I have lots of fun Valentine’s recaps coming up, but here’s one last past from Joanne about Valentine’s Day. You can check out her first list of suggestions here!
Handprint Heart card
…it wouldn’t be me without a handprint keepsake activity.I just printed out my favorite Valentine poem (although how cool would it be if you or your child composed their own) and added a clipart heart. The children painted their own hands red or pink and I helped guide their hands within the heart shape. Last year, I did this project and drew the heart around the handprints, and the families got some wonky looking hearts – I like the clipart as a guide (you can use a different colored heart cut out or a doily to serve the same purpose).
…it wouldn’t be me without a handprint keepsake activity.I just printed out my favorite Valentine poem (although how cool would it be if you or your child composed their own) and added a clipart heart. The children painted their own hands red or pink and I helped guide their hands within the heart shape. Last year, I did this project and drew the heart around the handprints, and the families got some wonky looking hearts – I like the clipart as a guide (you can use a different colored heart cut out or a doily to serve the same purpose).
Math using Conversation Heart candies
Though I really dislike the taste of conversation heart candies, they are pretty dandy to use to teach different math skills.-Counting aloud.
-Sorting the candy by color (or by sayings if your child are reading).
-Creating a pattern (ABAB, ABBA, ABCD, etc).
-Stacking (ok this is a fine motor, but your child can estimate how many they can stack before they all topple over).
-Estimating how many candies are in the bag/box.
-Graphing how many there are of each color (or saying for more advanced students)
-Making different shapes, numbers or letters using the hearts.
-Using the hearts to compare and measure (How many hearts does it take to cover the placemat? How many heart long are you, your favorite toy, etc?
-Addition and subtraction for more advanced students.I bet you didn’t think you could do more with conversation hearts, besides eat them. Welcome to the life of a teacher – nothing serves just one purpose.
Heart activities bonus round:
-Cut various size hearts out of pink and red construction paper and have children glue into a “love creature” (bug, dog, cat, etc).
-Cut different patterned paper -scrapbooking paper is perfect – into uniform hearts (at least 6 different patterns). Use these as a matching game or as a Valentine’s Day Memory.
-Cut different size hearts and have children sort by size.
-Heart cut outs or foam pieces are also perfect for one-to-one correspondence. How many can your child count out?
-Use excess heart pieces to make a card, poster, wreath , mobile or hat.
-Cut different patterned paper -scrapbooking paper is perfect – into uniform hearts (at least 6 different patterns). Use these as a matching game or as a Valentine’s Day Memory.
-Cut different size hearts and have children sort by size.
-Heart cut outs or foam pieces are also perfect for one-to-one correspondence. How many can your child count out?
-Use excess heart pieces to make a card, poster, wreath , mobile or hat.
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