Preschool: Valentine's Day

We had fun in preschool this week with our theme of Valentine's day which included lots of hearts. Tuesday we started our day off with a little sorting activity. I cut out some small hearts that were different colors and searched through Paige's craft things to find some red and pink pom poms and things that she could sort in an empty egg carton. 

Then for art we created a magic heart art drawing. I glued on some paper hearts and then put a blank piece of paper over the top and while she colored with crayons the hearts would magically appear onto her paper.

We did a quick music time since she wasn't really in the mood to sing and I had a doctor's appointment to get to. Then for our learning time I had cut out some heart number puzzles. I mixed them all up and she had to match the two numbers together. It helped her more with number recognition and then once she got them all matched up, I tested to see how well she knew all the numbers. She is getting really good with counting and recognizing numbers 1-10 though she still calls an 8 a B which is pretty cute.

She rode her scooter in the house for a little bit and I read her "Clifford, We Love You" for our story time to end the day.

Wednesday we started off by playing with kinetic sand.

Then for art she did some yarn weaving on a heart.

Music we brought out the musical instruments which is always a hit and makes music time last a little longer.

The highlight of the week for Baylor was our learning time. I used some of the extra Valentine's we had and cut them out and taped them on some Popsicle sticks and we made up our own puppet shows. Baylor loved it! At first, she would just show us each one and tell us what it was. Then we all took turns (Nona and Pops were good sports to join us) and Baylor would have another turn after each of us and always incorporate something from our story into the one she did. It was cute to watch and Baylor loved it. I loved hearing everyone's stories and we did it again in the evening with some of our finger puppets with dad.

I loved watching her light up and just being enthralled with each story and how cute she was when she made up her own.

Then for our active time, she danced with Paige and with her kitty and we threw her kitty back and forth for a little bit. Then to end our day, we read "The Bernstein Bears Valentine Party."

Thursday we started off with playing with blocks. She quickly built Nona and Pop's house and then was ready for the next activity.

For art, I printed off a whole bunch of things that Baylor loves and she glued them onto a heart and then decorated it with heart stickers. On the back she drew the cutest picture of our family (pictured bottom left). It is Nate, Baylor, me, and Paige. I love toddler versions of people.

We sang a few songs and then for learning time I put a heart with a number on it at the top of a pipe cleaner and she had to string on the number of beads that were on the heart. At first she wanted to put them all on at once until she realized what we were doing. It was a lot of counting practice and she did great at putting the beads on the pipe cleaners all by herself.

For our active time, we did a heart hide and seek. I got 12 big foam hearts from the dollar store and hid them all over in the front room. We took turns and I loved watching her find and seeing the cute places that she hid them. It was a fun activity to end our week. We ended our day with the reading of "Happy Love Day, Daniel Tiger." It was a fun theme and a fun week!