L is for "Love"

Love was in the air today in preschool (except on a few minor occasions, most of which involved candy!).  The kids were so excited to hand out their Valentines that we did that first and didn't even take the time to decorate their bag.

During Circle Time, our counting box held individual boxes of conversation hearts which the kids all got to open.  We then spent some time doing "heart math," i.e. counting the different colored hearts that everyone had.  Luckily, everyone got to say that they had the most of at least one color.

We read the story of the Good Samaritan from the LDS New Testament Stories and discussed what it means to love your neighbor.  We also read several other Valentine's Day books while the kids ate some of their newly acquired candy.

We made Valentine crafts including some heart-shaped "sun catchers."  The kids spooned colored crayon shavings onto waxed paper and then I used an iron to melt them.  The kids loved watching the colors mix together.

(Notice Gavin was the only one attempting to lick the crayon shaving spoons.  Yuck!)

On a side note, with the wind being so crazy, I had to run outside during lunch to catch some fleeing tarps, and ended up going a house or two down in either direction to find garbage can lids, etc.  When I came back inside it was VERY quiet.  And this is why:

Food must taste SO much better underneath the table!

Make sure to check your bags for the cards the kids made you.

Happy Valentine's Day!