Valentine’s Day

Making tissue paper heart collages in preschool

February 11, 2012

Using our glue paint to make beautiful tissue paper heart collages..

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Making valentine critters in preschool

February 9, 2012

We made some super sweet valentine critter collages in preschool…

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I love you to pieces heart project give-away

February 9, 2012

Our Valentine Parent Gifts: Come and see what we made for Valentines and while your here, be sure to enter the giveaway too!

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Getting ready for a valentine’s day party

February 8, 2012

Getting ready for Valentine’s Day by making our Valentine’s day party bags…

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Pretty purple paper towel heart art…

February 2, 2012

Exploring paper towel heart art both on my own and in the preschool classroom…

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Making a 3D paper heart collage in preschool

February 1, 2012

Our pre-K class made beautiful 3D heart collages from bright and colorful strips of construction paper!

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The heart project: a hearts and craft collaborative ebook

February 1, 2012

Check out the heart project: a collaboration of over 70 bloggers and a compilation of 100+ heart activities for kids…

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Promoting acts of kindness in preschool

January 26, 2012

Promoting kindness in the preschool classroom…

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Last minute valentine collage for prekindergarten

February 13, 2011

I titled this for prekindergarten but any child that has the fine motor skills to do this activity will be able to whip it up fairly quickly.  All you need is some construction paper strips to make the hearts and some glue if you want to put the hearts on a piece of paper to [...]

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Valentine mailboxes and magnets for preschool play

February 13, 2011

I started collecting these little red and white mailboxes from the dollar section at Target sometime in January. I thought they would make terrific additions to our February valentine work boxes… To provide a variety of different learning opportunities and types of play, I included magnetic numbers because the mailboxes are magnetic and it would [...]

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DIY valentine boxes and cards for preschool

February 8, 2011

This is a really cool and simple valentine box and matching valentine cards you can make with your preschooler. Start off with a sheet of poster board and fold it in half – long edge to long edge… Now open it back up and fold the long edges into the center leaving four creases lengthwise [...]

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Save the valentine box for preschool

February 8, 2011

Go out and treat your self to a box of chocolates but be sure to save the box! The valentine box is more than just a box it is also an experience… The chocolate dividers inside the valentine box can be used for a little sensory play, patterning, and a sorting game! Don’t forget the [...]

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Cupid’s arrow teaches terrific concepts in preschool

February 6, 2011

Cupid’s arrow is a fun way to introduce a variety of concepts… We can learn that arrows point us in a certain direction like Up, Down, Left, or Right… We can search for arrows on signs inside and outside of our classroom… And we can explore ways we can care about each other. So cut [...]

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