Valentine's 💗 Inspired Shelfies & Activities Roundup
02/15/2017
Happy Valentine's💝 Day. I hope you had a lovely celebration. Today, I will show you a sneak peek into our Learning Space (our classroom), as well as a summary of our Valentine's inspired activities.
When we moved into our new house (in September of 2016), and I walked into this room and saw these tall double windows and a cathedral ceiling, I knew it will be our learning space. Montessori classrooms are known for their light, airy and child-tailored environment, and I hoped to resemble it in our home-setting. (Adrian is sitting at a Safari table, on this chair. View Table/Chair Height Guide in this post.)
We read this Valentine's book, which is perfect for a three-year old. The story of Saint Valentine is very sad, and this "Rookie" series book has just enough information with big colorful illustrations on each page-spread.
On this shelf we have:
- Pipe-cleaner beading activity (read a post here, also see below),
- Odd and Even activity (read a post here );
- Polar bear unit study (see here International Polar Bear 🐻 Day, February 27);
- Penguin tray (read here ❄️Polar 🌎Regions Unit Study • 🎅🏻 🇦🇶Land 🌊Water 🌬Air).
Below is a summary of our Valentine's inspired activities with links to their respective posts. I also organized the activities by areas of Montessori curriculum.
PRACTICAL LIFE
Threading (red and white) beads on pipe cleaners, making hearts. (Read a post here.)
MATH
Read a post here about Valentine's inspired - Hearts 💯 Hundred Board.
Read here a post on Odd and Even, and also see two videos where Adrian explains the concept he learned.
Read here Valentine's inspired - Number Bingo for Early Math (Numbers 1-50)
SENSORIAL
Read a post about our Valentine's inspired Love ❤️️ Sensory Bin here.
ART/CRAFT
See a video of Adrian making a Threaded Heart Craft here.
Read here Valentine's 💝 inspired - Blue Truck 🚙 Foot -Print Art Project (Sending Loads of Love 💗❤️️💕)
Julia and Adrian's feet Art Projects, along with 36 Classroom Valentine's Day Gifts (see below).
Read here a post about Classroom Valentine's Day Gift Ideas.
I hope you liked our Valentine's inspired unit. I would love to hear which activity was your favorite!
p.s. Below are more posts about our Learning space: