February Preschool Activities
Posted on 13 February 2009 by admin
There are so many February Preschool Activities that relate to groundhog day, Valentine’s Day and President’s Day. Here are some of the activites I do with my children in my in-home child care.
Theme: Sweethearts and Friendship
Letters: B, H
Number: 2
Color: Red and Pink
Shape: Heart
Activities:
February 2- National Groundhog Day
February 5- National Pancake Day (Have pancakes for breakfast or lunch)
February 14- Valentine’s/Friendship Day
February 16- President’s Day National Dental Health Month
Learn about groundhogs. Have the children color a picture of the groundhog. Discuss what happens if the groundhog does or does not see his shadow on groundhog day.
Cut open red (color of the month) apples to see what is inside. Discuss the different parts of the apple (stem, core, seeds, skin). Then, predict what will happen if the apple is left in the open air for 1 day, 3 days, and 5 days. What happened and why?
Discuss about some of the past Presidents including Lincoln and Washington. Then, talk about our current President. Ask the children to talk about what they would do if they were the President.
Use the mailboxes made in arts and crafts to have the children pretend to be mail carriers delivering Valentine’s/friendship cards to all their friends.
Give each child pre-cut hearts with the letter H on them. Let them glue candy hearts to outline the letter H. Give the children a heart-shaped sugar cookies, frosting, and sprinkles and let them decorate their cookie for an extra special treat.
Give the children a bowl with white paint. Show them had to add a small amount of red paint, then mix the 2 colors together to make pink. Let them use the pink paint to paint a Valentine’s Day picture.
Read “Guess How Much I Love You” by Sam McBratney
Read “The Little Red Hen” by J P Miller
Read “Little Red Riding Hood” by the brothers Grimm
Introduce the letters and letter sounds for B and H. Have the children make a picture collage of pictures from a magazine that begin with the letters B and H.
Have the children estimate the number of candy hearts or red hots in a jar.
Have the children sort 3 different size hearts into a small pile, medium pile, and large pile. Or, you can have the hearts sorted by color instead of size using red, white, and pink hearts.
Introduce the number 2 and show the children how to hold up 2 fingers. Point out all the parts of the body that comes in 2′s such as 2 ears, 2 eyes, 2 feet, 2 legs, 2 arms, and 2 hands.
Have the children dance to music and stop and freeze when the music stops.
Have the children bring pre-made Valentine/Friendship cards to exchange with each child. Talk to the children about kindness and how important it is to be kind to one another.
For other February Preschool Activities and Craft Ideas, visit A to Z Childcare Directory or you can go directly to Valentines craft ideas.
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