It's Valentines Day Hip Hip Hooray!!

Wow, can I just say-what a complete whirlwind of a day! I always love class party days but I always feel really exhausted at the end of them. Its the beauty of kindergarten, such anticipation leading up to great events, but then sheer exhaustion sets in and I am ready for a beer and a bubble bath by 4:30pm.

So here is a little peek into our week leading up to Valentines, and of course all the fun stuff we did to celebrate all the LOVE that was in the air.

 We made Monster boxes! Aren't they just the CUTEST things you have ever seen? I thought so :)

 Of course I had to make one first so the kids would have an example. They thought it was hilarious!

Here are a couple of centers we enjoyed working with this week:

You can grab this download for free HERE

(Don't you just love that the girl frog has a big bow? So precious!!)

We read the story Froggy's First Kiss, which my kiddos thought was so funny.  Then we did a great follow up activity. My first graders had to read sentences (about the book) and decide what kind of punctuation mark to put at the end. The worksheet below has three sections for students to write a telling sentence, asking sentence and an excited sentence.

This super cute unit was a free download compliments of Cara Carroll at The First Grade Parade

Here is another fun center my students had a blast with!

I found these hearts at Dollar Tree and thought they would make a great valentines literacy activity. 

I wrote capitol letters on the front of the hearts and lowercase on the back. Then I had my kindergarteners match them together.

My firsties used these hearts to make CVC words. 

And for an extension assignment, we made challenge words (words that start with digraphs)

On Thursday, we learned about the 5 love languages (words of encouragement, quality time, physical touch, acts of service and gift giving) and the ways we give and receive love. After we talked about them, I had each of the kids identify what their love language is and then glue it on a heart with their name on it.

If you want to learn more about the 5 love languages check it out 

HERE

We displayed them in the hallway so everyone can see :)

And here is a fun little Pinterest find, I decided to use this year for my kiddos. It's hard to see, but the valentine's say "Happy Valentine's Day Love Bug," 

I liked the idea of giving my students a valentine that wasn't full of sugar.

Grab a free copy of these valentines HERE

And of course, Valentines wouldn't be complete without a fun little gift for my coworkers

 Last but not least, this posting wouldn't be complete without including a little personal touch.

I had a hard time thinking of something I could get my hubby since all the traditional valentines gifts are bent towards pleasing women (flowers, chocolate etc.) So of course, I had to hop on Pinterest and see what ideas were swirling around. 

Here's what I came up with:

I confess I took the pic after he started devouring the Frittos (they're his favorite, so he couldn't wait to eat them)

If you like the tag, you can download it HERE

So after the craziness of a fun filled week, I headed home and was greeted by a very sweet surprise

Tulips, Proseco and a Spanish love poem. Oh that's right, did I mention my husband is a Spanish teacher. 

His Spanish fluency always comes in handy when he wants to be romantic.

I'm a sucker for it every...single…time! :)

And so everyone, I must wish you adieu. I hope you all have a fabulous President's Day weekend!