Feb. 13, 2008
WFMW Valentine's Fun
This is a rerun from last year but pretend you don't notice. :)
These are for all different ages, so just use what you like and what is appropriate for your kid(s.) You can many more Valentine lesson plans and unit study ideas online.
- Give each child a box of conversational hearts, carefully opening the box so as not to rip it. Have them sort the hearts by color.
- Make a bar graph of the number of each color.
- Estimate how many hearts will fit on this sheet and then try it and see how close you were.
- Ask questions that help them with quantatative differences. For example,
• Which color do you have the most of?
• Which color do you have the least of?
• What is the difference between the greatest color and the least color?
• How many more white candies do you have than pink candies?
- Play Valentine Battleship
- Use the Conversation Hearts box to make a picture frame. Cut out the little heart on front and add a picture of your child. We added an adhesive magnet on the back to make it a refrigerator magnet.
- Cut out heart shapes and put numbers on them to help your kids learn skip counting. Make a set of 10's or 5's or 2's or whatever your child needs help with.
- Find city names having to do with Valentine's Day and mark them on a US map. Examples: Valentine, IN; Valentine Az; Valentine, NE.
- Practice handwriting by having your child sign his name to a pack of 32 Valentines, LOL. This may take a while, depending on the age of your kids :)
- Do a lapbook or unit study on the human heart for science. We did one and learned alot!
- Research the origin of Valentine symbols. Here's a good place to start, but you can probably find more.
- Learn about symmetry
- See how many words you can make from the letters in the phrase "Happy Valentine's Day!"
Check out WFMW over at Chilihead's Blog while Shannon is away!
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Feb. 13, 2008 - http://infinitygoods.wordpress.com
 Posted by Anonymous
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These are excellent homeschool ideas. I really like the refrigerator magnet!
If you're looking for more Valentine ideas, that what I posted about. I have 2 dessert recipes and inexpensive ideas to show your love.
Happy St. Valentine's Day!
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Feb. 13, 2008 - Untitled Comment
 Posted by writmm
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Great ideas! We are having a Valentine's Day party tomorrow with our homeschool group and we are going to give the kids chopsticks to try and pick up the candy hearts from a bowl . Whatever they can get, they get to keep:)
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