Here are some Valentine’s Day activities to do with your little ones this week!

Puzzles, Poems, and Printables

Paper Conversation Heart Wreath

Valentine’s Handprint Poem

Heart Shaped Finger Puppet

Heart Shaped S’mores Pops

Candy Rings

Cornstarch Hearts

Napkin Roses

Paper Love Bugs

How do you celebrate Valentine’s Day with your kids?

Last year, Little S and I completed learning time activities each day.  It was a fun way to spend time together and I feel like she learned so much.  This year, she is attending a VPK but I am posting our activities from last year for those of you with little ones at home.  We have missed the past few Mondays, but are trying to catch up!  To see all of the learning time activities, go to Just For Fun>Learning Time.

The Letter L

Monday

1. Color the letter L.
2. Trace the letter L.
3. olor the Hidden Letter L.

Tuesday

1. Read The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle.
2. Do a ladybug craft.  We are going to make the ladybugs with movable wings!
3. Color the ladybugs!

Wednesday

1. Read The Tawny Scrawny Lion by Kathryn Jackson.
2. Make a lion mask.
3. Watch Lion King.

Thursday

1. Read/sing Mary Had a Little Lamb.
2. Lamb Craft – On a sheet of colored construction paper, glue cotton balls in the shape of a sheep.  Draw the legs and eyes!

Friday

1. Read a book about the library.  (Library Mouse and Stuart Little at the Library were two I spotted on BN.com)
2. Go to the library and have a little scavenger hunt (I will post a scavenger hunt document late this week)!
3. Check out some books!

I don’t know about you, but we are only three days into our school holiday break and my kids are already restless.  Rain all day only contributed to it!  Here are some Christmas activities that can help keep the kids busy, even if just for a few minutes at a time.  Some of these crafts will even make great gifts for family members.

Here are some craft ideas and activities for Christmas.  If you have any ideas to share, let me know in the comments or via email!

Christmas Coloring Pages

Colors and Shapes Christmas Tree

Christmas Tree Maze

Twelve Days of Christmas Coloring Pages and Number Practice

Handprint Angel

Puzzle Piece Picture Frame

Handprint Christmas Tree Craft

Christmas Pages – Mazes, math pages, cryptograms, etc

Every Monday I am reaching back into the archives to share the learning activities that we did last year when Little S was home with me.  Each week, we worked our way through the alphabet and we read stories, did crafts, and played games that helped reinforce the letter we were learning that week.  This week we are sharing activities for Hanukkah!   If you have any activities to go with ours, let us know! 

Here are some craft and activity links for Hanukkah!  If you have any Hanukkah activities to share, please leave a comment!

All About Hanukkah

Paper Menorah

Paper Plate Menorah

Word Searches and Crossword Puzzles

Coloring Pages

Activities for Preschoolers

 

Every Monday I am reaching back into the archives to share the learning activities that we did last year when Little S was home with me.  Each week, we worked our way through the alphabet and we read stories, did crafts, and played games that helped reinforce the letter we were learning that week.  This week we are sharing activities for the letter J!   If you have any activities to go with ours, let us know!  When the kids are home, I am going to get started with homemade Christmas gifts too!

Monday

1. Color the letter J.
2. Trace the letter J.
3. Color the hidden picture.

Tuesday

1. Read Jack and the Beanstalk.  (You can watch the story told here.)
2. Jack and the Beanstalk coloring sheets – here,here

Wednesday

1. Read Jellybeans for Sale by Bruce McMillan.
2. Practice counting with jelly beans!

Thursday

1. Read Rumble in the Jungle by Giles Andreae.
2. Talk about the animals of the jungle.  Color Jungle pages.
3. Watch The Jungle Book.

Friday

1. Rudolph the Red Nosed Handprint
2. Candle Jars (or you can just decorate some already bought candles)
3. Hot Chocolate Cones

Every Monday I am reaching back into the archives to share the learning activities that we did last year when Little S was home with me.  Each week, we worked our way through the alphabet and we read stories, did crafts, and played games that helped reinforce the letter we were learning that week.  This week we are sharing activities for the letter I!   If you have any activities to go with ours, let us know!  When the kids are home, I am going to get started with homemade Christmas gifts too!

Until Christmas, I am using every Friday for Christmas Craft Day!  We are making almost all of our gifts this year and I really want the kids to help out.  I will post a few kid craft gift ideas on Fridays.  If you have any fun craft ideas that will make great gifts, please let me know in the comment section or send me a message via email or the Contact form.

Monday

1. Color the letter I.
2. Trace the letter I.

Tuesday

1. Read Hungry Harry by Joanne Partis and talk about the different insects.
2. Insect Coloring Pages
3. Make a bug catcher (a craft video starts playing when you open the link) and go on a bug hunt. Let them go when you are through watching them!

Wednesday

1. Talk about opposites using Inside/Outside.
2. Draw a picture of things that are inside that begin with the letter I and things that are outside that begin with the letter I.

Thursday

1. Read Curious George Goes to an Ice Cream Shop by Margaret Rey.
2. If you have an ice cream maker, make ice cream together.  If not, take a trip to an ice cream shop (even though you might want hot chocolate with the way the weather has been the past few days!).  If you go at a time when it isn’t very busy, you might be able to ask them a few questions about how things work at an ice cream shop.
3. Practice numbers 1-10 and colors with the ice cream cone craft.  Cut out the cone and ten scoops of ice cream.  Stack to make a complete ice cream cone.  Label the colors and numbers!

Friday

Begin work on homemade gifts from the kids.

1. Rock Family Plaque Craft - This craft is supposed to be a Father’s Day craft but I thought it would make a great gift for the grandparents in the family.  The kids will have fun finding rocks that will be perfect for each family member.
2. Reindeer Ornaments or Craft Stick Santa ornaments to tie on the tree
3. Personalized Handprint Totes - These patterns are probably more springy and better suited for Mother’s Day but think of all the things you can do with handprints…Christmas trees, etc!  Save your Michael’s, Joann’s and Hobby Lobby coupons and this is a super inexpensive gift!