Valentine's Day offers so many great learning opportunities in kindergarten. This year, we made a mosaic hearts for display. The first day, I talked about how a mosaic is an art piece made of different small pieces. We looked at some mosaic pieces and noticed the way the tiles were placed and the grout lines or spaces between the small tiles. Then, children were given 1/2" squares of different color papers and a background to glue them onto. They tried different patterns and ways of gluing the tiles. These papers were hung to dry and later flattened before school the following day. Then, children were given a template of a heart they could trace around on the back of their paper. After cutting out the heart, they mounted their hearts on black paper for some contrast.
This activity could be done with many different colors/shapes throughout the year - consider a star for winter holidays or a shamrock for March!
Of course, writing letters was part of our celebration also. My students were very excited to write a letter to their family!
Our school is located about a block from the post office, so we were able to walk over, have a short tour, and mail the letters home!
Enjoy! Molly
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