Valentines Day Themed Tot Trays

Simple Valentines Day Tot Tray Ideas

We did a lot of different Valentine themed trays in tot school, they were very simple and fun! Here are some of the ones that we did. 

See our V is for Valentine Tot School Post HERE!!

~Dotting with Conversation Hearts~

Conversation Hearts and Do a Dot/Magnet page- FREE PRINTABLE HERE (Instead of using dot paint or magnets we used Conversation Heart Candy, and when done.... We had a Sweet Treat!! This was probably the Biggest hit of the week because Candy was involved :) 

~Sponge Painting~ 

I had a whole pack of HUGE Sponges I bought from the Dollar Tree- I just grabbed a Red One and a Marker and Traced Some Letter V and Hearts and then Cut them out for the kids to Sponge Paint with. 

~Heart Sorting and Beading~

The possibilities are really endless with this tray! Sorting, Color V, Counting, Matching, Beading with Pipe Cleaners, Patterns etc... We did all kinds of things with this Tray, and then Cowboy insisted on making me a Bracelet- How could I refuse!! 

~Beading with Pipe Cleaners and Heart Beads~

As you may see, we started out trying to do a pattern, but I let him lead, and he decided it was more fun to just use whichever one his hand grabbed next, which was totally fine by me!  :P 

~Size Sequence Hearts~

FREE PRINTABLE HERE- I printed out and laminated the Hearts and he put them in order by Size Big to little, little to big. 

~Cutting Practice Felt Hearts~

I took a few pieces of Felt and traced half a heart on one side, and had him cut it to OPEN a Heart. We then made Layered (Glitter Glue) Heart Valentines for family members using the cut outs, and Outlines. You could do whatever you want with them! 

~Toilet Paper Roll Hearts and Cookie Cutter Stamping~

Fold some toilet paper rolls into shapes of a heart, or using cookie cutters dip in paint and Stamp away! Big hit for the Tiny Tots! 

~Valentine Themed cutting practice~

Foam Paper, Heart Stickers, Sharpie, and Scissors- Let your Tot do the rest! 

Another BIG hit was the Sensory Bin which I blogged in detail about HERE. 

~Sensory Bin~

 Happy Valentines Day!! 

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Valentines Sensory Bin

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Stirring up Love 

Tot School

God Is Love....1 John 4:8 

See our V is for Valentine Tot School Post HERE !!!
See our Valentine TOT TRAY IDEAS- HERE !!!

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16

That's right! We are stirring up some Love getting ready for Valentines day in Tot School. This is just a simple Valentines Bin I put together for this week. You can do the same using things you probably already have, or there are lots of things you can get from the Dollar Tree ! I am not the craftiest person, so if I can do it, you can for sure! And yes... this bin looks all girly... but I am sure my boys and my princess will all love it- and hey- its Valentines Day!! Pink, Red, Purple and Pretty are accepted! YAY! 

Things I used : 
Craft Noodles

Cookie Cutter Hearts =)
Valentine Mini Baking Set (target $1 bin) it comes with a Miniature whisk, rolling pin and 5 cookie cutters its so cute!!







Heart Erasers
Letter V's from Magnetic Letters Set and Plush ABC Set

Red Jewels (plastic)
Measuring Spoons and Cups
Tea Cup
Tea Plate 

                  

See!! So Simple! Now its your turn !! Go see what you can find and Stir up some Love ! 

Happy Valentines Day from LearningInGrace <3

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres 1 Corinthians 13 4:7 

Groundhog Day and Cold Lady Eating Snow Tot School

Tot School Extras With Cowboy

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I don't usually post about EXTRA Book activities and such, I always plan to, but time is usually hard to come by ! So Here is just a little bit of extras outside of Just Animal ABCS :) 

We learned and talked about Winter! A perfect book to go along with Winter is There Was a Cold Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow! by Lucille Colandro- I totally recommend this fun book to read regardless of theme, it is a funny book! Cowboy really enjoyed it. I found a tot pack to go along with it from 3Dinosaurs blog :P This Mom has some great tot packs and usually they can be used along with a great book. 

We Read and Sang the book, There Was a Cold Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow! on the iPad via Kindle App because my Library did not have this Book :( 

 I cut out and Laminated some of the Matching Cards included with the Tot Pack, and put Velcro Dots on the backs to use with our Felt Board. So as we went through the Story Cowboy Placed the items the Cold Lady swallowed, onto the Board.

After we read the book we talked about each one the items as a vocabulary lesson. 

He wanted to Dot Paint the Light Bulb from the Story. 

There are some GREAT question sheets included, and I asked him the questions and wrote down his answers as he gave them to me.... These 2 were my favorite answers! I love asking him these kinds of questions because it is SO FUNNY to see what their answer is going to be. 

GROUNDHOGS

Do we get excited about Groundhog day? Um.. No.... Do we think a groundhog can actually tell by his shadow if its going to be a longer winter or early Spring? No... But are Groundhogs cute and is it fun watching and learning about Hibernation and little Groundhogs on YouTube? YES! I found these Groundhog Printables on 2teachingmommies site. 

I pulled up a few Videos on Hibernation, and Groundhogs and we watched them (TOO CUTE)

He used Banana Grams to match the letters for the word Groundhog

Size sequencing Big to Small... Small to Big

 We also reviewed the Upper and Lowercase Letter G as he sorted them 

The Same day we received our long awaited, (at least for me) Alphabet Soup Sorters!! I pulled out Letter R and S for him to explore with and review since those were the last two letters that we covered. Cowboy liked them, although he was really wanting them to be filled with cookies! I also love these and recommend them to use as a teaching tool! They each come with Hard Cards inside each can with objects that start with the letter your working on and then you flip them over and the word is on the back! They are very helpful for teaching letter sounds too! 

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Medical Themed Birthday Party- Lou 11 yrs Old

Medical Themed Birthday Party

How it all went down : The DL - 

"Mom ! I really think I wanna be a Doctor.... or maybe a nurse.... or .... Can I have a Medical Birthday Party?!?!?" I'm thinking,"WHA????"- "You mean like Doc McStuffins??" Lou says,  "No like- A Real DOCTOR kinda party"... I am thinking, "huh?"- ok deep breath- "wow my kid wants to be a doctor..." then the pressure hits and I'm faced with the thought - I hope she has good teach.... OHHH SNAP.... 

---But I AM her teacher! Time to step up my game! I don't know if she will end up in the Medical Field or not, but wow- I'm pretty sure that the thought of her being taught "correctly" and "well enough" to be a Doctor- stressed me out for ehhh --- a good month just thinking about the fact that -  "I AM HER TEACHER!" HOW WILL SHE EVER BE A DOCTOR??? ------> Good Job MoM- where is your confidence? I know right? ( please excuse my lack of proper grammar and punctuation right now- I choose not to care to be perfect when it is not required- and....Just FYI - I have conversations like these with myself silently very often ) I had to get over it and realize - If I allow him to - God will lead me :) Still Pressure- Just not AS MUCH :/ - (pray for me =}..... is all I am saying) So first things first- I may not know anything about being a Doctor- or the PERFECT teacher- but Acting and Putting together a Party- Now that is something I CAN DO! 

Time to Rally!! I got with my mom and we brainstormed ideas- I found very little things online about having a Medical Themed Party- especially for an 11 year old :( unless of course it would be Doc McStuffins- In which - It was made very clear to me that's not what she was wanting! So it was time to get creative- First I made some invitations that looked like Prescriptions in Microsoft Publisher. Since she likes to pretend to be a doctor- we have saved a lot of old med bottles - so I made unique labels and made a bunch of Prescriptions filled with Candy :) 

Then we decided it would be so COOL if everyone would dress up like a medical person, including our guests if they were able to, in which most of them did :) We put Band Aids by the door for people to write their name on and stick on their shirt as name tags. 

I was Nurse DeeDee- who worked for the FAMOUS #1 Cardiologist-  Doctor Lou. I also just so happened to be happily married to "Daddy" who was "Doc McDreamy" - an amazing General Surgeon who could do just about anything medically , Cowboy was Dr. Love- just because he thinks he is so handsome- (which I totally agree) and his shirt just so happened to say "Dr. Love" on it :)  and Butter- was our BOSS- the very "Professional" Chief of Surgery- Butter :) 

I found these SUPER Cute Edible pretzel thermometers on Pinterest! So I made some of those :) 

My mom found some candy eyes, brains and other body parts candy .... on clearance so she scooped those up ! 

We made an Edible 3D Cell (Here's How)

My sweet boys including Daddy pitched in and made Blue Jello for "Sick Patients" and we put them in the plastic sauce cups for display. 

Band aids using Vanilla Sugar Wafers and Red /white icing Red Cross Oreos, Medication Mike and Ike's and red hots. Jumbo Marshmallow Cotton Balls - Mucus Specimens (Pistachio Pudding with Chocolate Chips in Specimen Cups) 

By this point I was starting to run a fever ...between all the "New Little Interns" (ten to twelve ages 9-11 year old LOUD girls) and the over abundance of SWEETS !! I needed a check up from Dr. McDreamy :P So he took my Temp :) 

Urine Specimen and Blood Donations with a Frozen Hand :P to keep them cool 

I found these at the Dollar Store and Made Labels that said "Personal Doctor Kit" to stick on Goody Bags using White Paper Bags Like Prescription Bags - then filled them up with all the leftover Goodies after the party to give out to all the "Interns" !!

 Our Setup: 

Medical Training Center and Medical Lab

Organ Donation Center

Games we played :

Pin the Organ on the Skeleton

We printed off a Skeleton from Confessions of a Homeschooler and hung it up- we cut out all the organs to put in a can and each guest had to pick an organ from the can and place their organ where they thought it would go. Whoever was closest and correct would get a gift  

Operation Race who is the Quickest Doctor??

each person gets a turn to pull out all of the organs without the buzzer going off- whoever has the best time or gets all the organs without the buzzer going off - first wins.

Bed Pan Race Don't Spill the .....PAN! 

Divide Guests into two teams- Give each a Bucket full of water- GO OUTSIDE-mark the bucket prior to starting where the water level is BEFORE starting Line up side by side- kinda like a Relay Race Set up - Each person races to give to the next Intern in line- as fast as they can without spilling- at the end you compare buckets to see how much water spilled in each bucket- the team with the least amount of water missing is the winner. 

Waiting Room - Musical Chairs

There obviously were no Sick patients in this waiting room!!! Just play Musical Chairs as it is originally played :) No Special Instructions needed for this game! 

This Party was SO much fun! Whatever my Lou becomes in her future- I am sure I will feel exactly how I do right now- One Proud Mommy of a Beautiful Intelligent  11 Year Old Girl !!! 

Dedicated to my Princess Lou: 

Love Always, Mommy :P 

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