My children are spending the next few days with their Dad, so I am taking advantage of the quiet to get ahead on my planning for January. I love The Mitten by Jan Brett, and I normally do a unit on it. This January, though, I am going to use the Three Little Kittens as my focus book.
Here is the unit I wrote. It is currently for FREE, so go download it!
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| https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Winter-Literature-based-Units-Froggy-Gets-Dressed-The-Three-Little-Kittens--456808#show-price-update |
Here is a cute felt story set that can be used for retelling. This download also has a cut and paste rhyming word activity sheet and some mittens that can be used for a matching game or a "lost and found" game.
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| https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/FreeDownload/Felt-Story-Set-Three-Little-Kittens-559634 |
We have been working on number recognition, so I would like to do this as a small group (or center) activity.
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| http://www.stirthewonder.com/mitten-math-snowflake-counting-preschoolers/ |
Many of our students continue to have trouble with cutting, so I plan to do this activity and have the children cut out the mittens.
There are some great ideas for the sensory table here. I am not sure which I will do because I really like them all!
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| https://earlylearningideas.com/sensory-table-ideas-winter/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=pinterest&utm_campaign=tailwind_smartloop&utm_content=smartloop&utm_term=2937562 |
Lots of great block ideas here!
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| https://www.prekinders.com/winter-block-center-play-ideas-preschool/ |
What are some fun activities that you plan to do in January?
