About three inches of snow fell here in South Carolina during the night! We had a wonderful time playing in it this morning. The last time we got snow JDaniel was just about to turn one. This was the first time he was able to walk around it and talk about it.
My Favorite Valentine’s Crafts and Ideas from Other Sites
Here are some wonderful Valentine’s Day related blog entries and a cool website I found around the web.
Zillions of Valentine’s Day crafts and cookie projects are on Skip to My Lou. I have pictured my favorite one below.
Out of the Office has an amazing idea for a photo card with lollipop that jumps off of the page.
Activity Mom has Three Quick and Easy Heart Activities. JDaniel and I are going to do the heart hunt.
Make your own message on a graphic candy heart . You could spend hours creating these.
24/7 Moms have 14 Valentines Day Traditions and Celebrations For Families. I love their hot chocolate bar activity.
Our Country Road has a great sensory bucket activity for Valentine’s Day. This idea could be used in for any holiday or unit of study. If you like her idea, you may be able use it for St. Patrick’s Day or Easter.
My Little Valentine’s Head Was On Fire
JDaniel seemed to be over his cold early in the week so; we went to playground and mom’s group events at church on Monday and Tuesday. When I went to get him after his nap on Tuesday, his little head was on fire. I held him of a couple minutes to comfort him and cuddle before using the thermometer on him to see how hot he was. The thermometer read 104 degrees. Despite his pleading to not be placed in the tub, he went into a tub of lukewarm water and had his hair wetted down. The only way he would cooperate was if he could keep his pacifier. Then he got some fever reducing medicine and a cup of water with a little jello mixed in. He drank the whole cup.
We then spent the next several hours reading books and watching a marathon on children’s shows on PBS. His temperature seemed to drop every time I checked it which was every forty five minutes. I was so thankful.
JDaniel didn’t want dinner. He sat in his highchair with his head on his tray while I tried to ply him with him favorite foods. (As many of you know he is always hungry. JDaniel’s lack of interest in food was alarming for my husband and me.) Finally before bedtime he drank some watered down juice.
The next morning his appetite hadn’t totally returned, but he did eat and was interested in playing and not being attached to mom like spider monkey. He did rebound at lunch and ate an almost normal dinner. JDaniel’s desire to run and play hide and seek after dinner was seen as a joyous event.
Today he is fussy and whining a lot, but he was doing that before the fever. I guess he is back to normal.
Valentine’s Day Fingerplays, Songs and Links- Links 4 Moms
Here are some Valentine’s Day Songs and Fingerplays:
A Hug from you
Sung to: “Mary had a little lamb”
It’s nice to get to a hug from you,
Hug from you, Hug from you.
It’s nice to get a hug from you,
So, let’s give one right now.
(Hug a friend)
If you Love me and you know it
Sung to: “If your happy and you know it”
If you love me and you know it, Clap your hands.
If you love me and you know it, Clap your hands.
If you love me and you know it,
Then your face will surely show it.
If you love me and you know it, Clap your hands.
Other Verses:
Say “I Love you”
Blow me a kiss
Give me a hug
You are my Valentine
Sung to: “You are my Sunshine”
You are my Valentine, My special Valentine,
And I love you, yes I do.
You are my Valentine, My Special Valentine,
Please say you love me, too!
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Here are some links:
Jan Brett’s Valentine Activities
Vickie Blackwell’s Valentine’s Day Links
P.S. I sent this out with a misspelling in the title originally. I accidently clicked Publish before I had proofed it. I try to catch all errors before I send it out. I am so sorry this slipped through.
Valentine’s Day I Spy Bag Giveaway
Last summer I got JDaniel an I Spy Bag to play with on a long car trip. He was too young to search for the objects on his own at 16 months. I squished an object into view and let him feel it. It really held his attention. As he has gotten older, he has been able to find objects on his own. JDaniel is just getting ready to turn two and he still plays with it on car trips, in doctor’s office, at home. This is a toy that he will play with for years to come.When you are done finding the objects, it is great to toss around or practice catching. Giggle Junction has some on the cutest designs for I Spy Bags you will ever see. Would you love one for someone in your life to enjoy?
Here is what Giggle Junction says about their I Spy Bags:
Giggle Junctions spy bags are made with soft flannel and are secured inside then turned and top stitched with a heavy duty utility stitch for added durability.
There are 30 miniature objects hidden among the non-toxic plastic pellets in the 7 x 7 square.Children hold the bags and use their hands to shift around the pellets to reveal the hidden objects in the spy window.
It’s perfect for children who prefer tactile games and encourages development of fine motor skills.
Instead of a word list of hidden objects, we choose to take the extra step and take a photo of the contents to promote independent play for young children not yet reading or with communication delays. They will easily be able to identify and match items from the card to the spy window.
We use a variety of window sizes for our bags. You will notice that our spy windows do not show everything at once because the purpose of a spy bag is for children to search for items, while larger windows make it less frustrating for younger children to spot multiple items….smaller windows challenge older children.
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Muffin Tin Monday-Valentine’s Day: Red Tin Part One
There isn’t a theme this week for Muffin Tin Monday. Since my blog theme is Valentine’s Day this week, I went ahead and did a red themed tin (next week’s theme on Muffin Tin Monday). I am just calling it ” Red Tin Part One”.
JDaniel had hot dogs, strawberry yogurt, red potatoes, red grapes, strawberry applesauce and a little chili with red beans. I decorated with three cookie cutters I received in a Valentine’s Day exchange with Country Mouse, City Mouse.
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Me and My Shadow- We are Sick Together
JDaniel and I have both been sick since Friday. (My husband joined in the fun over the weekend.) We skipped the mom’s group at church on Tuesday and playgroup on Monday. I guess you could say we have had a lot of alone time. We do separate when he walks off to “read a book” because he is not interested in what I am doing. For past five days JDaniel has been my shadow.
What do you do with all that time?
*Read a Dr. Seuss anthology many times a day. (Along with countless other books.)
*Cleaned and did laundry together. (We cleaned towels, sheets, and clothes trying to get rid of the germs.)
*We have done crafts and colored.
*Building with train tracks and Megablocks has been popular.
*Getting ready for two consignment sales has been adventure, but we are ready.
*Playing with trucks and dancing to Ross King’s CD has filled a lot of time.
*Playing with cookie cutters has been fun.
*On Monday we did go to the grocery store to stock up on cough drops and a few other things.
*On Tuesday we did go the consigner’s open house at Angel’s Attic to shop. (Yes, we could have infected people. No, I wasn’t willing skip getting to shop before the general public gets in to sale today. We didn’t stay long. I was worried he would miss behave. He stuck close by with the promise of checking out the toy area after the clothes. It only cost me a $3 vacuum cleaner to keep him nearby.)
Happy Groundhog Day!
Today I will be posting several blog entries. One will be a repeat of the review I did for a Ross King cd that I posted last week. I got ahead of myself and posted it earlier than I was suppose to. There will also be a post of Groundhog Day activities.
Last night I posted a great giveaway for a $35 GC to India Blue. Please stop by and check it out.
Quote From Shadow of the Almighty
I love this quote by Jim Elliot found in the book Shadow of the Almighty.
“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.”
With all that has been going on with my father in-law and his continuing to weaken health this quote reminds me to hand over all things to God.
Right now he is in the hospital with a staph infection and is getting weaker by the day.
Ross King’s Words That Rhyme With Orange -Review
I was just over at The BlogFrog a couple of weeks ago asking for recommendations for children’s music. Several CDs were mentioned to me by other BlogFroggers and I honestly haven’t checked them out. Why? I got a great new CD in the mail to review. It is called Words That Rhyme with Orange by Ross King. I have become a huge Ross King fan.
JDaniel and I have been dancing to it in the house and taking it with us in the car when we run errands. The CD contains are a variety of styles of music. All of the songs are upbeat and contain wonderful lyrics. Okay, there is one song about nose picking that I tend to skip when I play the CD. The message of the song is Don’t Do It, but JDaniel already does it.
Here are a few I really love. The first song Happy to Be Me encourages children to be happy being themselves and they don’t have to be anyone but themselves. There is also a cool rap about Juice Boxes. A wonderful love song about how you are loved More than anything in the world even all the sand in the desert. Two others I really like are the Learning the Alphabet song (It has a great beat.) and The Sound of Whining. JDaniel has been whining more lately. When I sing this song along with the CD, I can sing to my son about not whining over and over again. There are two mellow sleepy time songs at the end of the CD that is good for winding down at the end of a day.
This would be a great CD to add to any child’s music library. Be warned the songs will run through your head during the day and your feet will start tapping.
If you are interested in buying a copy of this really fun CD or learning more about Ross King, please check out his website by clicking here.
Disclaimer: I was sent I copy of Words That Rhyme with Orange. Unlike most things, I review I will not be passing it on to anyone. It is too much fun.
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