Love in the Mail

This week in February was all about Love and Mail. So appropriate for Valentine's Day!!

First we talked about the shape of the month. A heart! The kids tried to make a heart with their bodies.

Their first attempt was pretty good!

Then it went downhill from there.

With the help of Teacher, they nailed it.

Sorry, the picture wouldn't rotate.

They had lots of fun making mailboxes that they would use for delivering/receiving Valentine's at our party the next day.

We also practiced our counting with heart cereal.
To make it more challenging for these smarties, we did some simple addition and subtraction problems, too.

We talked about how fun it is to get letters in the mail, and how happy we can make people when we send them letters. Than they each made a Valentine for someone special. I know for a fact that Christopher's Grandpa was THRILLED to get his Valentine/birthday card.

The kids had a lot of fun learning how to cut out paper hearts.

The first thing we did on party day was cut out sugar cookies!

These kids were pros and cut out 95% of all the cookies, with minimal dough eating.

We made mailman hats to get ready to deliver Valentine's. I asked the kids if they would like to be a mailman.
Christopher said "nah" (I think he has other career choices in mind-Ninja Turtle)
Ryan said, "Yes, because I like getting things in the mail."
Eisley said, "No, because I would miss my mommy and daddy."

They also learned how to (somberly) say "love" in ASL.

We had a lot of practice delivering Valentines til...

Finally it was time for the party!
Each kid set up "house" in a different section of my house and took turns delivering their Valentine's to each other.

Then we enjoyed some delicious treats and cookie decorating.

These kids were decorating pros!

Happy Valentine's Day!