We began with a game of BINGO that I designed. Each of the cards were kept simple with a Valentine's Day theme and then I filled little plastic boxes with candy conversation hearts to use as the "cover-up pieces." We played until every one of the kids got a BINGO and then they received a special goody bag as their prize.
The parents were there to assist with the game, and I took such pleasure in watching the excitment on the kids' faces. Overall, I would say that it was a success.
After the game of BINGO, we had the kids do a small craft. We provided them with a picture frame (complete with a picture of themselves in it, taken at the Christmas party) and gave them the freedom to design the frame with foam heart stickers.
Several of the children, including Sam, worked feverishly on constructing the perfect pattern of hearts.
The magnetic frame is now proudly displayed on my refrigerator.
After snack-time and a couple of stories (read by yours truly), the long-awaited moment had arrived for the kids to open their Valentines. They had decorated special boxes that morning in school and deposited the appropriate valentines in them to all of their friends.
(We had worked on Sam's valentines one night before bed this week. I was surpirsed that we were able to get through all 11 of them that night. It's a lot of work to write all of the kids' names on them, as well as your own, when you are in preschool and just learning to write your letters. I am so proud of my hard-worker).
Waiting patiently to open her box of valentines:
Digging right in:
Carefully opening each and every one:
What a fun morning we had!
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