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Valentine’s Day is a big deal in Kindergarten! In my class, lessons and read alouds for the week center around it. And in most schools, there is some sort of party planned that includes giving and receiving Valentine cards.
Those cards are so much fun. 😀 The children love them. We usually make a “book” from construction paper to paste them in so that my students have a lasting memory of their first Valentine’s Day in school. (And so that the cards aren’t all over the place and make it home in backpacks. Lol.)
That brings me to an important point. If your child is giving out cards (and most do), please include one for each student in the class. It is so sad to see one child with a pile of cards and another with only one or two. 🙁 Teachers usually send home a list of first names for every child in their class. If not, you can ask your little one’s teacher for it. And please make sure to write names on the envelopes. In my experience, that is better than sending in 23 blank cards to be given out. Children get mixed up as to whom they have given them to and it can become chaotic if there are no names. Of course, follow whatever your child’s teacher specifies.
Another thought…we discussed writing a while back and this is the perfect time for your little student to practice theirs! Let them write their name on the card and if they are able, encourage your child to copy their classmates’ names onto the envelopes. This might be done more easily in a couple of sessions especially if there are a lot of students in the class. And it helps to show your little one that what they are learning in school has real world application…also called “authentic learning”. 🙂
So, enjoy this time with your child. Holidays, even the simple ones, are so much fun at this age. And it does go by quickly! Happy Valentine’s Day!
Take Care 🙂
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