Welcome February!

I remember setting up Mya's Valentines Day stuff up last year like it was yesterday. Its too weird how fast time flies. To see what we did last year click here.

This year, we are in a different house and with Mya being a whole year older we are able to expand on our activities, especially in the craft department!

I updated our sensory bin with pink and purple rice (directions) and added everything pink, red, or heart shaped (erasers, cardboard cut-outs, felt shapes, pompom balls etc.). Also, to aid in open-ended play there is buckets, spoons and other tools to help explore the bin. The sensory bin is always a hit with Mya.




We decorated the play-area with our cards and crafts from last year, and added the felt garland on the mantle.








The top shelf trays were all dedicated to creating Valentines. This set up allows Mya to independently create her own Valentines complete with glue, glitter, stamps, tape and stickers. She loved this and spent most of today making her own Valentines to give to her family.







The bottom shelf had a variety of Valentines Day themed activities...

Cardboard heart to weave




Matching light and dark




Color Sorting




Styrofoam heart "poking"










In our lightbox I added gel hearts that look really neat in the bright light. They make some fun sticky play Mya really enjoyed playing with.




I had a bunch of pretend rose petals from last year I wanted to do something with so last minute I created this counting activity the surprisingly Mya really enjoyed and played with for quite sometime today.








Another fave is our contact paper activity. It's a work in progress but looks really cute on the window next to our dyed coffee filter hearts.








Our Valentines books




Linking to Living Montessori Now


Happy February everyone :)