Book Extension Activity (25 points)

Your Name: Alexa Tribuli

Book Title: The Mitten

Book Author: Jan Brett

Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group

Date: November 1, 2021

1. Pre-K/CCSD K-2nd Grade Core Standard (5 points)

3.PK.1 Combine objects in a variety of ways.
1.PK.3 Use a variety of media, techniques, and processes in art activities that are of the child’s creation
without a model.
3.PK.2 Create works that express or represent experiences, ideas, feelings, and fantasy using various media.
4.PK.3 Create a work of art that expands on an experience, such as after a field trip or as a cultural event.

2. Objectives (What will children expect to learn?) (5 points)

The children will be able to extend their learning from the book into an art project where the children are
able to create their own mittens.

3. Materials and Equipment needed: (5 points)

-mitten cut out paper
-paint (blue, red, green, yellow)
-Extra Large Q-Tips (to paint with)
-Yarn (dip in paint and paint with)
-Glove (for children who don’t want to get paint on them)

4. Teaching (What will you do?) (5 points)

1. Set up art table with the paper cut outs and small paint cups with each color of paint.
2. Have children free style and paint their mittens however they want to. As the teacher you should also
paint and participate in the activity (talk with children).
Open Ended Questions
1. Tell me about your painting.
2. What happened when you mixed ___ and ___ color together?
3. How did you choose your color?
4. What else is the color (blue) (red) (green) (yellow)?
5. What would happen if we used the yarn?
6. What would happen if we used the Q-Tip?
7. How might we use the yarn?
5. Closure: (2 points)
“We made our very own mittens for the cold weather!”

6. List 3 additional books in this genre to extend the learning: (3 points)

1. Stone Soup by. Ann McGovern
2. The Empty Pot by Demi
3. Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky by. Elphinstone Dayrell