Theme: Valentine's Day
*I organized the games into file folders with instructions on the front and the game pieces inside. This made it possible to divide the games quickly and if there other helpers there I didn't have to explain each game. It was a quick set-up.
Games:
1. Don't Eat Pete. Print off the Pete Heart page and have a bowl of small candies or if there is a food allergy have small items such as pencil toppers, erasers, single stickers, etc. to use as game pieces. To start lay the paper on the table and load the board by placing one candy/prize onto each of the hearts. These were the instructions on the folder: One child is picked to be "it", they step away from the table. The rest of the group picks a heart on the paper to be Pete for that turn. The "it" child returns to the table and starts to take the candies one by one off of the paper. When he/she grabs the candy that is on the Pete Heart that was chosen the group yells "DON'T EAT PETE!" and their turn ends. Refill the board with candy pieces, pick a new child to be "it" and a new Pete is picked by the group. Continue until all the children get a turn.
Heart Page
2.Valentine Pictures. I bought Valentine stickers at the dollar store and in the dollar sticker section of Smith's and Wal-Mart. I gave each of the children a piece of paper and let them pick out stickers to decorate the paper with. I told the kids they could pick 8 stickers. (This helps them work on counting)
3. Valentine Puzzle. I took the heart puzzle pages and colored them and cut them out. I stapled one edge of the puzzle piece so that a magnet could pick it up. I taped a piece of string to one side of a circle magnet. These are the instructions that I put on the file folder (I stapled the sides of this one so that the pieces don't fall out) Use the magnets to fish for pieces. Put the puzzle together, if a piece won't fit throw it back and fish for a new one. Either fish until you find a piece that fits or pass it along quickly after only one fishing.
Heart Puzzle 1
Heart Puzzle 2 *you will need both of these to complete the puzzle.
4.Matching Hearts. I printed two of the don't eat Pete heart page, and two of the matching heart game. I colored each matching heart the same and cut them out into squares and stapled a corner. (Stapled the sides of this folder also) These are the instructions: All of the children get a string with a magnet on it (same technique as above). Spread out the hearts on the table face down. All the children fish out the hearts together and try to make matches. Repeat if there is time. Only one heart can be fished at a time, if two are caught then pick one and throw the other one back.
Matching Heart Worksheet
5. Heart Toss. I used my Lasting Impression Studio to create this game. For more from Colored Impressions go to http://www.lastingimpressions.com/ I printed all of these and cut out the pieces page. The big pictures I taped on the floor in a random pattern. Then a few feet away I put a tape line on the floor. On the folder these were the instructions: Line the children behind the tape line. The first in line picks a picture piece, then tosses the heart to the matching one on the floor. Two tosses then the person behind them picks a picture and tosses to that picture. Continue until time runs out or everyone has had a turn.
*The heart I found in the Valentine section of Target. You could find any Valentine stuffed thing to play this game. The heart worked best because it didn't roll when tossed.
Heart Toss Pieces
Heart Toss 1 Heart Toss 3 Heart Toss 5
Heart Toss 2 Heart Toss 4 Heart Toss 6
6.Color Pages. I printed 10 of each and had these on hand in case we had extra time.
Puppy Valentine Color Page
Queen of Hearts
Valentine Card
7.Stick the Heart on the Card. I cut a square out of butcher paper, in the center I put the teachers name. Tape the square to the wall and put a masking tape start line on the floor. Instructions: Give each child a small heart to color quickly or sign their name. When they are done put a piece of tape on the back, blind fold them, set them on the start line, give them a gentle turn and let them find their way to the square. Where ever they first touch they must place the paper heart. When all finished give the card to the teacher.
Heart Templet
8. Hot Heart. We did have time to play a game as a group. All the kids sat in a circle and passed the heart (if they got to excited and threw the heart at the person next to them they were automatically out.) Then the teacher or myself would turn our back to the group and shout stop, while the other was watching to see who had the heart when stop was called. That person was out and would scoot back out of the circle. We played until we had a winner.
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