More Valentine's Work

I wrote letters and numbers on these shiny heart stickers for O(6) a couple of years ago, and we use the same ones every February.  E(3) has LOVED working with these letters.  She asked me to make words for her to read, and she did a fantastic job reading them. 

E(3) also enjoyed putting the hearts in the container...one heart per opening.  She started off using chopsticks, but ended up using her fingers.  It was too difficult to pick up the stickers with chopsticks...even for me!

E was proud of the long word that she made.  After she finished making it, she said "Read it for me, mama!" 

Valentine's Work

The girls were excited when I found these cookie cutter hearts from last Valentine's Day!

Both girls had fun putting the hearts in size order.

After putting the hearts in order in a line, they put them inside each other to check their work.  Fun and simple!

Valentine's By Sweet O

I had some cute ideas for Valentine's for O(5) class, but she had other ideas.  My idea didn't involve any cutting or pasting, and that's just no fun!

So, we searched the internet for printable Valentines, and found these adorable girls at The Black Apple.  O cut the girls and hearts out and glued them to heart doilies.  She was VERY proud of her fancy and beautiful Valentine's!

Another Valentine's Size Sequencing Activity

Here's another simple Valentine's activity!  I bought a set of heart measuring cups (for a dollar from Dollar General) and put them in a basket on E(2)'s Montessori shelf.  Done!



E puts them in order from smallest to largest.  We talk about the different sizes, and we pretend that the measuring cups are the different members of our family.  One day she was insisting that the biggest one was O(5)!  Silly girl :)

Sorting Hearts By Size

E(2) has had fun sorting the "mama" and "baby" heart stickers.  What a simple and fun activity for my little love!

Sequencing Hearts by Size

I was SO excited when I saw this set of heart cookie cutters for just one dollar at Dollar General!  They are perfect for toddler activities!  E(2) puts them in order from smallest to largest.  We talk about which one is small and which one is the largest.  She hands me the ones that I ask for, and her favorite...naming them with our names.  The smallest heart is E, then O, and on and on.

She enjoys putting them back in order within themselves, but it was a challenge in this rounded bowl.







So, I moved them to a flat container in order to ease her frustration and to help her be successful.

A Moveable Alphabet of Hearts

Here's a Valentine's Day twist on the moveable alphabet!  Fun and simple...that's what we like!

A Valentine's Pouring Work

E(2) has enjoyed pouring the candy hearts.  However, she kept sneaking them into her mouth, so I put them out of reach.  Now, she just does that work with supervision :)

Valentine's Craft Basket

The girls were THRILLED when we put together this basket full of Valentine's Day card making supplies!  The basket includes pink, white, and red construction paper, heart doilies, Valentine's stickers, glue sticks, scissors, glitter, and Valentine's cupcake liners (E's favorite).

Both girls got right to work!  O(5) cranked out at least 10 Valentine's on the first day.  She was so proud and sweet when she gave us our heart cards.  She made a small one for E (while E was in the middle of a tantrum), and E(2) threw it to the floor.  O ran upstairs and made her a bigger heart to make her feel better because she was afraid E was upset that she'd gotten a small heart when the rest of us got big hearts.  I love my sweet girl.  E later apologized and hugged her sister.

Valentine's Cutting Work

Both girls were THRILLED when I set up some Valentine's cutting work trays for them!  The trays didn't stay this nice and neat for long!


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We all love E(2)'s super cool scissors that she got for Christmas (well, we love them more than she does.  She just wants to use exactly what her big sister uses.  Luckily, her big sister loves these scissors, too!)

Valentine's 1-to-1 Correspondence Work

Both girls have enjoyed this simple work.  They put one pom pom in each heart.  I'd like to add a pair of tongs to this work, but they are all missing.  *sigh*  One day my house will be organized.

A Valentine's Math Work

Both girls were VERY excited by this work despite the fact that it's much too difficult for E(2) and very easy for O(5).  They love it because it involves candy!

O lined up numbered sparkly (or "farkly" as E calls them) hearts in order from 1 to 10.  She then put the appropriate number of candy message hearts under each number.














They got to eat a couple of pieces of candy after O finished the work.  Then, I had to put it out of reach of E because she kept sneaking pieces of candy!

Valentine's Day Sensory Box

Our snow dough hasn't seen much action since Christmas, so I decided to use it as our Valentine's Day sensory box.  I took out a few things and added in some Valentine's objects from the girls' Montessori shelves.  They LOVED it!!!



We had a lot of fun hiding and finding red treasures in the various containers.