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 

Moms and babies in Kinderpond

Learning Board-

Letter J (first letter of my name)

Color Purple {it's my favorite color, use your favorite color :)  }

Shape- Heart

Numeral- 6


Name Practice- Binder

Monday-

Story-Are You My Mother?

Poem Mother Gooney Bird

Art~ Paint with Feathers

Math/Life Skills/Science  Light Table

I grabbed my jewels from Dollar Tree in the toys section.

Theme- Cutting Box

Just as it sounds.  I have a bunch of scrap papers in a box, just to practice cutting. 

Snack-So snacks this week, since it's all about mothers, I am picking some of my favorite snacks. 

Today will be spinach and artichoke dip.  Froglet also likes it :)

Tuesday-

Story-Where is My Mother? 

Fingerplay Mommy-O (user upload)

Music- Dance Party to mom's favorite songs. 

Math/Life Skills/Science- Tracing from mom to baby sheet  

I know that it is for scissor skills, but we aren't there yet, so tracing it is!

Theme-Play-Doh!

Good old fashioned Play-Doh!   We don't get this out nearly enough!

Snack-Stove Top Granola

Thursday-

Story  Does a Kangaroo have a Mother too?

Fingerplays- Ocean Moms and Babies

Art- Mom and baby elephant hand print   (no link)
I don't do hand prints anymore but I really like this idea and plan to hang it in our living room :)

Math/Life Skills/Science Circle number using clothes pins  

The link to the site led me nowhere. 

Theme-Mother's Day Cards

Snack- Chocolate Cookie in a Mug

Friday-

Story Is Your Mama a Llama?

Fingerplays- If You Love Your Mother and you know it (user upload)

Art-Mom tape resist

Math/Life Skills/Science Mom and Baby puzzle
I just happen to have this in our zoo stash!

Theme- How to Teach scissor skills
Watch the video.  We will do the second one. Maybe the third one too.  Start off with the ripping. If your child is more advanced, choose several for added fun.

Snack-Orange Julius (broken link)

Shopping List:
Paint
Feathers
Clothes Pins
Canvas
Painters Tape
Scissors
Stickers


*****SNACKS- your choice!!!!