Promoting kindness and friendship, we read Heartprints by P.K. Halliman. Throughout the book, there are many different acts of kindness illustrated by the characters in the book and surrounding each act of kindness are lots of heartprints. We talked all week about how we could leave heartprints throughout the day.
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gives a perfect example of how to make friends and is just an all around fun book to read.
"What makes a good friend?" was the topic of the week. We talked about how to be a good friend- making friends feel better when they're sad or mad, making friends feel welcome and meeting new friends. We role played meeting new friends by introducing ourselves, shaking hands, and saying, "Nice to meet you."
We used heart beads, valentine straws and beads of valentine colors to make valentine necklaces- great for fine motor practice.
Always a favorite...Valentine Post Office! We read The Day it Rained Hearts
for inspiration, and then with hearts galore and lots of stickers and stamps, we had fun working with our friends, making some beautiful valentines.
Our sensory bin was filled with hearts of all colors shapes and sizes. We sorted, poured, manipulated, and more!
Speaking of "hearts", we watched and listened to a healthy heart. Then we used a stethoscope to hear our own healthy hearts beat.
Hearts are a symbol for Valentine's Day.
for inspiration, and then with hearts galore and lots of stickers and stamps, we had fun working with our friends, making some beautiful valentines.
Hearts are a symbol for Valentine's Day.
We had heart shape pans, marbles and valentine colors for some marble painting. We dipped the marbles in the paint and then used a spoon to transfer them to the heart-shaped pan. We moved the pan around as the marbles did the painting for us. As we created, we sang "Skidamarink".
Love and friendship were in abundance as we passed out our Valentine cards and treats we brought for our friends.
There are so many great books about love and friendship. We read them over and over again. Old favorites like...
the bear books
Corduroy books
and played some fun friendship games- "Ring Around the Rosie" and Friend to Friend".
We had a great time celebrating love and friendship with our families and friends.
Here are some random pictures of friendship captured throughout the week...
