valentine's day

we added black and white to red paint in order to see the difference between what a tint is and what a shade is. afterwards we experimented with other colors to create different hues of red...

i made grids for the kids to create monochromatic valentine prints...

we made TONS of other valentines and letters to each other.

julian was in charge at the regular post office...

...while sonny and beckett were in charge at the valentine post office!

last week at fiona's...

i gave the kids conversation hearts along with a candy heart counting sheet. i then showed them how to sort and count by lining up the candies on the boxes. next came the most difficult part- gluing the hearts onto the sheet! everyone looked a bit panicked at the thought of putting glue on the candy but as an incentive i told everyone they could have a few (un-glued) hearts once finished. 

marlowe concentrated on placing the hearts inside the boxes- i think he was the first to complete his sheet!

friday beckett came dressed as a police officer- which couldn't have been more perfect! we spent circle time discussing both valentine's day and the chinese new year. we read chinese new year: a time for parades, family and friends and talked about the different traditions and symbols during the new year celebration. we shared a tangerine to symbolize good luck and afterwards began to work on our mini chinese dragons, which i didn't get a chance to take any photos of. 

...and then there was sledding!