Stunning illustrations fill Jan Brett's stories
Gary Post Tribune
Author Jan Brett brings us a brand new delightful look at Easter in "The Easter Egg." Brett's breathtaking illustrations are in a class by themselves. ...

Chalk Talk: A Kindergarten Blog: The Hat by Jan Brett
By Mrs. Larremore and her husband Mr. Larremore
This week, we read the book The Hat by Jan Brett. We created a story map to show the setting, the characters, the events, and the problem in the story. Then we made hedgehogs with hats on their head. The hedgehogs were made from a TLC ...
Chalk Talk: A Kindergarten Blog - http://larremoreteachertips.blogspot.com/

miller moments: Volcano Experiment
By Miller Moments
Valentines Day Clifford's First Valentine's Day by Norman Bridwell Franklin's Valentine's by Paulette Bourgeois The Day it Rained Hearts by Felicia Bond The Valentine Bears by Eve Bunting & Jan Brett ...
miller moments - http://moremillers.blogspot.com/

The Magic School House: WR19 - Day 90 the midpoint
By Karen
10:30 LB worked on ordinal numbers while signing The Twelve Days of Christmas from book by Jan Brett. 10:30 - 11:45 CC Rosetta Stone French . LB fed chickens and dogs, jumped on trampoline, played with stuffed animals ...
The Magic School House - http://themagicschoolhouse.blogspot.com/

Ms. Davis' Kindergarten Classroom: Jan Brett Author Study
By Ms. Davis
During the last half of January and the first half of February, our class is learning about Jan Brett. She is a children's author and illustrator who writes and illustrates the most amazing books. On Thursday, we read one of her books, ...
Ms. Davis' Kindergarten Classroom - http://www.msdaviskindergarten.com/

Miss Brooke & Miss Jackie ? Jan 25, 2010
Another wonderful moment in our classroom last week was when we dramatized The Mitten by Jan Brett. Each child was able to pretend that he or she was a character in the story and physically crawled into a pretend mitten in our classroom ...
Pembroke Kids - http://www.pembrokekids.com/blog/

Snow! Snow! Snow! | Mrs. Hill's Library Blog
By Cynthia Hill
... The Mitten by Jim Aylesworth; The Mitten by Jan Brett; The Hat by Jan Brett; The Three Snow Bears by Jan Brett; Pip and Squeak by Ian Schoenherr; Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan; Bentley's Snowflakes by Jaqueline Briggs Martin ...
Mrs. Hill's Library Blog - http://chill.edublogs.org/
What's Olivia up to?: Very Merry Christmas...

By Stephanie
... LullaBible Storybook by Stephen Elkins; Me and My Dad! by Alison Ritchie; Mitten by Jan Brett; Old MacDonald Had a Farm; Olivia helps with Christmas by Ian Falconer; Olivia's Opposites by Ian Falconer; On the Beach by Usborne; One, ...
What's Olivia up to? - http://whatsoliviaupto.blogspot.com/

February Calendar
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Listen to Storytime: "The Mitten" Storytime begins anew this year at the Barnes & Noble at 11 am in the reading of "The Mitten" by Jan Brett. ...

Winter starlight - a review of The Sea Mice and the Stars ...
By Zoe
Two other winter-but-not-christmas themed books we've enjoyed are The Mitten, adapted and illustrated by Jan Brett, The Tomten and the Fox by Astrid Lindgren, illustrated by Harald Wiberg. I haven't been able to get hold of the ...
Playing by the book - http://www.playingbythebook.net/

Books and Article Direct ? Blog Archive ? The 20th Century ...
By admin
I personally have a preference for the illustrations of those like Michael Hague and Jan Brett who have illustrated numerous beautiful children's books. Rating: 1 / 5. Teacher Mom says: January 29, 2010 at 10:33 am ...
Books and Article Direct - http://www.articledirect.co.cc/

hedgehog & friends: Hedgie's Alphabet & Other Games for KIDS
By KP
Came across the website of Jan Brett, the famous author illustrator for children's book. Readers can check out her website at janbrett.com that has lots of games and activities for young children. Posted by KP at 8:00 PM ...
hedgehog & friends - http://hedgehog-and-friends.blogspot.com/

Every School Every Thursday - Urbandale, Dallas Center-Grimes ...
DesMoinesRegister.com
First-grade students have been studying author and illustrator Jan Brett. They are making a gingerbread friends mural and have watched a video about Brett. ...

The Almost Librarian: Some More Great Winter Reads
By Valerie
The Three Snow Bears by Jan Brett. This story, filled with Brett's amazing and detailed illustrations, is an adaptation of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, but set in cold and blustery northern Canada. (Ages 4-9). Jan Brett's website ...
The Almost Librarian - http://almostlibrarianat.blogspot.com/

Friends School of Portland Parents: Reading suggestions for ...
By Maya
Anything Jan Brett, but most especially her rendering of The Owl and the Pussycat. Mrs. Coverlet series. Henry Reed series by Keith Robertson!!! Henry Huggins, Ramona the Pest, and that whole series by Beverly Cleary ...
Friends School of Portland Parents - http://fspparents.blogspot.com/

News at JA ? Story Time
By Michelle Mills
Preschoolers enjoyed hearing the story of Annie and the Wild Animals by Jan Brett. Librarian George Johnson demonstrated making corn cakes for the students, as the story's heroine had done for the animals. The students went home with a ...
News at JA - http://jastudents.org/blog/news/

Kindergarten Math and Economics: Welcome!
By Technology Integration Specialist
Jan Brett reads and draws Gingerbread Baby http://www.janbrettvideos.com/gingerbread_baby_high_bandwidth.htm. Jan Brett at Home http://www.janbrettvideos.com/jan_brett_at_home_high_bandwidth.htm. How to draw Gingerbread Friends and ...
Kindergarten Math and Economics - http://keconomics.blogspot.com/

Mrs. Handley's First Grade: Writing Centers
By Lee Ann Handley
Great Authors to Share With Parents. Eric Carle; Jan Brett. Thursday, January 28, 2010. Writing Centers. Every week we are involved in writing centers that help us strengthen our writing skills. One center involves a "special project". ...
Mrs. Handley's First Grade - http://desmrshandley.blogspot.com/

Housley's Classroom Connection
By Mrs. Housley
Which is your favorite Jan Brett book? Christmas Around the World Resources. The Holiday Spot ? The North Pole ? Santa's Net. Science Resources. The Yuckiest Site on the Internet. Reading Street Resources. Waltke's Web. Reading Games ...
Housley's Classroom Connection - http://housleysclassroomconnection.blogspot.com/

Simply at Home: Book Basket ~ Snowy Days
By Wendi
Our new bookshelf features some of our old favorites: The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats The Big Snow by Berta and Elmer Hader White Snow, Bright Snow by Alvin Tresselt The Mitten by Jan Brett The Hat by Jan Brett ...
Simply at Home - http://wendi-simplyathome.blogspot.com/

What are some creative ideas to do in a classroom to bring ...
By admin
Why don't you bring in a prop that matches with the story, like if you are reading The Mitten by Jan Brett, bring in a mitten and then let the children read aloud a paragraph. Then when their paragraph is done pass the mitten to the ...
Out2Teach.com - http://www.out2teach.com/

Shaken Mama: KP's Amazing List of Great Children's Books
By Shaken Mama
Bill Peet, Bernard Waber, Lois Lenski, James Stevenson, Eric Carle, Rosemary Wells, Jan Brett, H.A. Rey, William Steig, Barbara Cooney (Miss Rumphius!), David Weisner, Eileen Christelow, Helen Lester/Lynn Munsinger (A Porcupine Named ...
Shaken Mama - http://www.shakenmama.com/

leeds reads ? Blog Archive ? Yes, I'm Still Here
By Teacher Ruth
First Graders did an outstanding job of using a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast two stories by Jan Brett, The Hat and The Mitten. Next week, Kindergarten and First Grade lessons will incorporate use of the Smartboard as we visit ...
leeds reads - http://inkedlibrarian.edublogs.org/

Cruitt's Classroom Connection: Week of February 1-5
By Ms. Cruitt
What is your favorite Jan Brett book? CONTACT INFORMATION. School Email: stacyc@autaugacountyschool.org. Home Email: teach2stace@yahoo.com. I prefer this email. I can check it when I am away from school. Meetings can be arranged from ...
Cruitt's Classroom Connection - http://cruittsclassroomconnection.blogspot.com/

Got Kimchi?: A Time to Read
By Jane
Ryan's teacher didn't kick me out so I read two other Jan Brett stories. Interestingly, they all had cute little hedgehogs. I certainly don't miss the whole load that goes along with teaching, but there are many things I miss. ...
Got Kimchi? - http://gotkimchi.blogspot.com/

Design Your Own Photo Snowflake Ornament | Snorkelinggifts10 ...
By admin
They're a great way to have a fun party with all of your Your Own Holiday Ornament Click here for a free subscription to Click here for the best bookstore prices on Jan Brett books Jan Brett 1996-2009. ...
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Pictures from the last week. ? Ms. Thomas' Class Blog
By msjthomas
Acting out ?The Mitten,? by Jan Brett. The badger snuggles in... The badger snuggles in? Playing with alphabet manipulatives. Matching up sight words. Making 6 tile books. Leave a Comment. No Comments Yet so far. Leave a comment ...
Ms. Thomas' Class Blog - http://msjthomas.wordpress.com/

My Family My Forever: Zoo Class--Rain Forests and Umbrellas
By Susana
When we were in zoo class, I remembered that we had the book, The Umbrella, by Jan Brett at home. Joe and I have enjoyed this book for a couple years now. It was a perfect bedtime story that night to go along with our class earlier in ...
My Family My Forever - http://myfamilymyforever.blogspot.com/ |

Tips4Mom.com ? Blog Archive ? Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett
By admin
Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett. January 25th, 2010. See larger image ? Gingerbread Baby (Hardcover). By (author) Jan Brett. List Price: $16.99 USD. New From: $9.31 In Stock. Used from: $1.59 In Stock. Filed under: Living Children's Books ...
Tips4Mom.com - http://www.tips4mom.com/

Paisley Patchwork: The Mitten, by Jan Brett
By Heidi
The Mitten, by Jan Brett is a great book. I happen to own the board book version, which I think may be abridged, but either copy is great. Paige and I read it fairly frequently, but this week I was reminded by this post, that Jan Brett ...
Paisley Patchwork - http://paisleypatchwork.blogspot.com/

Harry potter Book: Kids looking for something new? Give them ...
By taluxman
The Mitten by Jan Brett (4-8 years) Source: NEA. Summer is the perfect time for children to explore new worlds and to polish their readingSkills. Sitting in front of the TV to a popular pastime, but spending eight or more hours per day ...
Harry potter Book - http://harrypotterbooks-foru.blogspot.com/

Library hosts animals in winter program
Chronicle Times
This event will correspond with the reading of the book "The Mitten" by Jan Brett. Special guest for the afternoon will be Kerisa Pingel of the Sanford ...

Whitby students go wacky for Wildlife Wednesdays
Newsdurhamregion.com
On this day, the upbeat principal decided to tell Grade 4 students a story written by Jan Brett called The Mitten. In the book, a boy loses his mitten and ...

What we are reading: The Hat by Jan Brett ? Emmalina and Her ...
By emmalina73
On the recommendation of the lovely Cheyrl who is my guru on all things homeschooling, Waldorf and life in general (and can be found at her excellent homeschooling blog Finding Fairy Doors), I checked out a Jan Brett book from the ...
Emmalina and Her Unfeasibly Large Bonnet - http://emmalina73.wordpress.com/

The Ribbe's Big Southern Adventure: Boys Basketball
By Ribbe Family
Meeting Jan Brett! My Seasonal Clock is Off! Three Months!! ► October (7). Mom's and Grace's Big Campout. "Cast Away" by Eli ? Fellowship of Believers ? Weekend of Four Ribbes ? "All I Want For Christmas..." Eli is "10"! ...
The Ribbe's Big Southern Adventure - http://ribbesinsouthcarolina.blogspot.com/
Lost In Pizzaland: Supplies Needed For Week 19: January 23-January ...

By Lady In Red
Whee! by Carol Greene; The Mitten by Jan Brett. Food/Snacks: Pedestal Snack Bowls: Round plastic bottle or containers, metal paper fasteners, plastic cup or margarine tub, permanent markers, colored plastic tape(red, white and blue), ...
Lost In Pizzaland - http://www.lostinpizzaland.com/

Defender Rider Winter Riding Mitten 5 « Bliss Agliff
By admin
10495EN Valentine 6131EN The Mitten Jan Brett 3.0.5. 26792EN An American Rodeo: Riding and Ro Lisa Gabbert 4.5 0.5 18851EN Animals in Winter Henrietta Bancroft 2.5 0.5. The Friday Random Ten+5 embarks on its latest futile enterprise: ...
Bliss Agliff - http://bliss-agliff.barnstop.com/

Flavorful Fractions! | Mrs. Hamrac's Classroom Blog
By Mrs. Hamrac
Jan Brett. A Chat with Jan Brett ? Jan and the Blue Angels ? Jan Brett Website ? Jan's blog ? The Easter Egg ? The Hat. Math. First In Math ? Fraction Bars ? Fraction Flags ? Fractions ? Melvin's Potions ? Snowball Fight. Stations ...
Mrs. Hamrac's Classroom Blog - http://mhamrac.edublogs.org/

Journey from the Chrysalis: The End of the Week
By Journey From the Chrysalis
Our Winter Book List. Winter King, Summer Queen by Mary Lister; Town Mouse, Country Mouse by Jan Brett; Sun-day, Moon-day by Cherry Gilchrist; Winter by Gerda Muller. Followers. Blog Archive ...
Journey from the Chrysalis - http://journeyfromthechrysalis.blogspot.com/

The Almy Family Journal: Daisy Comes Home--Children's Story About ...
By Valerie and Jeff
(wink wink) It's called Daisy Comes Home by Jan Brett. She is an incredible artist and I'm a big fan already of her work and watercolor illustrations. This book was inspired by her DIL, Jun, who is from China and the trip the family all ...
The Almy Family Journal - http://almyfamilyjournal.blogspot.com/

January 2010 | Mrs. Prince's Class Blog
By Mrs. Jeanne Prince
We will be reading and learning about the author/illustrator Jan Brett as well as studing temperature, snow and ice. Martin Luther King, Jr. will teach us nonviolence, peace and love for all men. Hoot time will include working with ...
Mrs. Prince's Class Blog - http://blogs.msad52.org/jprince/

My Life with the Boys: Busy busy busy
By Stephanie Drennon
We read The Mitten by Jan Brett. Logan colored each animal as I read about them in the story. We talked about the colors and the names of the animals. Then I cut out the animals and he cut out the mitten and he glued the animals on the ...
My Life with the Boys - http://logandrennon.blogspot.com/

Silly Eagle Books: 100+ songs to sing with your child (and the ...
By vanessa
The Twelve Days of Christmas Illustrated by Jan Brett. 83. The Twelve Days of Christmas Illustrated by Brian Wildsmith. 84. We Three Kings by Olga Zharkova. 85. The Little Drummer Boy by Kristina Rodanas ...
Silly Eagle Books - http://www.sillyeaglebooks.com/

The School House: Fun with The Mitten, by Jan Brett.
By Lacey
All week we have been reading The Mitten, by Jan Brett as part of our Winter Unit. Today, we colored the animals from the book and glued them "in" the mitten. To find these animals and mitten to print, just visit Jan Brett's Website ...
The School House - http://thesearethedays2003schoolhouse.blogspot.com/

Winter Educational Activities for preschoolers | Printable Holiday ...
By Master
For fun, try one of thesewonderfully entertaining and beautifully illustrated winter books by Jan Brett (one of my favorite illustrators of children): The Mitten http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0399231099/simplepleasuresp/ ...
Printable Holiday Gift Tags - http://printableholidaygifttags.blogspot.com/

Mommy's Little Helper: Preschool Activities January 25-29, 2010
By Heather J.
The Mitten by Jan Brett. Language Arts- Read "The Mitten" by Jan Brett. Have child help the second time using visuals. Math- Mitten Matching File Folder Game. Science/Cooking- talk about how it can often snow in the winter and about ...
Mommy's Little Helper - http://mommylittlehelper.blogspot.com/

Dishpan Dribble: The Race in Massachusett's
By Mrs. Darling
Blueberry House ? The Mitten - The Mitten was written by Jan Brett and has always been one of my children's favorite books. Now that winter is here it's a fun book to read and study. I ... 12 hours ago ...
Dishpan Dribble - http://peterpanandfamily.blogspot.com/

Ms. Shoup's Kindergarten Class: Jan Brett
By Ms. Shoup
We have been reading tons of Jan Brett's books in class! Ask your child to tell you about his/her favorite Jan Brett story. We've practiced retelling each story, graphed our favorite choices, and even learned how to draw Hedgie! ...
Ms. Shoup's Kindergarten Class - http://k2shoup.blogspot.com/

Miss Ripperger's Kindergarten Class: Snowman Math and Library!
By Miss Ripperger
As a reward for doing so well, Mrs. Baker let each student choose a stuffed animal to join them on the carpet while she read the story "The Mitten" by Jan Brett. It was a great, silly story! Playing the snowman game in math ...
Miss Ripperger's Kindergarten Class - http://mccarterkindergarten.blogspot.com/

Kozy Kids Family Daycare: Mailbox Teacher Store
By Michelle
Polar Bear - Today we read " Three Snow Bears" by Jan Brett. It wasn't long tonight the book before several of the kids starting saying " this is like Goldilocks!" And.... 7 hours ago ...
Kozy Kids Family Daycare - http://kozykidslc.blogspot.com/

Free Online Printable Calendars, 12 month calendar on one page ...
By Eren Mckay
Jan Brett. Children's Book Author and Illustrator Jan Brett has a beautiful collection of calendars. Jan Brett You can go to the calendar page by clicking here or on the pink rose to the right →. English and Spanish Calendar ...
Christian Homemaking & Family... - http://www.embracinghome.com/

Grandma and Grandpa Peaches: GRANDMA PLAYS WITH MORE PAPER DOLLS
By Grandma Jeanne
Hedga & Hedgie Hedgehog: Jan Brett's paper dolls plus hiking, ballerina, fireman, and cowgirl/cowboy outfits 75. PIG with clothes by Karen 76. Zelda and Ivy: 2 fox paper dolls and outfits to color. From Laura McGee Kvasnosky's Fun Stuff ...
Grandma and Grandpa Peaches - http://grandmapapeaches.blogspot.com/

Education World: Education World Early Childhood Education ...
By Neha Arora
Read aloud to children The Mitten by Jan Brett. Then print out these beautiful masks -- one for each character in the book. Glue each mask onto a craft stick or punch holes on either side of the mask and run a string through it. ...
Education World - http://education-worldd.blogspot.com/

miller moments: N is for Noah
By Miller Moments
We wrapped up our letter N week by reading several versions of Noah's Ark. But our favorite, especially for the pictures, was the story written from the perspective of Noah's grandson by Jan Brett Our activity was very simple. ...
miller moments - http://moremillers.blogspot.com/

Wee Wonderfuls: what do kindergarteners down south draw?
By Hillary Lang
we're all snowmen and mittens around here. these are a big hit this weekend, jan brett coloring pages.
Wee Wonderfuls - http://www.weewonderfuls.com/

Reading with Children to Teach and Comfort: Using Picture Books to ...
What Are You So Grumpy About? by Tom Lichtenheld (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2007); The Wild Christmas Reindeer, by Jan Brett (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1990); Hug, by Jez Alborough, (Candlewick, 2001); Leon the Chameleon, ...
Suite101: Early Childhood Articles - http://earlychildhood.suite101.com/

Once Upon a Kitchen: winter
By carmen
The Mitten, The Hat and Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett; The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver (love it!!! love her!!) Little Bear (love this cartoon); Dirty Jobs; Blue Pastures by Mary Oliver ...
Once Upon a Kitchen - http://onceuponakitchen.blogspot.com/

A Royal Room: The Mitten
By Meet Queen Hicks
Check out these Golden Globe stars last week reenacting the story, The Mitten by Jan Brett. They were truly award winning. And naturally we had more than one encore performance! Andrew and Isabella keep us on track turning the big book ...
A Royal Room - http://aroyalroom.blogspot.com/

Musings from the Empty Nest - Midwinter
By bookmama29
I don't pick up posters (no wall room at the library), but couldn't resist the new Jan Brett poster. I came back with three tote bags worth of stuff, but JD packed all of her swag into a huge wheeled tote about the size of a ...
Musings from the Empty Nest - http://bookmama29.livejournal.com/

Mama Librarian: Review: The Mitten - Jim Aylesworth
By Mama Librarian
The only other version of The Mitten I've read is the Jan Brett one, although we have another (Tresselt?) in the library. I'm going to have to check that one out, because the ending of this one is quite different. ...
Mama Librarian - http://mamalibrarian.blogspot.com/

karmamatopoeia: Helping Haiti
By Sparklee
Got a Jan Brett author study, and to be honest, found it a bit lightweight. My kids are so beyond story sequencing! So, we're doing our own thing (a familiar refrain with us.) First, we explored her wonderful website. ...
karmamatopoeia - http://karmamatopoeia.blogspot.com/

The Songs We Sang, 01/15/2010 « Sing Books with Emily, the Blog
By Sing Books with Emily
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/carpenter-as-this-morning-fair/id199379395 (Track 22); The Owl and the Pussycat (Words by Edward Lear, Illustrated by Jan Brett) I sing this poem with an adaptation of the melody by Lorraine Nelson Wolf ...
Sing Books with Emily, the Blog - http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/

4 Pillar X Nar-2 Cut File
By admin
Back to School Bookmarks from Jan Brett Just print and cut apart these. Product details and features for 4? Pillar” x Nar-2 Cutt File (183-40222) Category: Pillar Files in Tools and Accessories- DealTime. Compare stores & shop for Home ...
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