Here in Northern Michigan winter can last for months (and I mean months and months). We often have snow from late November through mid-April. Well, up in the north, putting on your boots, mittens, hats, coats, and snow pants is an everyday event. It can take up to 10 minutes to get our little kindergarteners ready to go outside–and then another 10 minutes to get undressed! Multiply that routine by three times a day–craziness! Whether you live in a winter wonderland or in warmer parts of the world, the Mitten Match activity is sure to be a hit with your kiddos during the winter months.
Last year, my fabulous artist created these adorable mittens. They were perfect for creating a matching activity, so I made activities for beginning sounds, rhyme and vocabulary. They are especially ideal for your literacy centers. Students simply find the matching mitten pairs and clip them together with a clothespin. If you choose to store your activities in baggies, I’ve included a label for you. I print my activity labels on a full size Avery label.
I am so envious those arts and crafts people who come up with these fabulous ideas for decorating clipboards, pencil cans and any other item with washi tape. I’ve purchased several spools of washi tape a few weeks ago and it’s been just sitting in my drawer waiting for the perfect project. Okay, so this is certainly not the most creative use of the washi tape, I know, but the dots of the tape nearly match the dots of the mittens. LOVE IT! I simply cut a strip of tape and placed it right on the clothespin.
When you download the Mitten Match Beginning Sounds activity, you’ll receive 26 beginning sound mittens. This activity is available through my online Teachers Pay Teachers store or through the Make, Take & Teach website.
There are 30 colorful rhyming mitten pairs in the MT&T Mitten Match Rhyme activity. This activity is ideal for preschool and kindergarten centers and can also be found in my online Teachers Pay Teachers store or through the Make, Take & Teach website.
The Mitten Match Vocabulary activity contains 35 matching mitten pairs. This activity is ideal for vocabulary development as the students pair pictures that “go together”. You may want to use this activity during small group instruction as you can expand oral language by having your students explain why the pictures go together.
The Mitten Match Vocabulary activity can be downloaded from my Teachers Pay Teachers store or through the Make, Take & Teach website.
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