Book: Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney
Book: Anything For You by Harry Horse
Book: Hugs All Around by Scholastic Books
Book: I Love You More by Judy Cooley
Today is our class Valentine’s Day Party!
Share: Bring a valentine for each student in the class
Dramatic Play: Visit the Veterinarian
Provide stuffed animals and doctor supply toys for the children to play “pet hospital” with. Point out that “V” is for Vet.
Fine Motor: Rice transfer into heart shaped ice cube trays.
Sensory: Play dough! The children also had an assortment of heart shaped cookie cutters to experiment with
Gross Motor: Heart Hunt
Place assorted cutout hearts on the table, and send the children on a scavenger hunt to find their mates around the room
Cooking: Valentine treats! Decorate red velvet cupcakes with pink and red sprinkles.
Language/Phonics: Felt Valentine Letter Match.
I made an oversized valentine with felt. The children worked in pairs to match the letter hearts with the card to say,
They loved it!
Math: Valentine Math Use construction paper hearts to demonstrate simple math equations.
I chose to do this as a group lesson at the table, and the children collaborated to come up with guesses and answers to the equations.
Example: “I have 3 valentines. I give one away. How many are left?"
Record guesses.
Demonstrate with paper hearts.
"Two!”
Question: Who do you love? Why do you love them? Record answers
Practical Life: saying “thank you” when given a gift. Encourage the children to practice when they pass out their valentines to each other.
Practical Life: saying “thank you” when given a gift. Encourage the children to practice when they pass out their valentines to each other.
Music and Movement: Three Valentines (sing to Mary had a little lamb)
Three valentines I have for you
Have for you, have for you,
Three valentines I have for you
Pink and red and blue
I'll put them in the mail for you
Mail for you, mail for you,
I'll put them in the mail for you
Pink and red and blue
Farewell Jacob! One thing that I really love about Jacob is that he is always singing. He'll burst out in song at any given moment, and it's usually a pretty good song. I never remember to get them on video, but knowing it was his last day, I had my camera ready to catch him in the act.
Here are a couple clips of Jacob serenading the ladies at the play dough center with Black Eyed Peas. So cute.
Keep singing, Jacob! We'll miss you!
Oh, and for the record...we don't actually listen to Black Eyed Peas during preschool. Only when Jacob and Jace sing their songs for us. And Sam does a great "Hey Soul Sister", so it's like a regular radio station around here during sensory time :)
1 comment:
love the BEP solo...cute!
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