Inside: Beautiful Valentine heart art projects I joined up with Emily from Emmy Mac’s Class PLUS 187 other Canadian teachers for the Great Canadian Valentine Swap! Each teacher sends a Valentine to 20 other classes across Canada, and in return we all receive 20 different Valentines for our own class. We’ve already received six cards. On Monday I’m going to … Read more
Inside: Learning about snow in Grade 1. Happy New Year, everyone! Our first week back at school was all about snow. We read some great books and watched a couple of very cool snow videos. It even snowed for about 5 minutes during recess on Monday. We live in Victoria, where we maybe get snow once a year, so you … Read more
Inside: Lots of Valentine Ideas for a First Grade Classroom Panda Art My class made these sweet little heart pandas with my favourite substitute teacher. Cute, hey? We decided to free-form it. So she gave the kids their paper, showed them how to fold it, and then demonstrated how to cut half a heart shape. We BOTH thought it would … Read more
Inside: Valentine ideas for your primary classroom Hi Everyone, Eight more days until Valentines! Love, love, love it! I’m going to share some of the things I like to do in my class on Valentine’s Day. Valentine Bags We usually make these bags in white (easier to find) but you can see how sweet the coloured bags look, too. I … Read more
Inside: Valentine paintings in a pop art syle. Every time a new holiday rolls around it feels like my favourite. Does that happen to you, too? Valentine’s Day is no exception. I just love the pinks and reds and purples and blues and all the pretty, frilly activities that go along with it. In preparation for this long-awaited day, my … Read more
Inside: Animals Hearts and Valentine Poetry. Hello! Today I’m sharing a couple of our Valentine highlights from the week. Animal Hearts Do you remember making animal hearts when you were a kid? It’s one of my favourite memories of Valentines Day, that and making the little box or envelope that we’d collect our cards in 🙂 On Friday we got … Read more
Inside: Two Valentine books, a Valentine poem freebie and some Valentine bag ideas. Hello! I’m teaming up with Chrissy from First Grade Found Me and her cute Valentine book linky. Currently I only have two Valentine books … but here they are! My Two Valentine Books Tomorrow is February 14th and Hippo is looking for a valentine, but all of … Read more
Inside you’ll find a template for making the cutest valentine day treats bags! Valentine Bags for Kids! If you’re looking for a last minute idea for Valentine bags you might want to try this. Very easy and cute. This little project was so easy that kids could easily complete it independently during centres. The instructions show the finished dog so … Read more