The Mitten

We love mitten activities.  They are great for counting, patterning and all kinds of fun.  Here is an easy way to incorporate some letter recognition into your mitten activities.

Mitten Match Game

To make the game I copied a simple mitten clipart picture so I had 52 mittens.

Then I colored them and programmed then with the upper and lower case letters. *** I colored the trim on the mittens so that the upper and lower case would be the same, as a way for the children to see if they had the correct answer.  So for example capital "K" has red and black on the trim and so does lowercase "k".  No other letter would be in the same red and black that I used for the K's.

I added the title and other decorations with stickers.  The kids are from the Me and My Big Ideas line of stickers.

I used double stick tape to attach them to a piece of standard sized tag board.  I would recommend laminating it.  Laminate the game board prior to adding the Velcro and laminate the lower case letters separately and cut them out.

Then I attached sticky back Velcro dots to the letters.  If your Velcro doesn't want to stick because of laminating it, you might want to try sanding the spot where you attach the Velcro with a piece of sandpaper.  Sometimes this helps. Or you may try hot glue.

You may want to attach an envelope tot he back of the game board to store the mittens in.

For more mitten activities take a look at our Mitten Theme page

Visit Jan Brett's web site for all kinds of fun activities 

www.janbrett.com