We have been taking extra steps to practice kindness in the year of 2018. While I was strolling around Michael’s one day…because what teacher can actually go in and come out with just one item…I stumbled upon this cute kit to decorate a Valentine’s Shoebox. At $3 a pop, I certainly could not afford to buy one for each of my 27 students and get a bang for my buck so I decided to buy just one for the entire classroom. Kindness Kitty was born!
Here is the gist…every student puts their name on a small paper heart and places it in “Kindness Kitty”. At a center during our Valentine’s Day Party, students draw a random heart out of the Kitty. My kiddos will then choose a red or pink heart card (thank you Michaels Crafts) and write a kind note to the chosen student. Easy peasy!
Every 2 weeks when small guided reading groups come to meet with me during Literacy Center Time, I give them a new Magic Finger Pointer to touch the words while reading. I usually buy them in packs of 10 for $1-$2 a piece. Some months I give Halloween Spooky Fingers. Other months I give Gingerbread Pencils with giant themed erasers. This week I scored these from the Target’s “Dollar Bin”, My kiddos loved this week’s reading pointer…hearts and gems!
These mini red Carson Dellosa Cut Outs are the greatest! I just love them because they are adorable, sturdy and themed. I am putting some popcorn high frequency words on a few of them to add to our Valentine’s Day Sensory Bin. On a few of the other hearts, I put glued alphabet letters for kiddos to sort and make words at our Valentine’s Day Word Work Station.
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So all in all, it looks like my Valentine’s Day Party will Be The SWEETEST!
Happy Valentine’s Day Friends 🙂
