valentine's day: pre-k 4

Ana’s Week

I love Valentine’s Day, not for the commercialized idea of what stores think it should be, but for the values that we can teach our children during the week. Aria and I said “I love you” so much to each other, and through our activities and the things we did for others, we truly embraced why celebrating love is so important.

Both girls continue to love playing in rice bins, and filling it up with dollar store items was easy and kept them entertained all week long. I also bought lots of little items (hearts and jewels) from Hobby Lobby at 90% last year right after Valentine’s Day, which is something I recommend everyone do if they can. It saved me so much money and time this year when planning my unit.

The science experiments we did were the favorite things that we all did. The girls loved the bubbles, and sat on the floor blowing bubbles and making heart cookie cutter bubbles for at least a half an hour. Aria loved the fizzing hearts activity, which was so easy to set up but kept her busy for quite a while. She even asked me to set it up again later so that she could show her dad when he got home from work. Also, the dancing conversation hearts activity was so easy and entertaining. The girls fought over who would get to drop the next aka seltzer tab in the water.

We hoped to have a Valentine’s Day party with friends, but they had to cancel at the last minute. However, we enjoyed making loads and loads of cupcakes for our friends and teachers at My Gym, and that kept us busy for hours. Aria seems to love baking and was super helpful in the kitchen. She also has really embraced the concept of “loving her neighbor” and was so excited to give gifts to her friends.
 
Tuesday of Valentine’s week was also Mardi Gras, so we took a break from Valentine’s Day stuff on Tuesday night to celebrate with masks, a New Orlean’s style meal, king cake (Aria “found” the baby), beads, and lots of fun dancing. Definitely a fun break worth taking.
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We finished up our Valentine’s week with a weekend getaway to Atlanta to celebrate Skylar turning 2, so our week culminated in an even bigger celebration of love with our family (and lots of fun museum time). I’m so glad St. Patrick’s Day is on the way so that the fun isn’t quite yet done!