Activities page 4
Musical
Hearts Like musical chairs except use large heart shaped cut outs on the floor.
Play
Doctor Listen to each other's hearts with a real stethoscope, if possible.
Valentine's
Day Gift Copy the poem below. Assist each child in cutting an 8 x 11 inch piece of sheer lace. Have each child lay the lace right side down, on a flat surface and place a handful of potpourri in the center of the lace. Help each child wrap the lace around the potpourri and gather the excess lace. Secure it with a ribbon to tie around the sachet. Attach the poem to the sachet.
This pretty bag of potpourri
Was made for you by little me
In it there are leaves and flowers
That will smell sweet for many hours
I helped cut the ribbon and lace
And tied it in a special place
So keep it somewhere it can stay
To remind you of this Valentine's Day
Elaine's
Valentine's (Flannelboard Story)
Flannel Pieces Needed: A little girl
A tree
A cat
A kitten
A cupid
A bird
A squirrel
It was Valentine's Day and Cupid was dancing his way through the woods. Cupid, you know is like a baby angel, with snowy white wings and curly hair. He always carries a little bow and some arrows. As he came out of the woods, he met a cat. "Good day Mrs. Cat," said Cupid. "Have you sent a valentine yet?"
"A valentine! What is that?" asked Mrs. Cat in surprise.
"It is something you send someone you love. It is Valentine's Day. Everyone in the world is sending valentines."
And then little Cupid shot an arrow into the air, and was about to run after it, but Mrs. Cat cried, "Wait a minute, pretty Cupid, will you not help me?"
"I'm sorry," smiled Cupid, "But I only put thoughts into people's hearts, and they do the rest. But I will write some verses for you and leave them by this tree." And with that he spread his wings and flew away.
"There's no one I love better than little Elaine, and she's sick," said Mrs. Cat. "I believe I will send her something." She turned to go back to the barn when she met a squirrel.
"Good day Mrs. Cat," squirrel said. "Where are you going?"
"To find a valentine for sick little Elaine," answered Mrs. Cat.
"There's no one I love better than little Elaine," said the squirrel, "I will go with you." So Mrs. Cat and the squirrel went along together.
"Hello," said a bird. "Where are you going?"
"Oh, we are going to find a valentine for Elaine. She is very sick," said the squirrel and Mrs. Cat.
"Oh, may I go with you? There is no one I love better than little Elaine," said the bird.
"Oh yes," replied the squirrel and Mrs. Cat. So Mrs. Cat and the squirrel and the bird walked along together. The three friends finally reached the barn. Mrs. Cat quickly ran up the stairs to the loft. Tiny "meow" sounds were coming from under the hay. Mrs. Cat gently picked up a tiny kitten from under the hay. "You are going to be Elaine's valentine present," said Mrs. Cat. She will love you so much!"
"What will I give Elaine?" said the squirrel.
"You can carry the valentine verse that Cupid will leave us on the tree," said Mrs. Cat.
"And what about me?" said the bird. "What will I give Elaine?"
"You will sing her a song," said Mrs. Cat.
The three friends arrived at the tree, found the note that Cupid had left and walked along to Elaine's house. Elaine opened her eyes and found the tiny gray kitten from Mrs. Cat, heard the beautiful music from the bird, and found the verse from the squirrel:
Little friend, so kind and true
These valentines we send to you
Our very dearest love to tell
We hope you will soon be well
Elaine picked up the kitten and hugged it and the kitten said, "Meow."
Valentine
Collage Tear up a bunch of pink, red, and white paper into little pieces. Then cut out a big heart from cardboard and the children glue the little papers all over it.
Valentine
Friend Cut a large heart out of construction paper. Bend four 12" x 1" pieces of paper (almost like you make a fan). Attach to the heart for arms and legs. Trace around the child's hands and feet and attach to the arms and legs.
Heart Of
Grass Trace around a heart shaped cookie cutter onto a new sponge, then cut out the shape. Rinse the sponge well to remove any pretreated disinfectant, then let dry. Dampen the sponge slightly, then put it inside the cookie cutter. Sprinkle grass seed onto the sponge, spritz with a plant mister, then cover with plastic wrap. Place the heart on a saucer so dampness won't seep through. Don't forget to add care instructions. Remove plastic wrap when shoots appear. Spritz with water daily. "Mow" as necessary.
Broken
HeartsDraw and cut out a large heart. cut the heart into pieces. Glue them back together again on a background of a different color, leaving a small space between each piece.
Create a word puzzle or a search-a-word using these words: heart, valentine, deliver, candy, roses, red, romance, cupid, bow, arrow, love, and happy. Once they have found all the words in the puzzle, have them write sentences using the words.
Heart
Sachet Cut two felt hearts of the same size. Sew around the edge, but leave an opening large enough to insert a wad of cotton. Put two or three drops of cologne or perfume on the cotton and stuff it into the heart. Finish sewing the heart together. Cut small hearts from contrasting colors felt. Glue them to the sachet.
Art a la
Heart Make animals using whole hearts, half hearts large hearts,small hearts,heart stickers. Some ideas are fish,mice,owl,cat,giraffe,bear.
Read these two Valentine books to the students, The Valentine Bears and The Best Valentine in the World. Compare the two stories with a heart-shaped Venn diagram.
Design A
Card Give the children these Valentine messages and have them make cards that would appropriatly fit them. Be My Tweetheart
I'm Batty Over You
I'm Hog-wild Over You
You Make Me Go Hog-wild
You're the Apple of My Eye
You Otter Be My Valentine
I Can't Bear to Be Without You
I'll Hop Anywhere For You
I Give a Hoot For You
You Drive Me Quackers
I'm Quackers Over You
I Go Ape Over You
You're Purr-fect, Valentine
I Pant For You
Do You Carr-ot All for Me?
to Mrs.
Bee's Busy Classroom