The Hat by Jan Brett


Today at preschool today we read "The Hat" by Jan Brett.

On Jan Brett website site you can get these great printouts to make puppets.


Then we made these hedgehogs.

We cut paper plates in half and glued on brown spikes from brown construction paper. Glued on an eye and a pom-pom for a nose.

The kids loved making these.

I have another project to go along with this book. I will try to post it on Thursday.

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Teaching Heart Mom said…
cute hedgehog... I love jan brett books!
January 5, 2010 at 1:22 PM
Christy Killoran said…
I LOVE Jan Brett. Love the hedgehog too!
January 5, 2010 at 1:43 PM
Anonymous said…
What great ideas!
January 5, 2010 at 1:50 PM
The Stepford Stepmom said…
Cute idea! You don't see many people doing much with the Jan B. book series besides reading them, and usually it's "The Mitten."
January 5, 2010 at 2:16 PM
berrypatch said…
Coincidental enough WE read "The Hat" today too! Although we didn't do any fun projects - hmmm...
January 5, 2010 at 4:00 PM
Deborah Stewart said…
Jan Brett books are so fun to read and they do lead to so many cute ideas for the classroom. I love your hedgehogs!
January 5, 2010 at 4:35 PM
Jamie said…
What a cute and fun idea. :-)
January 5, 2010 at 6:59 PM
Linda said…
This is Great! I'll be reading The Mitten and The Hat at the end of the month. This will be a great project.
January 5, 2010 at 9:18 PM
jk said…
We love Jan Brett books & read this one yesterday - so glad to know there are great supplemental resources on the web site...

Love your site!!
January 5, 2010 at 11:33 PM
Unknown said…
I love it! Thanks for the great idea!
January 6, 2010 at 3:10 PM
anamika said…
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January 7, 2010 at 2:39 AM
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