of mittens that rhymes with fellow
They’re my favorite mittens, they’re the color yellow
bed/red
bean/green
sink/pink
shoe/blue
crown/brown
tack/black
Action Song: Winter Pokey (to the tune of The Hokey Pokey) from http://wiki.kcls.org/tellmeastory/index.php/Winter_Pokey
You put your right mitten in,
You take your right mitten out
You put your right mitten in,
And you shake it all about.
You do the winter pokey and you turn yourself around
that’s what it’s all about.
Left mitten
Right boot
Left boot
Warm cap
Snowsuit
Book: “One Mitten” by Kristine O’Connell George
Closing Rhyme: Tickle the Clouds
Tickle the Clouds
Tickle the ground
Tickle your nose
And turn around
Reach down low
Reach way up high
Storytime’s over
Wave bye-bye!
Craft: Mittens with snow paint
We glued colored mitten shapes onto black paper. The snow paint was an even mixture of shaving cream and white glue, which was painted onto the mittens as paper for “snow.”
Additional Activities:
“My Red Mittens” by Candy Crocker
Let’s Go Out! From http://www.sclibrary.ab.ca/kids/early/themes/winter.htm
Let’s put on our mittens and zip up our coats.
Wrap a scarf snugly around our throats.
Pull on our boots – fasten the straps.
Then pull on tightly our warm winter hats.
Open the door and out we go…
Into the soft and feathery snow.
Warm Mittens from http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems33.html
I wiggle my left hand,
I wiggle my right,
inside of my mittens,
so warm and so tight.
I wiggle my pinkie.
I wiggle my thumb,
so when I make snowballs,
my hands don’t get numb.
Mittens from http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems33.html
Mittens are warm,
Mittens are grand,
Mittens are like shoes for my hands.
Red Mittens from http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems33.html
Is there anything nicer
Than red woolly mittens
As fluffy and soft
As a blanket of kittens?
Red mittens to keep
My hands warm as toast
On cold winter days
When I skate or coast.
Mittens from http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems33.html
Stripes or dots or sparkling white,
Mittens in winter fit just right.
Wool and cotton, maybe leather-
Mittens warm us in cold weather.
In rainbow colors and darkest black,
Mittens fit in a pocket or in your pack.
Thumbs alone, fingers together,
We love mittens in cold, cold weather.
The Mitten: for Jan Brett’s The Mitten from http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems33.html
(to the tune of “The Farmer in the Dell”)
The mitten on the ground.
The mitten on the ground.
Heigh-ho! It’s cold outside.
The mitten on the ground.
The (mole) snuggles in.
The (mole) snuggles in.
Heigh-ho! It’s cold outside.
The (mole) snuggles in.
(After the last animal, all pretend to sneeze and fall out of the mitten.)
Tickle the Clouds 