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Arts & Crafts
Valentines! Make a Valentine out of red, pink or white paper. Cut out "V" from a newspaper and glue them on the valentine. Find magazine pictures or draw pictures beginning with the "V" sound on the valentine. Have your child label the pictures using "invented spelling" (or correct spelling for older children). Your child should say the word a few times so he/she can listen to the sound at the beginning, middle and end of the word. Your child should guess how the word is spelled and write his/her letter guesses under each picture.
V is for Velcro
Make two pieces of felt for circle time and put Velcro on them so you can stick the two Vs together. Take it apart and talk about Velcro and the letter "V" during circle time.
Alternately, let children decorate the letter V with Velcro cutouts.
V Collage
Materials:
Purple Construction Paper
Velvet
Glue
Directions:
Cut 1 "V" out of purple construction paper, per child, labeled. Cut velvet into small pieces. Have children glue velvet onto "V".
Vest Day
Let children who have vests wear them on a designated "vest day". You could also make vests for the children to decorate from the large size paper shopping bags. You can split them up the middle of a wide side and cut out a circle shape on the bottom of the bag where the neck will go. Cut holes on each narrow side for the arms to go through. Let the children decorate them with, glitter, ribbon, fabric scraps, vegetable stamping, the possibilities are endless.
Violets
Make violets with tissue paper and construction paper stems and leaves.
Games & Activities
Valentine's Day!
You can make valentines and sing valentine songs.
Creative Writing and Math: Brainstorm
What is your favorite vegetable?
Draw a picture of yourself enjoying your favorite vegetable then write a sentence telling about your picture. Make a graph on a large sheet of paper listing the names of vegetables across the top and the numbers from 1 to 10 (or whatever number you choose) in a column down the left side. Give each child a sticky note to write his/her name on. The children take turns placing their vote on the graph under their favorite vegetable. After everyone has had a turn, read the graph to tell which vegetable is the class favorite, which is the least favorite, which is the favorite of the boys? the girls?
Listen to some violin music.
Valentine Word Search
Write all the little words the class can make from the letters in the word Valentine and add them to a class list added to all week.
Veterinarian
Visit an animal hospital or invite a veterinarian to talk to the children about caring for their pets.
V Guessing Game
Play a word guessing game. All the words you guess should begin like "valentine."
a. I like ice cream. My favorite flavor is ________. (vanilla)
b. When we moved, our furniture went in a moving ________. (van)
c. Pumpkins grow on a _________. (vine)
d. Peas, carrots and corn are __________. (vegetables)
e. When mother cleans the rug she uses a _________. (vacuum cleaner)
Vacation
Talk about vacations that people have gone on or read a children's book about someone going on vacation.
Vacuum
Let the children try vacuuming the carpet (ha! this would be a funny one to watch). Or use pretend vacuums for kids that you can put into the housekeeping center.
Vase
Have a vase out on a "V" table with other objects. Let the children talk about things they can put in the vase. If it the weather is nice, go on a nature walk and see if you can find something to put in it. Violets might work!
Vegetables
Talk about different vegetables. Make a vegetable matching game. Play vegetable games at circle time.
Voice Record voices on tape and see if the children can recognize whose voice they hear.
Veterinarian Set up your dramatic center with a lab coat (an old white shirt would help too . . . with buttons), stethoscope, stuffed animals, a table, etc. Read a story about a veterinarian.
Video game Let children play one on the computer.
Viewfinder Get one for your class and let them look through it.
Vineyard Show pictures of a vineyard and talk about how grapes grow in a vineyard.
Violet Have a violet flower out for children to look at, or just pictures of one.
Vision Talk about the 5 senses and how vision helps us to see things.
Vitamins Ask the children if they take vitamins in the morning.
Volcano Make a volcano for the science portion of your class. Show pictures of real volcanoes to the children.
Volume Put measuring cups into a water bin and let children measure the volume of the water.
Volunteer Have a volunteer from another place (perhaps a grandparent) come into the classroom to help out for a day.
Recipes & Snacks
Snacks Vegetables Velveeta cheese Vienna Sausages Vegetable Soup Velvet Cake Vanilla Cookies Vanilla pudding
Vanilla Eat vanilla ice cream or cake. You can also have a cooking activity that you use vanilla in.
Vermicelli Make a lunch with vermicelli noodles (Long slender threaded pasta). Speak about the funny name of the noodles.
Songs, Poems & Finger Plays
The Veterinarian (Tune: Oh, My Darlin') Bring your dogs, bring your cats, Bring your hamsters one by one. I take care of the animals, I'm a veterinarian.
Substitute other animal names for the words "dogs", "cats" and "hamsters.
I Love To Make The Letter V (Tune: Pop! Goes The Weasel) I love to make the letter V For everyone to see. (Form V with 2 fingers) V is for vinegar, V is for van, And V is for victory!
Repeat substituting other words that begin with V for the words "vinegar" and "van."
I'm A Great Big Vulture (Tune: I'm A Little Teapot)
I'm a great big vulture in the sky, Flying in a circle, oh, so high. I just love to soar around and around. Then down I swoop right to the ground.
Do You Know My Valentine? (Tune: Do You Know The Muffin Man?) Do you know my valentine, My valentine, my valentine? Do you know my valentine? His/Her name is _______.
H-E-A-R-T (Tune: Bingo) There is a shape and it means love And heart is its name-o. H-E-A-R-T, H-E-A-R-T, H-E-A-R-T, And heart is its name-o!
Oh, Valentine
(Tune: Oh, Christmas Tree)
Oh, Valentine, oh, valentine
I think you'll like my valentine.
It's big and pink and lacy, too.
Three special words say, I love you.
Oh valentine, oh valentine
I think you'll like
my valentine.
Will You Be My Valentine?
(Tune: London Bridge)
Will you be my Valentine,
Valentine, Valentine?
Will you be my Valentine,
Be a friend of Mine?
Stand in a circle and give one child a big decorated heart. As the children sing, she/he walks around the circle and chooses a friend to give the heart to. Repeat until everyone gets a turn.
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