Valentine's Day is one of my favorite times of year! I love all of the pinks and reds, and talking about love and friendship with my students. Here are some of things we are doing this week:
Books:
There are lots of great books about love, friendship, and sharing. Here are a few of my favorites. I also added a couple of fantasy books because I think castles, fairies, and princesses go well with the Valentine's Day theme. I got most of these books from the Goodwill, and all of the others I got from Target.
Vocabulary Words:
I always like to buy actual objects that go with our vocabulary words! I got cookie cutters in the shape of hearts, flower petals, candy hearts, and valentines. I laminated the valentines so I can use them next year too. I got all of these at the dollar store (besides the cookie cutters which was a gift).
Sensory Play:
This is the Frozen sensory bin, and I just added the Valentine's day vocabulary words to the bin. It was great, because the students pretended to feed the characters some candy, give them valentines, etc.
Sequencing
We did a fun sequencing activity with Valentines! I had visual cues of all of the steps the students would need to take in order to make a Valentine. We also had all of the materials listed. We worked on vocabulary words, following directions, and requesting with this activity!
