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Poster
Entitle a poster board with "God's Loving Kindness", then with crayons or markers write Isaiah 1:18 on the poster board. Have your children cut out or color hearts from construction paper in red and white. Afterwards, have your children paste their hearts around the scripture verse.
Make a Mobile !
Not only are mobiles so much fun to make but are fascinating to watch!
Items needed for Mobile:
1) Take a wire hanger to use as your base to hang the other items off of. Or take a wooden dowel and cut it into three different pieces connecting them with fishing wire, florist wire or twine.
2) Print off the templates below.
3) After cutting out the templates, place the hearts on whatever color construction paper you would like.
4) Take a pen and trace around the outside of the templates.
5) NOTE: After cutting out the Scripture Hearts, you may want to glue them on to construction paper hearts that are the same size or a little larger.
6) Take a paper punch and punch a hole at the top of all your hearts.
7) With the ribbon color of your choice, thread the ribbon through your hearts and connect it to either the hanger or the already connected wooden dowel. You may wish to secure the ribbon with glue, or a staple. Options other than ribbon: twine, yarn,
8) Hang your mobile.
Heart Person
Items needed for Heart Person:
1) Print off either the small heart or large heart templates for the body of your Heart Person.
2) Cut out the the heart head from whatever color construction paper you would like (possibly red or pink).
3) Legs & Arms: Cut strips out of any color construction paper you desire. Fold, accordion (fan style), the construction paper legs and arms.
6) Glue arms to body (i.e., heart) of your Heart Person and let dry.
7) Glue legs to body (i.e., heart) of your Heart Person and let dry.
8) With a pen, practice making cute heart faces.
9) Name your Heart Person (People).
7) Decorate the dining room table and other parts of the house with your Heart People.
Instead of sending a traditional Valentine's Card, you may want to send your Heart Person with a verse you made up yourself!
Heart Dog
Items needed for Heart Dog:
Heart Dog Head:
A. The ears will be glued toward the top of the Heart Dog's head. Glue the "ears" on upside down so the point of the heart "ears" are pointing to the point of the dog's head.
B. Cut out pudgier hearts from pink or red construction paper and glue toward the middle of the Heart Dog's elongated heart "ears".
Heart Dog Body:
Heart Dog:
Be sure to name your Heart Dog and decorate the dining room table and other parts of your home with your Heart Dog. You may even want to consider sending your heart dog to well-loved grandparents, aunts/uncles, etc. Instead of sending a traditional Valentine's Card, you may want to send your Heart Dog!
Heart Cat
Items needed for Heart Cat:
Heart Cat Head:
Heart Cat Body:
Heart Cat:
Be sure to name your Heart Cat and decorate the dining room table and other parts of your home with him/her. You may even want to consider sending your heart cat to well-loved grandparents, aunts/uncles, etc. Instead of sending a traditional Valentine's Card, you may want to send your Heart Cat!
Valentine's Day Card
Valentine's Day cards may be whimsical, humorous, charming, ornate, and sensitive. What type of card, how it is made and decorated is all up to you. For a whimsical or humorous card you may want to use some cute jokes or fun poems. For serious and sensitive cards, you may want to print off appropriate poems or lyrics to wonderful songs or meaningful Scriptures verses and glue it to the inside of your card. Be creative and ornate as you desire! Use glitter, sparkles, paper doilies, crayons, markers, color pencils, etc.
Stand and be counted !
This is what Saint Valentine did. Taking a stand against humanism is not always safe, pleasant, and fun. This can be a mighty powerful family discussion! For Christian families: Remind your children this is why you are homeschooling or sending them to a quality private Christian school.
Secret Kindness
Do something kind for someone else. Many say, "I would die" for so-and-so and such-and-such. The real question is: Are you willing to live for your King and faith as you are commanded to by Him? Are you willing — without complaining, murmuring, or grumbling — do what 2 Corinthians 10:5 commands?
Love ?
Ask various individuals in and about your neighborhood for their the definition of "love".
Record them. Next, look up the word in the dictionary of your choice. (NOTE: You may even want to verbally compare different definitions from various dictionaries).
Record the dictionary definition(s).
Finally, learn how God defines love by looking it up in the Bible.
How do these definitions compare?
Be a Song Writer !
Come up with a tune for the words below (perhaps the tune of Jingle Bells ?, Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star ?, Happy Birthday to You ?, Ring Around the Rosey ?, and/or I'm a Little Teapot ?, etc. may work?) ...
Scavenger Hunt !
Come one come all and listen! Milady Laura of the Wood calls only the bravest of the brave of Christian warriors to go on a Pilgrimage! Art thou brave enough to attempt it? If thou art courageous enough, then click here to begin thy journey!
Puzzles / Mazes
Valentine's Day word searches ...
Valentine's Day mazes
Coloring Pages
Valentine's Day Analogies
Complete the following analogies. For analogy help, click here.
Candy is to chocolate as card is to greeting Remembrance Day melodies elk .
Thanksgiving is to gratitude as Valentine's Day is to hopscotch love St. Patrick George Mason .
Duty is to Founding Fathers as courage is to WWI doughboys pilgrims crusaders St. Valentine .
Captain John Smith is to perseverance as the St. Valentine is to essay clocks service sinks .
Retreat is to withdraw as advance is to history move forward Christians book .
Click here for Valentine's Day Analogy Answers
Valentine's Day Alliteration
Alliteration is a lot of fun and great for long car rides. For alliteration help, click here.
Example: Selfless steadfast serendipitous saints seriously sharpened settlement skills.
Do your own Valentine's Day Alliteration for heart, Valentine, loyalty, honor, steadfast, true,
Hint: If you have difficulty creating alliteration phrases, try the formula below ...
Valentine's Day Onomatopoeia Remember: Onomatopoeia = Words that imitate sounds or sounds that are linked with objects. In short, literary sound effects. (from Greek = name-making)
Pronounced: on-o-mat-o-PEE-a
Quick ... what sound ...
— What sound do heart boxes make when they are opened? — What sound is heard when a mother receives flowers? — What sound do you hear when children secretly make valentines for their parents, family, and friends? — What sound is heard when a Valentine is received? — What sound do you hear when a contented person munches on chocolate? — What sound is heard when a family smells a bouquet of flowers?
Valentine's Day Analogy Answers Candy is to chocolate as card is to greeting; Thanksgiving Day is to gratitude as Valentines Day is to love; Duty is to Founding Fathers as courage is to St. Valentine; Captain John Smith is to courage as the St. Valentine is to service; Retreat is to withdraw as advance is to move forward.
Music The following includes lyrics, music, and PDF file worksheets for each tune
Literature
1 Corinthians 13 Isaac and Rebekah (Genesis 24) Jacob and Rachel (Genesis 29) Boaz and Ruth (Ruth 2) Stephen, the First Martyr (Acts 7:49-60)
St. Bartholomew's Eve by G. A. Henty, PrestonSpeed Publications
By Pike and Dyke by G. A. Henty, PrestonSpeed Publications
Under Drake's Flag by G. A. Henty, PrestonSpeed Publications
Foxes' Book of Martyrs
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
What would Valentine's Day be without candy?
Name that Candy bar Take this fun quiz with your children, but be sure you know how to spell chocoholic!
Hershey Park take a cyber visit to the "sweetest place on earth"
Chocolate Recipes Leave it to Hershey to gives us some fantastic chocolate recipes! Here you will find chocolate recipes for beverages, breads/muffins, brownies/bar cookies, cakes/frostings, candy/snacks, cookies, desserts/cheesecakes, and pies along with decorating ideas plus tips and techniques! Still having difficulties? Hershey provides a service entitled Ask Hershey
Totally Hershey is a web site which offers kid's recipes, teacher resources, games, screen savers and more
Geography
In Italy On Line This is a VERY nifty sight that allows one to explore the different regions in Italy, learn about Italy's various festivals, and even includes a This Month's Cultural Events. Learn about St. Valentine's country, history, Italy's constitution, regions, towns, cultural tidbits, more
Tip: I taught my children where various Italian cities were located by pretending I was wearing only one high-healed boot and showing them on my leg where the city was and, then, having my children point to their own leg to show the city. Tell your scholars Sicily is a football and Sardinia is an extra football. This geography activity can be soooooooooo much fun especially if you incorporate tickling in the process while pointing to an Italian city on your scholar's leg!
Word Power
Anagrams
Anagrams = An anagram is a rearrangement of the letters of one word to form another word or phrase.
Get a three minute egg timer.
See how many three, four , five and six letter words can you make out of the following words in three minutes ...
Click here for answers
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