Tues Feb 14th- Valentines day party

The class started this special day with practicing their names and then went on to play with red play dough with heart cookie cutters, duplos and organizing our links by color into heart bowls. I pulled each child aside to make heart handprint valentine’s card for the parents. Kayden helped with his star duties by reviewing the colors and shapes with the class. After we counted to 20 running in place and did blast off counting. We had calendar time reviewing our special date and other holidays of the month. We sang our winter song and reviewed the weather with Kayden’s help. We reviewed our new letter R- Rosie Rabbit and her rake after alphabet boogie. I sent her story home in your child’s folder. We practiced the sound of the letter R and then I reviewed some words that start with R. Kayden’s snack was so festive- thanks Eleisha! The kids loved all the special treats. Finally after we finished eating, we had book time and show and tell. For nursery rhyme time, we sang Hey Diddle Diddle and went right into our party. The students decorated their valentine’s bag with stickers that would hold all of their special gifts from their friends. After we read three Valentines books- “How do I love you?” which helps the students count up to 20, “Clifford’s Puppy Days- Puppy Love” which discussed love and how it shown and given to everyone around us and “Emily’s Valentine’s Party”. Once we completed those, we handed out our valentines to each other. For my valentine’s gift, I gave them a book. Hope they enjoyed reading this! Kayden also brought a valentine book to share- A Chipmunk Valentines. I read this to the class and then we reviewed our sound of the letter R as I gave each child a stamp on their hand. We had a wonderful Valentine’s Day with each other!