Winter is here! Emmett, Lillian and I started January out by talking about the characteristics of winter and all things mittens. Keep reading to find a FREE mitten matching printable.
The playroom is now STOCKED with books about winter and snow for the month of January. I choose to read Winter is Here to my preschoolers to introduce characteristics of winter. We talked about winter words like mittens, coat, scarf, snowman, etc. We pointed out winter words and pictures as we read the story. You can find FREE printable Winter word cards HERE. There are many, many more winter and snow books available for the kids to flip through on their own or bring to me during reading time.
After the story, we listened to the song Three Little Kittens (Little Baby Bum version). Then we gathered all the mittens in the house and took turns “losing” them. This was basically an Easter egg hunt with mittens instead of eggs and the kids loved it. After the last round, we piled all the mittens together, matched them, and counted our matches.
Next, Emmett decided to play a mitten memory game that I’ve had in my stash for a couple of years. This particular mitten matching game came from Karen at Prekinders. You can check out more of her winter themed resources HERE. Matching games are his FAVORITE. Now that he is five, he can play by the original “concentration” rules. But if this is too challenging for your preschooler, you can adapt the game by allowing students to only turn 1 card over on each turn and leave it facing up during the game. This way, your preschooler can focus more on visual discrimination as opposed to remembering where each card is.
Speaking of matching, I like to use Emmett’s love of matching games to squeeze in a little phonemic awareness practice. I created this mitten rhyme match to help my preschoolers continue to strengthen their phonemic awareness skills using only pictures.
You can read more about this matching activity and grab it for FREE by clicking HERE.
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