The Mitten – Free Animal Printable Activities

by Liesl - Homeschool Den

Have you read Jan Brett’s wonderful book, The Mitten (affiliate link), to your kids? Mine loved this book and years ago we did a number of activities to go along with that. Below you’ll find a free printable packet about the Animals from The Mitten. 🙂

One page has the eight animals featured in this story and a space for the child write in the name of the animal: mole, rabbit, hedgehog, owl, badger, fox, bear, and meadow mouse. There is a tracing and matching worksheet. Another page has space for kids to write in what they learn about these animals. Finally, there are some lapbook pieces along with some basic information cards that the kids can glue into the center of the lapbook piece. These are all FREE to download! Let me know if they come in useful!

The Mitten Printable Animal Activities

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If you want to see some of The Mitten (affiliate link) activities we did when my kids were little (including the link to those beautiful masks in the photo below), you can visit this post: Forest Biome: The Mitten Activities.

NEW!! We have a new 40-page Mitten packet. It includes lots of fun activities, games and printables to work on numbers, counting, letters, basic addition or subtraction, skip counting, clocks and more!

Note: The new Mitten Packet is also available in the Winter BUNDLE!

The Mitten Activities Packet is 40 pages. It is $3.50.

Be sure to check out the Winter BUNDLE option below!

Mitten Activities Packet

$3.50

Don’t forget to check your PayPal email address for the download link.

Again, you can read about the Winter BUNDLE here.

Do your kids love animals as much as mine do? Be sure to check out our Big Animal Bundle (8 pdfs!). Kids will learn all about animals…

Vertebrates vs. invertebrates
Spiders vs. insects
Animal tracks
World animals – learn about the animals of the 7 continents
The animal life cycles – This packet helps kids become familiar with the different stages in the life cycles of the chicken, sea turtle, frog, mosquito, butterfly, dragonfly, bee, mouse, and ladybug.
The Rainforest – Learn about all about the rainforest, animals and insects of the rainforest and more!
Winter – learn why we have seasons, the differences between the Arctic and Antarctica, learn all about Polar Animals, learn why animals hibernate
Cicadas Mini-Unit
Chameleons Mini-Unit
New! Wolves Mini-Unit
and much more!

If your kids love animals & nature as much as mine, you might also be interested in our Big Animal BUNDLE: More details about the Big Animal Bundle here

The Big Animal BUNDLE includes 8 packets. 1) Animal Unit, 2) World Animals Packet, 3) Rainforest Packet, 4) Life Cycles Packet, 5) Winter Packet – plus 6) the Cicadas Packet and 7) the Chameleon Packet 8) New! Wolves Packet. These Animal Units can each be purchased individually as well.

Animal Unit

If your kids enjoyed this book and learning about these forest animals, they might also like the stories about Bear and his friends – mouse, hare, badger, gopher, mole, wren, raven who all gather in Bear’s cave while he is hibernating. This is called Bear Snores On (affiliate link):

Another book by the same author, Bear Wants More (affiliate link), shows how much Bear eats after waking up from his long hibernation.

You might find these FREE Bear printables of interest too. It includes a — Bear Size Sorting Activity, What Do Bears Eat Activity, Color Matching Activity. You’ll find these at this post: Bear Lapbook

That’s about it! Hope your kids have fun!

Disclosure: Please note that some of the links in this post are affiliate links, and at no additional cost to you, I will earn a commission if you decide to make a purchase.

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You might want to check out this Nocturnal Animal packet too:

You might also want to check out our huge new Winter Packet. We talked about why/how the seasons occur and we talked in quite some depth about Antarctica an the Arctic again… among other things. My girls in particular were interested in learning more about the animals. The packet includes lapbook pieces about a number of polar animals and we’ll talk in a bit more depth about penguins, seals & sea lions, and whales. 🙂

The first part is about 60 pages and covers topics such as Earth’s axis, the months and seasons, the Arctic vs. Antarctica, and goes in depth about various polar animals. The second part, pages 63 to 78, includes some PreK activities. Click here to find out more: Winter Packet

New to the Winter Packet… a 25-page unit on Hibernation

We also have a huge 60+ page Dinosaur Packet for 3 to 7 year olds!

Other related posts you might be interested in:

Our BIG Animal Bundle – a set of 5 pdfs

Quick Previews

Animal Packet Quick Preview
World Animal Packet Quick Preview
Rainforest Packet Quick Preview
Life Cycle Packet Quick Preview
Winter Packet and Hibernation Unit Quick Preview

Visit this post – BIG Animal Bundle or Our Store for more details.

World Animals Packet: Animals from the 7 continents

Animal Unit: You might be interested in our animal unit which covers the 5 vertebrate groups and their characteristics, feather, fur or scales, the main invertebrate groups, insects vs. spiders, animal tracks, animal homes and shelters and more!