Laughter & Learning in Room 139 : Valentine's Party!

Here's a look at our Valentine's Day activities! We started the day by coloring hearts.

During circle time we matched valentines. Half of the valentine was attached to a file folder and the other half of the valentines were placed in the sensory box. Each cutie came up, reached in to grab a valentine, and then matched it up.

Then, we went to the table and sorted candy hearts by color. Of course, after we sorted, they were able to eat some of the candy. :)

The afternoon class graphed their hearts. With both groups we discussed which color they had the most of and least of.

After that, it was time for heart shaped pancakes! They gobbled these up and were asking for more before the next batch was ready!

One of our morning sweeties brought in these awesome mustache jello jigglers! He also had on the cutest shirt that said "I mustache you to be my valentine." This group was definitely in the valentines spirit--they all had on red, pink, or purple!

Then, it was time to pass out valentines! We had the class watch a valentine video on the TeamBoard while we called them over to pass out their valentines. This year it dawned on me that if I put their yearbook picture on their bag that the kids could identify the bags on their own. So, Mary and I were able to tell them the name on the valentine and the little cuties were able to find their friend's bags on their own! Why did it take me so long to think of this?! :)

The afternoon class even had time for a science experiment! I poured baking soda into heart-shaped cookie cutters and added red food coloring to vinegar. Then, we used an eye-dropper to drop some vinegar onto the baking soda. They loved seeing the mixture foam up! After I modeled it a few times, they each had a turn to drop some vinegar onto the baking soda.