Search results matching tags 'holidays' and 'valentine's day'

Topping Off the Day

Anonymous — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 00:27:00 GMT

I topped off today by combining Valentine's Day with Lincoln history.

I read this book that gives background on how Lincoln used to keep important notes inside is top hat.

We then made our Valentine holders Lincoln top hat style

I also wanted to give a shout out to a wonderful resource I won in The Science Penguin's recent giveaway. I can't wait to try out her Ultimate Science Weekly Five.

The first unit I'm going to focus on will be the Solar System.

The stations include reading comprehension skills, vocabulary building, exploring/hands on and more.

Heart Art

Anonymous — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:49:00 GMT

Our class is filled with happy hearts!

"A child fills a place in your heart that you never knew was empty"

Author unknown

Friendship Facts and Opinions

Anonymous — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 20:41:00 GMT

My class did "Fabulous Friends" sharing on Valentine's Day.

After interviewing a classmate, facts and opinions were formed.

Then presentations were made to debut each fabulous friend.

It was a hit!

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Graphics courtesy of From the Pond

Valentine Go Together Writing

Anonymous — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:09:00 GMT

Pair up classmates for this Valentine Go Together poem.

I love the simplicity of this poem to reflect wonderful friendships!

Brainstorm "Go Together" words like:

salt and pepper

paper and pencil

pancakes and syrup

thunder and lightning

sugar and spice

Frog and Toad

Officer Buckle and Gloria

popcorn and butter

And so on...Here's a sample:

Grab it and enjoy...

But remember that comments and being a blog follower "Go Together"!

Getting ready for a valentine’s day party

Anonymous — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:16:25 GMT

Getting ready for Valentine's Day by making our Valentine's day party bags...

The heart project: a hearts and craft collaborative ebook

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:30:41 GMT

Check out the heart project: a collaboration of over 70 bloggers and a compilation of 100+ heart activities for kids...

A "Lovely" Bookmaking Project

Anonymous — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:00:00 GMT

Ooh, it’s almost February and I’m making some heart-filled plans. I love Valentine’s Day! Maybe because my husband brings me Chocolate Cheesecake every year, or maybe because it’s the only time I get to fill my house with pink, or get my kids to use the pink crayon for craft projects. (I’m the lone princess in a house full of blue-loving boys.) Anyway, in honor of the lovely upcoming holiday, I bring you a sweet and simple valentine literacy craft...

The "I Love" Book

Materials:

Cardstock or heavy paper
Stamp ink for heart making. (I recommend a pale color since you’re going to write on top of it. The red I used here is just a little too dark. Pink would be perfect.)
A fine tip Sharpie marker
Something to bind paper together to make a book. I just used a binder ring, but you could attach pages to a construction paper booklet, or use a blank book like these.

This is a flexible activity that works for many age groups and developmental levels.

Here’s the plan:

For each blank page, have the child name something he or she loves. Single words work best. (Mom, Dad, Lego…) Using two fingerprints, stamp a heart for each letter in the word.
Write the letters of the word on top of the heart using Sharpie. For my three year old, I asked what he loves and helped him stamp the correct number of hearts, then I wrote the letters for him. After I wrote a few, he was ready to make lots of his own pages, complete with his own “letters” written in each heart. Older preschoolers and kindergartners might need a little help figuring out how many hearts they need, but could handle the stamping and writing on their own. For those kids, I recommend brainstorming together and writing the words on a piece of scrap paper first, so they can count the number of hearts needed before stamping.
Make a cover using the same technique. We chose “Jack Loves” as our straightforward, (yet slightly unoriginal) title.
Bind it, and you’re done!
Read your book lots of times in February, and then save it forever as an adorable keepsake.

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Want more ideas to gear up for February 14? Today on Small Types you’ll find links to more Valentine’s Day project ideas, books and printable valentines. Or visit my Valentine’s Day board over on Pinterest.

We'd love to hear from you! What's your favorite Valentine's Day project?

Erin Wing writes about creating a print-rich home at www.smalltypes.com.

Valentine's Day Worksheets

Anonymous — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 21:23:00 GMT

Free Valentine's Day Worksheets are available to download on Have Fun Teaching. Check out these fun Valentine's Day Worksheets, Valentine's Day Flash Cards, Valentine's Day Coloring Pages, Valentine's Day Games and Valentine's Day Paper.

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Valentine mailboxes and magnets for preschool play

Anonymous — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 18:30:42 GMT

I started collecting these little red and white mailboxes from the dollar section at Target sometime in January. I thought they would make terrific additions to our February valentine work boxes… To provide a variety of different learning opportunities and types of play, I included magnetic numbers because the mailboxes are magnetic and it would [...]

Deborah in the news

Anonymous — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 02:47:25 GMT

I have been enjoying the opportunity to present some simple information on our local news station. On today’s segment, I came prepared to introduce several ideas that young children can explore for Valentine’s day. If you are viewing this by email, you may need to come to the blog to see the short news clip! [...]