X -- better late than never!

On Monday we had fun with the letter x. Not many words that start with x, so I bet you can imagine what we talked about! I showed the kids some pictures of some real x-rays and had them guess which bones they were. Carter came prepared with a skeleton shirt on! Then we sang some songs, read some books and then we went upstairs to make our own x-rays out of chalk. We practiced writing our letter x and some numbers as well. We made the letter x out of popsicle sticks and then we went on a treasure hunt for our snack, because X marks the spot. They found their snack (pudding) in the fridge. Of course my camera batteries (every set I own) were dead. So I have no pictures for Monday, so you'll have to use your imaginations.

On Wednesday the kids were so excited that it was a party and there would be no learning involved! First we made heart shaped valentine bags to put the valentines we exchanged in. Then we sang some Valentine songs, read some books about giving and love and played some fun games. Then we frosted cupcakes and decorated them with candy. Then the part they had been waiting for the entire time....exchanging valentines. We let each child pass out their valentines to each other one at a time. They were all so patient in waiting for their turn. They were excited to see their bags full of valentines!