Friendship Centers

     

Two different pots for our stews.$

Sensory Bin

purple and pink liquid watercolors rice

scoops, mini erasers, silicone cupcake liners, see-through hearts

                                        Tic Tac Toe games from Target.

                                   For the block area, items from Target.

Felt pieces for our flannel board

Cupcakes for Pete and the Missing Cupcake

Reading Buddies

Items for the light table

These are old transparencies!

Excess laminating or sheets

Morning Bins February

There is NO name on these!

I can't find it anywhere. :(

 Trace, trace, (write) and erase here $

I like it when things rhyme lol so we leave out the write part lol

We chant "trace, trace, and erase"

Felt lacers from Target.

I have this product.  I chose some for each month. 

monthly portrait, and scissor skills.

Love Friendship and Valentine's! Oh My!

This week is all about friendship and (love) but don't tell the kids lol

We have these cool family counters and homes.

They are from Learning Resources.

People houses

Two different pots for our stews.$

Our playdough tray.

Did I find more for the tray after I took this photo?

Yes of course lol 

found and added lol

Here are playdough cards and games found here.$

I used those small counting cups from Dollar Tree and the kids add beads to the hearts.

Stamps to make patterns.

Calm down toys

Whenever I intro new toys/items for the calm down area, we practice first.

It's in my lesson plans- demo new items. We squeeze with ONE hand.

I have a whole box of "Hall of Shame" items that were wrecked. :(

Tic tac toe games from Target.

These are number and letter sheets.

I used pink/magenta gems from Dollar Tree.

Trace the number /letter and cover the same ones on the side.

For the block area items from Target.

book shelf #1

Book shelf #2

Papers for our writing center from here$.

 

Week in Review: Love

I made rectangles on a transparency with Washi tape.

I laminated die cut hearts and wrote on them.

Gel bag hearts video

We never did find the berry Kix, so we got Very Berry Cheerios instead :)

Kinderpond Celebrates Love

Learning Board

Letter V

Color Pink

Shape- heart

Numeral- 29-32


Name Practice- Binder

Monday-

Story: Pete's Valentines

Poem: Candy Match

Alphabet Study: Valentine Letter Find
Match upper and lower case letters on hearts.
I grabbed these at Dollar Tree.  I wrote upper case on red and lower case on pink. Place in container filled with whatever, I used paper shreds.

Letters from the Alphabet

Fine Motor: Heart Paper Hole Punch

Science: Heart baking soda 

Math: Pony Beads with heart containers

Art: Creation Station

Writing: Tracing Cards

Theme/Life Skills: Non-Standard Measuring

                                     X's and O's          Cupid's Arrow

Candy Hearts     Many Hearts

Tuesday

Story: Kissing Hand

Poem:  Cupid Cupid

Alphabet Study: Valentine Shake Up

Fine Motor: Tic Tac Toe on Light Table

Science: Valentine Viscosity

Math: Flip and Color Hearts

Art: Creation Station

Writing: Pink Sandbox Heart letters 

Theme/Life Skills: Valentine's Mix

Thursday

Story: Pete's Cupcake

Poem: They Want Love

Alphabet Study: Heart Letters
Fill in the missing letters

Fine Motor: Sort beads onto hearts

Science: Red Slime

Math: Cupcakes and Counting

Art: Creation Station

Writing: Gel and Beads  (video and printable)

Theme/Life Skills: Scissor Skills

Friday

Story: Momma Do You Love Me?

Poem: Family Love

Alphabet Study: Box of Chocolates

Fine Motor: Make Candy Heart Letters

Science: Fill Bottles with Liquids

Math: Card Matching      
                   
                        Valentine's Love                           Cupid's Arrow

Art: Creation Station

Writing: Tara West Letter Tracing

Theme/Life Skills: Tong and Heart Erasers
Don't have erasers? Use pom-poms.

Besides using the Creation Station all week, we will also do Friendship Stew

Here are previous Love lesson plans
* 2017 Love
* 2016 Love plans
* 2015 Love plans



Shopping List:
Candy Hearts
Deck of cards

Berry Kix

Stick Pretzels

Strawberry Goldfish

M&M's

Mini Marshmallows

Vanilla Chex Mix

slime ingredients- depending on which one you choose

Dollar Tree

Plastic Hearts scatter

baking soda

pony beads

garage sale dots

hair gel

zip bag

clear shot glasses

random liquids for disolving hearts and viscocity