Diddle Diddle Dumplings: Valentine's Day

Lesson Plan Week of: February 11-15

THEME: Valentine’s Day

GOALS:

· Language

o Recognize and trace “F”

o Children will independently go to their circle time seat

o Children will sit at their circle time seat for 30 seconds

o Identify a heart

o Recognize first letter of their name

o Recognize and say their vocab words

o Recognize the colors red, blue, green, and yellow

· Self-Help Skills

o Learn how to use cup without lid, even with spilling

o Use fork/spoon at least twice during the week

o Actively recognize when it’s clean-up time, and independently put away toys

o Recognize when it is time to take off and put on jacket

· Cognitive

o Participate in hand motions during songs

o Sit on spot during story time

o Recognize when to say please, thank you, your welcome

o Recognize following body parts, eyes, ears, mouth, nose, toes, and belly

· Emotional

o Appropriately share one toy when asked

o Recognize when they’re “sad”

· Physical

o Learn how to “dance”

· Social

o Independently approach a friend to play/share

Opening (circle time):

· Ask children to find their seats

· Music and Finger plays: Skita Marinka

Skita Marinka dinka d-dink, skinna marinka doo I love you.

(arms alternate waving like palm tree, I (point) love (cross) you (point))
Skita Marinka dinka d-dink, skinna marinka doo I love you.

(arms alternate waving like palm tree, I (point) love (cross) you (point))
I love you in the morning and in the afternoon,

(arms make sun, lower sun)
I love you in the evening, and underneath the moon

(arms make cradle, back to “sun”)
Skita Marinka dinka d-dink, skinna marinka doo I love you.

(arms alternate waving like palm tree, I (point) love (cross) you (point))

Tuesday Activity- Valentine’s Bingo

PREPARATION

Print a Valentine Bingo board (printable) for each child and Bingo Master Cards (printable) for teacher. Have a bag of skittles or M&M’s ready for bingo pieces.

ACTIVITY

Hold up the Bingo Master Cards one at a time and explain what each picture is and why it has to do with Valentine’s Day. Give each child a bingo card. As you hold up a Master Card give each child an M&M or Skittle to place on their matching picture.

Thursday Activity- Valentine Pass-out

PREPARATION

Send note home to each parent asking them to have their child bring valentines (NO CANDY) for each student in the class.

ACTIVITY

Talk to the children about receiving valentines and giving valentines. Teach them about saying thank you, and your welcome. Repeat this rhyme as the children are handing out their valentines to each other.

· Music and Finger plays: Valentine For You

(Sung To: 'Farmer in the Dell ')

A valentine for you
A valentine for you
A valentine, a valentine
A valentine for you.

Friday Activity- All of Me

PREPARATION

Cut multiple hearts out of Red, Yellow, Blue, Pink, and Green construction paper.

ACTIVITY

Give each child a colored heart. Hold up each color heart one at a time and have the child/children with that color do something active (dance, jump, hop, roll, etc).

· Read-Aloud Story: *LIST BELOW, Find one at library for the week (You can read both a shape and color book each day or alternate)

· Phonics: Play Letter “F” Video

Center	Category	Day	Activity	Description	Materials Needed
Sensory		T	Jell-O	Make pink and red Jell-O with conversation hearts and glitter sprinkles set into it. Put it in the sensory table with cups, spoons, forks, etc. Let children play with it.	Jell-O Conversation Hearts Glitter sprinkles Cups, spoons, forks, etc. Sensory Table
		TH	Red Soap	Add dish detergent and red food coloring to water in sensory table. Provide egg beaters or wire whisks to make bubbles. Make sure to provide other manipulatives such as c ups too.	Sensory Table Water Red food coloring Dish detergent Wire whisks (egg beaters) Other manipulative
		F	Shaving Cream	Fill sensory table with shaving cream. Swirl watered down food coloring through it. Provide sticks etc for them to swirl. Have pieces of paper there so they can make marble art if they want to. Help them to lay paper on top of shaving cream, remove it and then scrape shaving cream off (leaving a marbled pattern)	Sensory table Shaving cream Food coloring Sticks, etc. Heart shaped paper
		E	Texture bags of color	In each baggie that you want to make, add 5 tablespoons of cornstarch, 1/2 cup water, and a few drops of coloring. Mix ingredients well, until completely blended together. Add the oil. Seal the baggie, getting all of the air out of it. Place the baggie flat on a table and tape the edges down onto the table. As the children push the "write" on the bags, the mixture will change as it is used and then as you let it rest! You can make these with the children or make them in advance.	cornstarch water vegetable oil large ziploc bags liquid water color or food coloring masking tape
Centers	Creative Art	T	Pop-up Heart Hat	Get a paper plate for each child. Fold in half and cut out shape to make heart (Example found here http://alphamom.com/family-fun/holidays/diy-holiday-hats-for-every-occasion/) Have each child decorate their own hat to wear for the rest of the day and take home.	Paper Plate Crayons, markers, glitter, glue, sequins, etc.
	Fine Motor	T	Tissue Paper Hearts	Have children paint their entire paper (cut out in a heart) with vinegar. Then have them cover it with tissue paper. After the vinegar has dried have children peel of the hearts to reveal “stamps” made by the paper all over their heart.	Tissue paper (pink, red, purple) Paper (cut in heart) Vinegar Paint brushes
	Fine Motor	TH	Juice Can Magnets	Give each child the metal top of a juice can (great because they don’t have sharp edges). Put Elmer’s glue into the top of the lid. Give children small craft supplies (beads, sequins, confetti, glitter, etc.) to press into the glue. Once dried add a magnet to the back. Have them give to their mom or dad as a valentine to stick on the fridge!	Juice can tops Small craft supplies Elmer’s glue Magnet’s
	Creative Art	TH	Coffee Filter Hearts	Cover table with a waterproof tablecloth or shower curtain. Children color the hearts with markers. They spray them with the spray bottles and watch the colors run together! Have MANY hearts available as many of your children will want to make a lot of these! Encourage them to color with just red and blue so they can see the shade of purple that they make. Experiment with other colors as well! VARIATION: Instead of spray bottles, provide the children with eye droppers and small cups of water to drop water where they want. Great fine motor skill practice! *These dry very quickly.	Coffee Filters cut into hearts Markers Spray bottles with water
	Cooking	F	Kiss Krispies	Have children help you make rice krispie treats: 3 tb butter or margarine 4 cups miniature marshmallows 6 cups rice krispies Melt butter over low, add marshmallows and stir until melted. Remove from heat and add cereal. Stir until well coated. Let cool for a few minutes. Give each child a funnel and help them to pack the rice krispie treat mixture into the “mold” made from the funnel. Let finish cooling. Wrap in foil with paper sticking out the top like a tag. Makes a large take home “kiss” for their valentine! http://media-cache-lt0.pinterest.com/upload/126874914472133972_o5IcHZsH.jpg	6C Rice Krispies (generic brand) 3 Tb Butter 4 C Mini Marshmallows Funnel for each child Tinfoil Paper with “By my Valentine” written on it for tag
Movement/Music		T	Hide ‘N Seek Hearts	Hide these hearts throughout the room or area you will be playing this (outside is fun as well!). Tell the children they need to find all the hearts. You can also have them try to find all the hearts before a certain song ends. PLAY MUSIC AND DANCE!	Large hearts of different colors cut out of construction paper MUSIC
Movement/Music		TH	Heart Stompin’ Fun!	Have the children dance around the room as the music plays. When the music stops, they have to find a heart and stand on it! EXTENSION: When the music stops and they are all on a heart, hold up or say a number and have them stomp or hop on their heart that many times! PLAY MUSIC AND DANCE!	Large hearts of different colors cut out of construction paper (can use the same from day before) MUSIC
		F	Toss	Play music… have each child take a turn tossing the bean bags into the heart shape on the floor. PLAY MUSIC AND DANCE!	Bean bags Heart shape drawn on floor in masking tape MUSIC

Weekly Vocabulary Words:

· Red

· Pink

· Heart

· Love

Body Part Books

	A Sunday Stroll By Paul Porgese A Valentine for Ms. Vanilla by Fred Ehrlich
	Falling for Rapunzel by Leah Wilcox
	Hearts, Cupids, and Red Roses: The Story of the Valentine Symbolsby Edna Barth
	How Raggedy Ann Got Her Candy Heart My First Raggedy Ann by Jan Palmer
	I Like Youby Sandol Stoddard, Jacqueline Chwast (Illustrator)
	I Love You the Purplestby Barbara M. Joosse
	If You'll Be My Valentineby Cynthia Rylant
	Queen of Heartsby Mary Engelbreit
	Roses are Pink, Your Feet Really Stinkby Diane deGroat (Illustrator)
	Saint Valentine by Robert Sabuda
	Somebody Loves You Mr. Hatch by Eileen Spinelli
	The Best Thing About Valentines by Eleanor Hudson
	The Day it Rained Hearts by Felicia Bond (Illustrator)
	The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn
	The Night Before Valentine's Day by Natasha Wing, Heidi Petach (Illustrator)
	The Story of Valentine's Day by Nancy Skarmeas, Stacy Pickett-Venturi (Illustrator), Stacy Venturi-Pickett (Illustrator)
	The Very Special Valentineby Maggie Kneen
	Today is Valentine's Dayby P. K. Hallinan
	Valentine Hearts : Holiday Poetryby Lee Bennett Hopkins
	Valentine's Day Isby Gail Gibbons
	You and Meby Martine Kindermans (Illustrator)
	You Are My I Love Youby Maryann Cusimano Love
	Valentine School Parties by Wilhelminia Ripple