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Name:: Jennifer
Email:: jlpalmer99@home.com

3-5-01

Around Valentine's Day have a Heart Hunt. Cut out hearts and have a helper "hide" them around the room when the children are out. Be sure the hearts are obvious so the children will be successful. Use as many hearts as you have children. Instruct the children to find one heart and bring it to circle. Depending on the age and interest of your students, you can count the hearts, point out 1:1 correspondence, or talk about who loves them . If you cut the hearts out of different colors or textures (felt, velvet, textured wallpaper) you could also play a matching game when the children bring their hearts back to circle.

Name:: Karen Olsen
Email:: karrigan30@hotmail.com

2-12-01

One of my favorite ideas for toddlers is to take a film canister and cover it to match the holiday, i.e.. hearts for valentines, shamrocks for St. Patrick's day, etc. I cover it with paper that I stamped with rubber stamps then attach it to the canister with clear packing tape.

Then, with the toddlers I will put a piece of cereal in the canister, I let the child watch me put it in. The child needs to figure out how to get it out of there and then how to put it in again.

Name:: Pam McPherson
Email:: riley99@frontiernet.net

2-12-01

This works best in a small group. It will help your toddlers grasp the concept of directive words such as "on", "under" or "next to". Simply cut out some Heart shapes, one per child, and use different colors or some other way to let each child's heart be distinctive. (writing the child's name and the date on it, tracing their hand in the center and laminating with clear contact paper can make it into a cute keepsake for later.) Laminating will also give it durability. If your child grasps the concept of blinding their eyes, have them do it for a minute -otherwise peek-a-boo can distract the child long enough for you to "hide" the heart. Then ask the child where their heart is and begin giving directives such as "look under the table etc." Young toddlers may need visuals such as pointing at first, but they catch on quickly to the verbal clues. For larger groups spread several hearts around, show one to the group and help them find "the same" by using the verbal cues.