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A Day Filled With Love

I know Valentines Day was last week, but I was so busy promoting the Mother Goose Time Manipulative giveaway that I didn't get a chance to share much about what we did last week. Now that it's all done I can focus on all the fun we've been having. We decided to use the Valentines Day Celebration Kit that came with Februarys box. February was all about Nursery Rhymes, but they always send a bonus kit that is centered around a holiday or something relevant for the month. January was a celebration of peace kit, we learned about Martin Luther King Jr, did some yoga and made a calendar to start our new year off with. We decided that we would use our Valentines Day kit on Valentines Day.


We started the day by doing the Spreading Love Snack Recipe for breakfast. I gave them each a baggie with a few strawberries and a little bit of sugar in it. They smashed it into a jam like spread while I toasted their bread. Once that was done I let them use a cookie cutter to make the toast into hearts. Then I gave them each a knife and let them spread their strawberry jam onto their bread. It was very tasty and they loved the idea of making their own jam. My kids never eat jam but decided that they would give this a fair chance. I also made them some chocolate chip oatmeal to go with it and some strawberry milk made with the leftover strawberries. The themed breakfast got everyone into a happy loving mood, it was a great way to start the morning.





After we finished breakfast we read the Prince's Valentine and used the story pieces to help act out the story as we read it. Both of my kids get very excited when we get story pieces to go with our books. I like it because it helps them stay engaged while I read the story. If they don't have something to do while I read they usually get distracted very easily. Story pieces help with this, and if there aren't story pieces I then have them do a coloring page. The story was about a prince looking for the perfect gift for the princess. He ends up finding a blind bird that sings because there is so much beauty in its heart. This was such a cute story with a great message, it lead to a really great conversation about having beauty, love, and happiness in your heart even when you can't see a reason for it to be there.  


After this we went out for a bit and did a nature walk with a homeschool group that we are part of. Nothing better then getting out and sharing your love with friends and nature on such a special day. When we came back we had a heart shaped lunch with mini heart sandwiches and heart shaped fruit. We really went all out with the hearts today. I think it made the food taste better.


 After lunch we played the healthy hearts game. We talked about how our heart needs exercise to be healthy and strong. We also learned how to find our pulse. We counted how many times our heart beat before we played the game to find our resting heart rate. Then we used a dice to tell us which exercise to do. Once we completed each exercise we took our pulse again to compare what our heart did after activity. They noticed that it beats much faster after exercising. After we did this I read a few more Valentines Day books that I checked out from the library. These books had a lot of facts about the holiday and its origins. After we finished our books we checked our pulse again and noticed that it had gone back down to its resting rate. We talked about how the more you exercise the healthier your heart is and it makes it easier for the heart to return to its resting rate quicker. We all decided that we wanted healthy hearts
 

Once we were done with this activity we worked together to make a special dinner for the family and we made heart sugar cookies for dessert. We ran out of time to do all the activities included in the celebration kit this month, but the ones that we did get to helped to make this a very fun day. I really enjoyed spending Valentines Day with my loves. Next months celebration kit has a St. Patrick's Day theme to it and we are really excited to incorporate all the fun activities into the day.


*Mother Goose Time has generously provided our curriculum to us in exchange for our stories and honest opinions*




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