Jan Brett is one of my favorite authors. I used her version of the folktale The Mitten to adapt a flannel board story. I made a large white mitten out of felt and drew and colored the animals onto white foam paper, with sticky velcro on the back. As each animal "enters" the mitten, you can see how crowded the mitten ends up getting! I like snowy winter stories for this time of the year because it reminds us of the coziness of the season. And as I have stated before, I love a story that lends itself to visual adaptation. It really helps to have visual props especially when storytelling to a large audience, like I do in my storytimes, where I have up to 75 little viewers!
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