Happy Valentines Day

 (We have already enjoyed early valentines pancakes)

For a few reasons we will not be doing any new valentines related activities, so I'm just posting you a link to previous years Valentines activities

(and we'll probably get to draw hearts in the snow)

Valentines playdough and sewing

Cut felt hearts (poundland dish clothes again) joined together with safety pins for the sewing process. The stitches to be guided with penned dots.
Play dough tray, with heart cutters (poundland), heart silicone cup cake cases (poundland), heart tin with buttons in, red playdough, rolling pin and little modelling knifes.

Five Favourite Valentines blogs

I din't have time to take photos today (couldn't post without so boring so googled this one, playdough tray tomorrow) so am giving you links to my five favourite blogs that suggest Valentines activities for preschoolers (mainly Montessori based), hope you will find then as inspiring as I do.

Valentine's card making basket @ Chasing Cheerios

February shelf activities (montessori) @ Counting Coconuts

Valentine's craft activities @ Crafty Crow

Valentine's activities @ My Montessori Journey

Valentines shelf activities @ Montessori Spanish

Sorry one that I couldn't really pass without drawing your attention to it, it is not strictly a "children's activity" but think you could use with children very successfully.

Heart Page Markers @ It's all Fiddle Fart

Valentines Activities

5 Pretty flowers song I created to the tune of five current buns. I have created a little song box to accompany the rhyme (I actually did it the other way around but...that's just highlighting the outcome before the activity frame of mind I'm disposed to I guess) I added, a little bag, purse money song card and created peg flowers. I wrote the cost on the flowers to support in adding money (for those at that level, not necessary though)

Copy and print the rhyme below to create your own rhyme box.

Extending from the popular button snake, I've created a button heart. Incorporating size into the activity and a bit of problem solving required to thread the hearts in the correct size order.

Sorting felt hearts (and a bow) by colour/ shade.

Creating repeating patterns from the sorted hearts.

valentines pairs

So here starts the Valentines activities...

Stones painted with matching hearts.

Turn all stones over, turn two over at a time to match pairs. Play alone or in twos.

Stored in a gift box.