Enjoying an Old Favourite

With the bitter cold temperatures and mounds of snow outside, this is the time of year when we like to snuggle in and enjoy some lovely wintertime storybooks. An old favourite is the classic Ukrainian folktale, The Mitten, retold and illustrated by Jan Brett. Her gorgeous illustrations and unique embellishments make it a wonderful read each year.

We read the book over a number of days last week and focused upon different comprehensive elements each day. Following the reading on day two, students were given pictures from the text out of order and asked to put them back in order using the sequencing words first, next, then and finally.

On the final day reading the book, a large, felt mitten and pictures of all of the animals in the story were placed in the reading centre so that the children might reenact the story themselves.