Valentine Activity

I created this little activity for my Kiddos today. Thought I would share.

Valentine Shake and Find

There are lots of little hands around here that need to be kept busy. I am always saving containers and trying to find a use for them. Today it was a peanut butter jar that inspired me. Enjoy!

Print two of the Valentine Shake and Find game board. Cut apart the pictures of one and place in a clear lidded container. I taped some pennies to the backs of some of my pictures to add weight because they were all wanting to stay in the same place. Then fill the container with rice, beans, sand or whatever else you can think of. I used rice for this one, and we even colored it by mixing in a couple of drops of red food coloring! Now we have fun red and pink rice!

Have student Shake the container and Find the pictures. When they find a match, have them put something on the game board. Tomorrow I am going to set out a bowl of heart candies for them to use. How ever many pictures they find is how many they will get to eat! 

If you would like further instruction and ideas go here for my Shake and Find Instructions.

Happy Day!

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What's your Name?

Did you know that today is "Change your Name day"? 

In honor of this the Kiddos and I have changed our names.

Mrs. Giggle-pants 

 I have five children named: 

Dr. Rock, Ling, Crayon Ella, Kayla-Lisa, and Juicey. 

We are all wearing paperclip necklaces  and when we get a name wrong we have to give them a paperclip. At the end of the day, the one with the most WINS!

So far my name is most often mistaken....saying Mommy is a habit that is hard to break! I think after lunch I will have to give away 2 paperclips when I get a name wrong. This should even things up better.

FUN FUN FUN!

Did you get a new name today?

Happy Day!
P.S. It is a GREAT day to read the classic story Rumplestiltskin!

Gearing up for V-day!

Just a quick note to share some resources I have found for some Valentine's Day Fun. 


Count down cards: Cute little cards for counting down until Valentine's Day
                              From: Enchanted Homeschooling Mom (freebie download!)


February Book Bag:  A packet put together with activities/worksheets for the month of February. It has fun V-day stuff as well as worksheets about: Teeth, The Heart, Weather, President's day (and birthdays), math and writing concepts. Lots to do in this packet for elementary-age student's and we look forward to using it!
                              From: Teacher's Book Bag @ Currclick (.99 cent download!)


Simple Days Unit Studies: Valentine's Day: Cute little packet of worksheets for the beginning learner (preschool to first grade would be my guess). Pictures to color, lines to write, and counting. Nineteen pages of cuteness.
                            From: The Simple Homeschool @ Currclick (freebie download!)
                        (this is the direct link to their site) * (this is the link where I downloaded my copy)


Now, hopefully I can get my printer to wake up and print all this fun for the next month!


Happy Day!

Happy 4th!

We had a great time yesterday. There were no BBQ's for us to attend or grand fireworks shows, but we had fun creating our own celebration of our Nations Birthday.

We decorated our bikes (and stroller) with patriotic items and went parading around our neighborhood while songs from the cd Wee Sing America blasted from my Ipod speakers. It was a lot of fun, and got us into the spirit. We also stuck a bunch of little flags all over our front yard, and made smores.

After our parade Hanarose asked me to take off her training wheels! She tried a few times before she lost her nerve for the night. I am positive she will get it soon.

Once it was dark we watched the neighborhood light up with fireworks and bangs.

All in all it was a  very Happy Day!  Hope yours was too!