Skinamarinka dinky dink
Skinamarinka doo, I love you
Skinamarinky dinky dink
Skinamarink a doo, I love you
I love you in the morning and in the afternoon,
I love you in the evening and underneath the moon!
So, Skinamarinka dinky dink
Skinamarink a doo, I love you
And the I Love You song, off of Barney.
I love you
You love me
We're a happy family
With a great big hug
And a kiss from me to you
Won't you say you love me too.
We also sang, I Love Mother
I love mother,
She loves me
We love Daddy yes siree
He loves us and so you see
We are a happy family
But we substituted out mother and daddy, for the names of the kids. I think they really liked having a song sung about them.
Next we went into the kitchen and decorated paper bags with hearts, so we could pass out Valentines later. Then Misty gave the kids each two sections off of an egg carton, and they got to choose to paint it either white, red, or pink.
Some of the kids painted faster than others. (Lincoln was so SLOW.) So while the ones who were done waited for Linc to finish, they sang a few primary songs. When Linc finished, he ran out into the living room and wanted to pick the next song. He picked True to the Faith. Misty tried to explain to him that not everyone would know the words to that song, but Linc decided to sing it anyways. He sang a solo for everyone, and he did a great job! It made me laugh.
Next Misty explained about how we trade Valentines with our friends on Valentines Day. She gave each kid enough Valentines to give to all the other kids. Then we spent a little bit of time writing who they were to and who they were from on each Valentine. Since I had to help both Linc and Ivan with their Valentines, I wrote who each one was to for Linc, but left him on his own to write his name on each one. He did a pretty good job. He's getting really good at writing the letters of his name, even though he doesn't understand (or care) that they are supposed to go in a certain order and in a straight line. He'll get that eventually though, right now I'm just thrilled that he loves to write his name...even if he writes it backwards, in a circle, or with all the letters right on top of each other. The important thing is that he is writing and that he understands what each letter looks like and how to make it. After we were done writing, we got to go around and deliver each Valentine into the paper bag of the person it was too. The kids enjoyed this a lot more than I expected them to.
Then we went back into the kitchen and used the egg carton pieces we had painted, some squares of tissue paper, and green pipe cleaners to make roses. The kids got to make one for them, and one to give to their moms.
Then for the last thing, the kids got to dip strawberries in chocolate and decorate them. They got two to do for them, and two to do for their dads. I thought this was such a fun idea. It was easy enough for the kids to do, and so TASTY! I bet Aaron's glad he's got two kids in this preschool, because he is definitely reaping the benefits today. (Although, I should mention that Ivan's strawberries weren't dipped in chocolate, because of the milk issue, but they were dipped in a sugar and water icing that was very tasty on the strawberries!)
I loved preschool today. I thought it was well put together and kept the kids attention in different ways. They didn't stay at one activity long enough to get bored with it, and therefore got a wide variety of experience.
Oh, and I should also mention that as soon as we got home Lincoln and Ivan wanted to open all the Valentines from their friends, and they were both so excited about it. I thought they would be too young to really get into it, but they really did. They wanted me to read what each one said and who it was from and everything. It kept them fully occupied while I made lunch.
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