February 1, 2020 by toddletowne2015

Valentine’s Activities

We will have so much fun and excitement celebrating LOVE in all sorts of ways. Here is how you and your family can join in!

Food Group Treat Week
During the week of Valentine’s Day each day will be represented by a different food group. Help us teach the children to make healthy food choices by letting them select and bring in an appropriate treat to share with their friends. PLEASE, NO COOKIES, CUPCAKES, OR CANDY!

Monday, February 10 = Dairy
Tuesday, February 11 = Grain
Wednesday, February 12 = Fruit
Thursday, February 13 = Vegetable
Friday, February 14 = Meats

Valentine Exchange
We will have an exchange of valentines during the week of Feb. 12 – 16. On any of these days, your child may bring 20 valentines signed with his or her own name. This is a good motivation for practicing name writing. But… it is a big job to write your name 20 times, so please get the Valentines early so they can do one or two a night. Remember parents! One upper case letter to start the name, and the rest lower case. We will decorate bags at school to hold the valentines which the children will distribute when they bring them to school.

Valentines for Grandparents
We will be making valentines to send to the children’s grandparents. Please send in a stamped pre-addressed envelope for each grandparent you wish to receive a valentine no later than the February 7.

Our unit for February will feature “Community Helpers”, we will emphasize that each of you is a community helper. We will need a lot of help! We will be sending a “homework” sheet home. Please fill one out for each adult member of the child’s family. If you need more than one sheet, please request it. Directions are on the sheet. Our lessons throughout February are based upon the “homework” sheets. We will not be able to teach effectively without help from you! Please help us.

We will also have a COMMUNITY HELPERS SHOW & TELL Please send something that you use in your job. Things will be displayed in the Discovery Room. Each child will use their parent’s tools for a Community Helper show & tell” on a special day to be posted.

Beginners will be given many opportunities to practice verbally identifying facial features and to point to other body parts. They will use three to six piece puzzles and match objects to pictures of objects. The youngsters will focus much of their efforts on learning to dress themselves. This is important in developing independence and self-esteem.

Preschool children will focus on personal safety practices. We will emphasize teaching information children need for their own protection if lost or kidnapped. They will be learning their own full names, their parents’ names, addresses and phone numbers. They will learn how to call 911 and give emergency information. Care will be taken to teach these skills without frightening the children. We will also use the Community Helper theme to work on some self-help skills such as recognition of body parts and dressing skills. Children who are ready will work on recognizing the alphabet and other pre-reading skills.