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Circle Time:

Valentine Letter Match Up
Print Out All 7 Cards
Letters A - Z Are Used!

Circle Time: Valentine Letter Match Up
Pre Reading - Letters Activity
You will need: 26 milk lid covers or print out the circles with the letters on them, permanent marker and cardstock paper.
After the cards are printed out and cut apart, you will need either milk lid covers and a permanent marker and write the letters A, B, C thru Z onto the top of the milk covers or print out the black letters in the circles onto heavy paper such as white cardstock paper and cut apart.
Place the cards all in row, so the first card is the one with the bear showing A…B…C…D and then place the E,F,G,H card next to it and so on…
Place the milk lid covers or the paper circles into a small cloth bag and have the children take turns picking one letter from the bag, see if they can tell you which letter they picked from the bag and then have them match up the letter to the valentine letter cards, help the children as needed.

Song/Rhyme Time:

Happy Heart, Sad Heart Song
Have children make heart puppets first.
Then use the heart puppets with song!

Song or Rhyme Time: Happy Heart - Sad Heart Song

Tune to: “Are You Sleeping”
Are you happy? Are you happy? (hold up happy face puppet)
Pink heart, pink heart,
Show me your smile, show me your smile (point to smile on puppet)
Ha, ha, ha…ha, ha, ha.
Are you sad? are you sad? (hold up sad face puppet)
Pink heart, pink heart?
See that frown, see that frown. (Point to frown)
Boo, hoo, hoo…boo, hoo, hoo (pretend to cry and pretend to wipe eyes)
Please Note: Have the children make a happy and sad heart before they begin the song.
Happy and Sad Heart Puppets Directions:
Print out the happy and sad heart puppet file onto pink paper, there is one heart in there and use it as a pattern in cutting out two hearts from pink cardstock paper for each child in your group.
Have the children glue on two googley eyes and pom-pom noses onto their 2 puppets and then have them draw a smile on one heart and a frown on the other heart.
Or have the children draw on a face on their puppets instead of gluing on googley eyes and pom-pom noses.
Then have them attach the happy and sad hearts to jumbo craft sticks to make happy and sad heart puppets.
Young Preschoolers – If you have a lot of younger preschoolers or children who still put things in their mouths then you should have them glue their heart puppets onto toilet paper rolls instead of the craft sticks.

Art/Craft:

Big Heart Craft
This Months Shape

Art/Craft: Happy Heart Craft

You will need: large heart file, paint, large googley eyes. Print out one large heart and use it as a pattern in cutting out each child one large heart. Have the children paint their hearts and then set aside to dry. After hearts dry have the children glue on large googley eyes and draw on a smile.

Learning Time:

Fun with Pom-poms!
Fine Motor Activity That Teaches Colors!

Learning Time: Colorful Heart

You will need: Pom-poms and heavy paper such as cardstock paper
Print out the large black and white penguin that has circles on it, print it onto cardstock paper and place it on the floor.
Directions: Place a large assortment of pom-poms into a small cloth bag and have the children take turns "picking one pom-pom" from the bag. Have them hold up the pom-pom that they picked from the bag and tell you what color it is and then have them place it onto the penguin. Repeat until everyone has had a turn.

Letter Number Time:

Fun With Straws & Numbers
Fine Motor Activity That Teaches Numbers!

Letter/Number Time: Straw Number Match Up

Fine Motor Activity
You will need: A box of straws, hand held hole punch and white cardstock paper.
Directions: Print out the (heart number straws file) onto heavy paper such as white cardstock paper, cut the cards apart. Print out enough cards for each child to get one card, you may need to print out duplicates of the cards. Teacher will need a hand held hole punch, on the number 1 heart card make one hole punch, on the number 2 heart card make two hole punches and so on... Check to see if the straws will fit inside the holes, if they are too tight, hole punch the hole again to make it a bit larger. Give each of the children a card and some straws, have them push the straws into the holes on the card, after they are done, have them tell you the number on the card and see if they can count the straws, then give them another card to put the straws inside the holes, continue until the children lose interest.

Special Activity:

Play Dough Mats
Sensory Fun That Teachers Numbers.

Special Activity: Valentine Play Dough Mats

Fun sensory and Fine Motor learning activity With Numbers!
You will need: Play dough for the children and mega blocks.
Activity: This is a fun sensory and math activity. Print out the Valentine-Numbers-Lego-Play Dough file onto heavy paper (white cardstock paper). Cover with clear contact paper to make it durable or laminate.
Provide the children with play dough and Legos and show them how they can use the Legos to make squares. Have them push the Lego into the play dough and then pull it out the Lego to see the square it left behind.
Have them pick up the square and place it onto the square on their play dough mat, after a few minutes have the children swap their cards with another child so they can see a different number and make squares for the new card,

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Calendar, weather, songs
Matching Hearts
Calendar, weather, songs
Match Up The Hearts
Calendar, weather, songs
Heart Bingo Letters A - R

Song/Rhyme Happy Heart, Sad Heart Clap Your Hands Wave Your Hands Circle Of Friends
Five Red Valentines

Art Project
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Big Heart Heart Prints Valentine Bracelet Valentine Holder Pop Up Valentine Card
Learning Time
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Fine Motor Activity – Numbers & Straws. Separate The Cards Find The Hearts Colorful Magnetic Heart Number Match Up

Letter/Number Time Letter Q Heart Letters Colorful Heart Deliver The Mail

Letter Qq Writing & Quilt Page

Special Activity
Make Valentines Penguin Heart Picture Musical Hearts Valentine Game

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Preschool Curriculum Program

Our preschool curriculum program is geared towards children 2.5 up to 5 years old. Our curriculum is aimed at teaching the children their shapes, colors, upper and lower case alphabet and numbers, learning to tell time, learning a few beginning sounds, simple science activities and so much more. Children will be using glue, paint and working on learning how to cut, trace, tell time plus work on pre math, pre reading, and science. Some of the simple science projects would be sorting fruits and vegetables, growing grass, watching an ant farm and so many other exciting activites!!

Our todder curriculum program is available for every month of the year. Our toddler themes are geared towards children 16 months to about 2.5 years. Our toddler program provides lessons on teaching the toddlers their colors, shapes, numbers up to 10, and some of their alphabet. These lessons are for children beginning to paint and glue. We also provide the words to songs/finger rhymes along with other fun activities. Our toddler curriculum is sold seperately, please click here to view our toddler program.

How Our Program Started. We decided to develop a toddler/preschool curriculum program because we couldn't find one that we liked. We have worked very hard at developing a good toddler/ preschool curriculum program. I bought several books on Preschool Themes and even tried a few programs that delivered every thing to your doorstep. My problem was that became expensive and the books I purchased were not quite what I was looking for. I would go through the whole book only to use one or two activities. I was determined to have a Great Toddler/Preschool Program. I have taken several classes on creating your own curriculum and have learned a lot of new ways to teach children. So I finally decided it was time to come up with my own curriculum. I find my program works really well with my home daycare but all the activities will work for a larger daycare setting or preschool or even for Mom who is lucky enough to be home with her child. All children need daily stimulation and my program provides a lot of fun interesting activities. We hope you enjoy the curriculum as much as we enjoyed putting this program together.

Getting Ready For School. We have found that when children are having fun and enjoy what they are doing, they learn quickly, which is what our program is all about, teaching the children through fun activities. Our program is like providing a mini nursery school and preschool program in your own home. Parents like the idea that their child is having fun participating in daily activities, art projects, songs, finger plays and games, which is teaching them and getting them ready for school.

Weather Chart

My preschool curriculum provides a circle time, art time, learning time and a special activity for five days per week. We start our morning program off each day with circle time. To begin our circle time, we discuss with the children the weather outside. We have the children look out the window and then we ask them "what is the weather outside?" If you have a lot of younger children they may not be able to answer correctly, then we give them hints; such as, (is the sky white or blue?) if its white does anyone know what that means? (It’s cloudy) "Is it raining outside?" "Is snowing outside?" "Is it cloudy outside?" "Is it windy outside?" We have a weather chart and each day we have one of the children move the arrow to the correct weather for that day. The weather chart is included in the toddler or preschool curriculum.

Next we focus on the calendar. I will ask the children "Does anyone know what day it is?" If no one knows what day it is, I will tell them, "Today Is Thursday." I made a felt calendar with numbers that have Velcro on their backs to stick to the calendar. The children take turns putting up the numbers each day to show that days date. The Toddlers are too young to understand what a calendar is but they still have fun sticking up the numbers. Our calendar is in my dining room and the children need to climb up into a chair to be able to reach the calendar to put on the numbers. I always stand nearby when they are climbing onto the chair incase they start to fall. After the number for the day is put up, we start at number one, on the calendar and I have the children count with me, to the new date that we just placed onto the calendar. As they say the numbers I point to the numbers on the calendar to help to teach them their numbers.

Circle Time - We start our Toddler /or Preschool Program off each day with circle time. We try to get all the children to sit together in a circle on the floor. We never force any child to participate, but we do try to encourage participation. You will find in the daily lessons which activity to do each morning for circle time. Our circle time activities could be a talk or discussion but usually involves a fun activity such as a learning activity, games, singing songs, hearing a story, etc.

Fun Way To Learn - We have found a lot of fun ways to help the children to learn while they're having fun. After out circle time activity we focus on the calendar. I made a Velcro one with Velcro numbers. The children take turns putting the numbers up each day. Toddlers are too young to understand what a calendar is but they still have fun sticking up the numbers and singing our seven days of the week song. All the older toddlers can sing most of it.

Seven Days Of The Week Song

There are seven days in the week, seven days in the week. There are seven days in the week. (Hold up 7 fingers)
And I know them all. (Point to self)
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. Saturday is the last one. Saturday ends the week. (Teacher will point to each day on the calendar)

Repeat song.

Singing Songs And Reciting Rhymes - Each week we teach the children a few new songs or rhymes for that week's theme. Children like repetition so don't be afraid to sing any song the children really like on a daily basis, but try to add a few new ones each week. Don't expect the toddlers to sing with you but they really enjoy music so please sing. In time they will be able to copy the hand movements to the songs and nursery rhymes they hear often and before you know it they will start to sing a word or two. Be sure to include some of the children's favorites each week. Some of our children's favorites are listed below.

The Wheels On The Bus
If You're Happy And You Know It
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
ABC Song
Old McDonald Had A Farm

The Itsy Bitsy Spider
One Two Buckle My Shoe
Five Little Monkeys Jumping On The Bed
Five Little Monkeys Teasing Mr. Crocodile
Plus others.

Weather Chart - The weather chart is included in every monthly curriculum package. We start our morning program off each day with circle time. To begin our circle time, we discuss with the children the weather outside. We have the children look out the window and then we ask them "what is the weather outside?" If you have a lot of younger children they may not be able to answer correctly, then we give them hints; such as, (is the sky white or blue?) if its white does anyone know what that means? (It’s cloudy) "Is it raining outside?" "Is snowing outside?" "Is it cloudy outside?" "Is it windy outside?" We have a weather chart and each day we have one of the children move the arrow to the correct weather for that day.

Art Time - There is a daily art project (craft) for the children to do each day that goes along with that weeks theme. After circle time we have the children come to the table and sit down and get ready for art time. Look in your Toddler or Preschool lesson plans to see which craft you will be doing that day, and if you need to print anything out for that days craft. If we are going to use glue I place the glue into tiny plastic cups such as the kind you get with the sample play dough. I only put a small amount in the cup; just enough for that days project. I give the toddlers large brushes to use and the preschoolers smaller ones. If we are going to paint I make sure each child has some type of paint shirt on. If you do not have enough paint shirts, you can always use an old sweat shirt and cut off the arms. Anything will work. We use our old and stained up wash clothes for paint rags. I just wet the paint rag and it keep it handy for spills or for a child who is done before the others, or we may keep a dish pan with a small amount of water in it for the children who finish early to rinse off until they can get into the bathroom to wash up with soap and warm water.

Preschool Learning Activities - Above are a few examples of some of our preschool learning activities. These activities are made from easily accessible materials and provide a fun learning experience for the children. Our program also offers learning activties can be a work sheet, coloring page, a game, puzzles, bug hunt, ant farm, nature walk and other fun idea's. These activities are to teach the children about sharing, numbers, alphabet, shapes, colors and much more! The activities shown above may not be available for the month you are purchasing but similar activities are available for each month.

flowers Feed The Puppy Hair Srunches

Special Activities - Our preschool program also provides special activities for each day. Please view the examples above. The first picture the one with the flowers is an activity where the children will go on a flower hunt and collect plastic flowers. The next picture show an activity where the children will feed the puppy some bones and the picture shows an activity of putting hair scrunches onto a card board base. Each monthly program has different monthly activities. The ones shown above may not be available for the month you are purchasing but similar activities are available for each month.