Happy Valentine's Day!

Celebrating St. Valentine

Many of the munchkins are surprised to hear the word "saint" in front of "Valentine's Day", as many times we forget that this holiday is in honor of a wonderful bishop and martyr of our church.  So, to make this more memorable, we spent a week dedicated to the saint, as well as some traditional, fun Valentine's Day activities.

We had a couple of lovely coloring pages of St. Valentine, along with stories of his life.  This included the story explaining the reason why we send cards that are signed with his name.

We made a beautiful tile mosaic project that included an image of St. Valentine and a simple writing about him on the back.

The munchkins also created a pretty little box with a St. Valentine prayer and an image on him inside.  This was packed with "kisses" (chocolate ones, of course) for someone special at home.

Then munchkins also had fun with a cute little project for our front windows.  They ordered the words of "Jesus Loves Me" while ordering hearts of ascending sizes.  Cute!

We enjoyed an afternoon fair sharing (dividing) candy hearts and then graphing how many of each color we ended up with...

The munchkins also played fun center games in their free time.

Everyone had a blast creating a fun heart-person as a mailbox for all the Valentine cards they would receive at our classroom party.

And even more fun opening all the cards that were inside once the "mail" was delivered!

One last treat?

An edible St. Valentine card!

Yum!

St. Valentine, Pray for Us!

Until next time...
Giggles,
Mrs. D.

Valentine's Day Fun

Hearts Everywhere!

It is always fun to get our room ready for the feast of St. Valentine.  Although this "love"-ly saint no longer has an official feast day on the church calendar, we did not forget to include him in our celebration of the day named for him!

We began with a fun heart activity that reminded us that if we're going to talk about love, there is none greater than Jesus!  So we used the words of the perfect song...

"Jesus Loves Me".

As the munchkins cut the hearts, they ordered them by size to sequence the words of the song.  It was the perfect project for our front windows!

 It took lots of cutting...

and some careful planning...

for the perfect finished product!

Aren't we so blessed!

From there we had some fun with St. Valentine himself. The munchkins were captivated as they listened to the story of his life and came to understand the reason why we send little love notes to each other, just as he did to his dear little friend.

After hearing the story, we used a beautiful holy card image of St. Valentine (which was done in a mosaic style) to create a mosaic of our own.  

The munchkins practiced symmetry as they set their tiles and my, what lovely pieces we had when they were completed. 



We continued to fill the week with more hearts, love and fun...

with a pocket chart and class book about hearts everywhere!

And then with some yummy sorting...

 (did you think I'd forget the food?)

and graphing of boxed candy hearts.



With our week complete, our room decorated, and our hearts ready for a great feast day, we came back to school on Monday (luckily with the whole class finally healthy!) to celebrate St. Valentine's Day.

We made a secret gift for someone special...

A painted, heart-shaped rosary box filled with kisses!

We ended our day with a fun and beautifully executed Valentine's Day party compliments of our Room Moms. 

The munchkins made cute mailboxes in which to receive all their love letters...

then played Valentine Bingo Heart.

We ended the day as munchkin mailmen (and women)!

What a happy St. Valentine's Day!
St. Valentine, Pray for us!

Until next time...
Giggles,
Mrs. D.