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Home / Early Learning / Literacy / The Mitten Printable Emergent Reader for Preschool and Kindergarten

The Mitten Printable Emergent Reader for Preschool and Kindergarten

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Children practice a variety of early literacy skills with this free The Mitten printable book. It’s one of The Mitten activities we’ve enjoyed doing over the years. You can grab your copy at the bottom of this post.

Jan Brett is one of my favorite children’s authors.

Of course, my students (and my son) like to point out that I have a ton of favorite authors.

Jan Brett is definitely on my top 10 list though!

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The Mitten printable for retelling a fun book by a favorite author

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Table of Contents

  • The Mitten Printable Early Reader
    • How to assemble the emergent reader
    • Using The Mitten printable book with children
    • Learning concepts explored with the early reader
  • More Learning Fun with “The Mitten”
  • More Mitten-Themed Early Learning Activities
  • Get a Free The Mitten Printable Emergent Reader

The Mitten Printable Early Reader

Jan Brett’s book The Mitten is a consistent hit with my students every year, and it’s a blast to retell the story.

I put together this The Mitten printable for young kids to work on a variety of early literacy skills.

I may get commissions for purchases made through links in this post.

How to assemble the emergent reader

First, print out the free printable (you can find it at the bottom of this post).

Then fold each page in half, with the printed sides out. Place the folded pages one on top of the other, with the front cover on top.

Be sure that the folded sides of the pages are on the right. Staple together along the left side of the mini book.

The Mitten printable for kids to read and retell
All the pages are folded in half, ready to be assembled!

Related: Colorful Dinosaur Emergent Reader

Here’s a video to show you how to assemble my emergent readers:

Using The Mitten printable book with children

Read Jan Brett’s The Mitten with the kiddos.

Have fun talking about the amazing illustrations, predicting which animal will be next, and discussing if it’s fiction or nonfiction.

Delve into some other fun retelling ideas, like these story rocks, with the children, too.

The Mitten printable reader for kids

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Once the children are well-versed in the story, introduce the emergent reader.

Explain that it’s their own version of The Mitten, starring all of the same animals!

Walk through the book, pointing out the different animals – say the animals’ names and help the children locate the matching word based on letter sounds. Talk about the different high frequency words in the book, and point out the book’s repetitive text.

Here are some ideas for using this printable book:

  • Read the book to and with the kids, and let them read the books on their own.
  • Bring out the story rocks and have the kids match the animals to those in the printable.
  • Write the sentences on sentence strips, then place the strips in a pocket chart. Add the pictures of the animals, too, on separate pieces of paper. Kids can read the words with pointers, and then match the sentences to the animal pictures.
  • Have the children color the animals in the black-and-white version.
Pair The Mitten printable with homemade story rocks for even more retelling fun

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Here’s a peek at the printable book:

Learning concepts explored with the early reader

So many early literacy concepts can be explored using The Mitten printable book. Here are just a few:

  • One-to-one correspondence (kids point to each word as they say the word)
  • Punctuation
  • The concept of a word (a word goes from space to space)
  • Left-to-right directionality, along with top-to-bottom directionality
  • Letter sounds
  • Sight words
The Mitten printable book for kids to retell the story by Jan Brett
The last page of the book, when the animals go flying from the mitten!

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Would your children enjoy this The Mitten printable book? Let me know if you end up using it at home or in the classroom!

More Learning Fun with “The Mitten”

A week’s worth of printable preschool lesson plans based on The Mitten. Includes ideas for literacy, math, science, etc., AND extra printables to support the hands-on learning activities. Two sets available, depending on whether you’re homeschooling preschool or teaching in a preschool classroom.

Find the plans at Preschool Teacher 101 | Home Preschool 101 | Teachers Pay Teachers

The Mitten printable preschool lesson plans

This set includes hands-on learning activities, book suggestions, and the following printables:

  • Character Patterning Cards
  • Character Word Cards
  • Letter Matching Puzzles
  • Number Mitten Matching Sets
  • Mitten Matching Math Sets (Numbers, Number Words, Dots)
  • Animal Size Ordering and Sorting Sets
  • Story Retelling Set
  • Mitten Shape Matching Set
  • Animals of The Mitten Science Journal
  • The Mitten Retelling Emergent Reader

Get the plans at Preschool Teacher 101 | Home Preschool 101 | Teachers Pay Teachers

More Mitten-Themed Early Learning Activities

Mystery Mitten Letter Sound Game by Growing Book by Book
Mitten Letter Matching on a Clothesline by Mom Inspired Life
Mystery Mitten Tactile Counting Game for Preschool! by The Preschool Toolbox Blog
Pass the Mitten Storytelling Game by Capri + 3
Mitten Matching Activities for Preschool by Life Over C’s
Number Bonds 0-10 by Rainy Day Mum
The Mitten Experiment by Powerful Mothering
Mitten Sight Word Games by The Educators’ Spin On It

Related: Materials for Easier Printable Prep

Get a Free The Mitten Printable Emergent Reader

The Mitten printable reader is available to members of Fun-A-Day’s free email community. If you’re already a member, enter your email in the form below to have it sent to your inbox.

Not a member? No worries! Enter your information in the form to join us, and you’ll get the printable sent to your inbox as a welcome gift.

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Originally published January 20, 2016.

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The Mitten Printable Book for Preschool
The Mitten printable emergent reader for early literacy skills

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  1. Deborah from Mommy Crusader says

    January 25, 2016 at 12:28 am

    This is such an adorable reader! I know my preschooler will love to do this. Thank you so much for such a great activity. The Mitten is such a fun picture book to read, and this emergent reader compliments it well.

    Reply
    • Mary Catherine says

      January 26, 2016 at 9:55 am

      Thanks so much, Deborah!!!! 🙂

      Reply
  2. andrea says

    December 4, 2017 at 12:23 pm

    This is so adorable! Do you happen to have a black and white version that kiddos can color in?

    Reply
    • Mary Catherine says

      December 15, 2017 at 11:38 am

      Thanks so much, Andrea! I do need to come back and add the black-and-white version I have, yes. 🙂

      Reply
  3. Sher says

    February 11, 2018 at 4:14 pm

    Thanks for the printable. I made up the story stones over a year ago, and my “little” LOVES placing them in a mitten as the story goes along. I even made some for a friend to use with her “little”. Thanks so much.

    Reply
    • Mary Catherine says

      February 13, 2018 at 11:38 pm

      So glad you were able to use the printable book! And I LOVE hearing about your mitten story stones!!!

      Reply
  4. Diana says

    January 14, 2019 at 9:03 am

    Would like some of your printables

    Reply
    • Mary Catherine says

      January 21, 2019 at 11:52 am

      There’s a large button at the bottom of this post – click on it and you can join my free email community and get access to a lot of free printables.

      Reply
  5. Brenda Bass says

    January 23, 2020 at 1:40 pm

    I tried clicking on the large button to access The Mitten printable booklet but it would not let me click on that icon. I would like to use this for our classroom we are learning how to read small books.

    Reply
    • Mary Catherine says

      January 23, 2020 at 6:17 pm

      Hi Brenda! Sorry to hear you’ve run into some trouble. I just tested it and it’s working fine on this end. Underneath the button is a sentence that says, “f you don’t see the above button, click here.” I’d suggest using that or trying a different browser on the computer next. If you run into any other issues, please feel free to email me (mc@fun-a-day.com).

      Reply
  6. Yvette Gonzalez says

    January 25, 2020 at 2:04 pm

    I like the way is written using sight words.

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    • Mary Catherine says

      January 26, 2020 at 11:36 pm

      Thank you Yvette!

      Reply
  7. RIssa says

    December 30, 2020 at 9:59 am

    Excited to use this activity!

    Reply
    • Mary Catherine says

      December 30, 2020 at 10:33 am

      Happy to hear that! Let me know how it goes.

      Reply
  8. Robin Davis says

    January 9, 2021 at 8:49 am

    I love this story and your activities!

    Reply
    • Mary Catherine says

      January 9, 2021 at 11:41 am

      Thank you, Robin! It’s such a fun book to explore with the kids. 🙂

      Reply
  9. Michele Batista says

    February 15, 2022 at 8:36 am

    thank you

    Reply
    • Mary Catherine says

      February 18, 2022 at 3:39 pm

      You’re very welcome, Michele!

      Reply
  10. Jill says

    December 22, 2022 at 1:08 pm

    I am so excited to do this book with my special needs class.

    Reply
    • Mary Catherine says

      December 30, 2022 at 1:07 pm

      Yay! I hope your students enjoy the printable book, Jill!

      Reply
  11. Lori Rushman says

    December 30, 2022 at 12:06 pm

    My kids will love this reader.

    Reply
    • Mary Catherine says

      December 30, 2022 at 1:08 pm

      That’s wonderful, Lori! Let me know what they think once you try the book with the kids.

      Reply
  12. melissa says

    January 4, 2023 at 9:19 am

    thank you

    Reply
    • Mary Catherine says

      January 4, 2023 at 11:30 am

      You’re welcome, Melissa! I hope your students enjoy The Mitten printable book!

      Reply
  13. Jena says

    January 25, 2023 at 1:13 pm

    I love this. Thank you so much for sharing.

    Reply
    • Mary Catherine says

      January 25, 2023 at 5:25 pm

      You’re very welcome, Jena! I hope you enjoying using The Mitten printable book with the kids!

      Reply
  14. Tracey says

    January 27, 2023 at 9:58 am

    Thanks! Please send printable mitten book.

    Reply
    • Mary Catherine says

      January 27, 2023 at 10:32 am

      Hi Tracey! You can add your information to the form at the bottom of the post to have the printable link sent to your email inbox. 🙂 I hope you and your students enjoy the book.

      Reply
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