Valentine's Planning!

I know we have been seeing candy hearts since Christmas, but it is time to jump on the bandwagon and get cracking on Valentine's Day.

Today I brought my big tub of February Goodies to school and my LOVELY assistant and I got to work.

First, Valentine day card holders....is there a better word?

Last year, we created these cute bees and we want to do them again! I got the idea from here.

I made word documents for the "Bee Mine" Get it FREE here.

We went step-by-step and they turned out so cute! Then I attached the bee to a white gift bag and slapped a cute name tag so we could tell the difference between each child's. 

After school I went to Michael's to pick up a small container of glow sticks for my Valentine cards.  These are so easy and the children LOVE them! 

More to come tomorrow! 

Aren't they the sweetest? 

MLK Recap

Last week we honored Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

I introduced Martin Luther King by reading Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King by Jean Marzollo. This is a perfect book for Kinders. It is simple and reaches them on their level. I do leave out the part that says he was shot...

The children were SHOCKED when they heard this story and could not believe people were treated so unfairly. I honestly do not think children this young see 'color.' They see friends and fairness. 

Students then watched part of Dr. King's "I have a Dream Speech" on YouTube. Click here to see it. 

Then as a class we spoke about our own dreams. I told the children how my dream was to become a teacher. I told them about how my friend's older sister played school with us and then how I too had a school of my own. I made worksheets and had my very own chalkboard. I told them DREAMS COME TRUE to those who work hard. 

I found this idea on Pintrest, (link), and then made it my own. It was my first year doing this activity and I think it turned out pretty cute! 

Opened to see a little bit of writing:

Some precious writing: 

"My dream is to be a doctor because I like pads of paper to write information about the person." 

This cracked me up: 

"My dream is to become a singer because I like to sing 'Call Me Maybe" and to be famous." 

Next year I want to have the students bring in an item to represent what they want to be when they grow up, so I can take a picture. 

I love teaching Kindergarten! They are the sweetest!