The Mitten

In connection with our "Mittens" theme, the children engaged in a role play activity while listening to The Mitten, adapted and illustrated by Jan Brett. Each child played the role of one of the animals in the story.

We used a white sheet to represent the mitten! The child playing the rabbit wiggled into the mitten and the child acting as the owl swooped down into the mitten.  The bear nosed his/her way in. Everyone had fun pretending to sneeze like the bear and scattering the animals in all directions!

MA.ELA-Literacy.RL.PK.3 – With prompting and support, act out characters and events from a story or poem read aloud

For Fun Tables, the children colored the animals from the story and glued them onto their mitten. Some of the children reviewed the story with me and glued the animals on in the order in which they appear in the story. They all did a great job!


MA.ELA-Literacy.RL.PK.2 – With prompting and support, retell a sequence of events from a story read aloud.

Symmetry in Art

As part of our "Mittens" theme, the children explored symmetry in art. In preparation for the activity, I folded white construction paper in half and cut out mitten shapes (leaving the fold). The children used eyedroppers to put drops of paint onto their mitten.

When they finished painting, I helped them fold their paper in the opposite direction. After the paper was folded, they pressed the two sides together.

Once they finished pressing their paper, I asked, "Are you ready for magic?" The children unfolded their paper to see symmetry in art. They were very excited to see what they had made!

With prompting and support, the children found shapes/colors that are the same or similar on both mittens.

Arts – E & PD 2.5 - For pattern and symmetry, explore the use of patterns and symmetrical shapes in 2D and 3D works. Identify patterns and symmetrical forms and shapes in the environment and artwork. Explain and demonstrate ways in which patterns and symmetrical shapes may be made. For example, a student folds and cuts paper to achieve symmetry, or makes printed patterns.

Happy New Year!

Miss Robyn, Miss Diane and I hope you had a wonderful winter vacation!  Before we went on break, the children enjoyed a special snack.  The decorative paper goods and Philly Swirls were a big hit!

Many thanks for our beautiful class gift!  
We hope that 2016 brings your family much happiness!