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Mitten Lacing

Mittens Lesson Plans

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Lesson plan developed by Ms. Erika Geelhoed, BA Ed

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Activity:  

Mitten Lacing

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Age Group:

Preschool

Mitten Lacing

* Lesson plan objectives and assessments can be adapted to use this activity with school-age students

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Objectives:  

• Child will develop fine motor skills by lacing yarn
  
• Child will create a unique piece of artwork
  
• Child will connect elements of literature to the arts
  

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CDA Competency Standard:   

II.4.2a

• Activities and materials encourage children of varying abilities to develop their small muscles

o   a) Individual fine motor skills are encouraged through a variety of developmentally appropriate materials and activities

Online Courses

Teaching Preschool Math Using Manipulatives  
(3 hours / .3 CEU) 
Tuition: $31.50

Physical Activity 
(1 hour / .1 CEU)
Tuition: $10.50

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Materials: 

• Thick paper or cardboard
  
• child’s sewing needle
  
• yarn
  
• The Mitten by Jan Brett

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Procedure: 

1. Prep of the lesson by cutting mittens out of the cardboard and hole punch around the edges (students can help with this if desired)
   
2. Read The Mitten by Jan Brett with your students, stopping periodically to ask questions and discuss the story. 
   
3. Encourage students to create their own mitten by lacing the cardboard using the string
   

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Assessment: 

• Observe and record the student’s fine motor skills. Were they able to control the needle to get it through the hole? What did they have to say about their mittens and the story? 
  

Click on the photos to enlarge.

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Winter Lesson Plans

Winter Poems, Songs and Action Rhymes

Winter Gallery

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Mitten Snowflake Counting

Print off mittens or cut out mittens from construction paper. Add numbers to the mittens.

Encourage children to place the correct number of snowflake stickers onto the mittens.

 

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