Letter of the Week: Vv

We learned the letter V this week for Valentines Day! We read books about love and did lots of crafts that included hearts and making cards for others. We had a Valentines Party with our moms group and had a a couple friends over for breakfast on Valentines Day morning.

My very mobile baby made it difficult for me to get a decent picture of the books this week.

Sorry, this is a horrible picture.

Mia LOVED all of these books. The Veterinarian book is quite long for a toddler, I originally got it just for the pictures and to read bits and pieces but Mia was so interested that we ended up reading the whole book several times. I also got a book about volcanoes, but it was WAY over her head so I didn't photograph it.

But, this little lady really wanted to climb on her mommy's lap and I got a little side tracked. Don't you wish you could look this cute with messy hair?!

V is for Valentines Day

Link to Vv printable

Link to tissue paper heart

Mia decorated her Vv sheet for Valentines Day. I was so impressed that she drew lines to form the V without any prompting!

She also made cards with heart stickers and made hearts using her hand and feet.

We even got some math in this week. Mia and daddy sorted candy hearts.

Then, they counted them and Joe wrote the number.

A super easy and fun activity!

V is for Vegetables

The directions for this sheet suggested painting with vegetables. We didn't have vegetables to paint with, so I drew pictures of vegetables that Mia and I colored, cut out and glued on.

Link to vegetable sheet

We also practiced sorting fruits and vegetables. We will review this again when we do the letter F for fruit!

Mia making vegetable soup! Our library has these amazing book kits available that include toys to enhance the story. This kit came with the book and several vegetables that were in the story. Use your local library...it is an invaluable resource!

V is for Volcano

Mia wanted a little pink lava. : )

Link to volcano project

We couldn't talk about volcanoes without doing a little science experiment with baking soda, vinegar and red sprinkles.

I used a baby food jar for this and it was the perfect size. We started with a tall cup and it required too much of the ingredients to get a big reaction. Mia loved being able to do this by herself.