Who else is just eating up this season of loooooooove?  I am!  No, literally, I am eating it up.  Me and candy hearts?  Thisclose. First of all, I wanted to share a few center activities I’m adding this week and some Valentine’s Day FREEBIES! First up, Be Mine Boxes:

{Click link or picture above to download for free!} The heart boxes are everywhere right now, but I picked mine up at The Dollar Tree.  Since we’re getting ready to work on numbers to 40 in Math in Focus, I’m filling the boxes full of different amounts of colored beads.  The students then match the number on the heart box to the number on the recording sheet, dump and count the beads, and write the number in the center heart.  Within the four squares of the box, the student represents the number in four different ways (i.e. addition/subtraction problems, tallies, written number, base 10, etc.).  Cara also has a cute idea for these boxes!  {If you have a post with ideas for these boxes, let me know and I’ll add you in!} Literacy-wise, I’m reinforcing beginning blends with the center below because the pumpkins are having a little bit of trouble with these letter duos…

{Also a free download!  Just click the links or pics above to snag your Valentine’s Day FREEBIES!} And, now for some

more dollar delights…

Um, yes, those are lip clips.  And they’re magnetic.  What a great visual for students to remember to get their mouths ready when reading!  Love.  {They’re from The Dollar Tree.}

I saw these foldable heart Valentines at Target and just had to have them to put my Sweetheart Snatcher clues in!  They come 8-to-a-pack, so they would also be great stand-alone Valentines, perfect for a writing activity.

A pink Mystery Box!!!  Y’all, I have been looking for mystery boxes for you ALL YEAR!  I cannot, for the life of me, find the same cardboard one that I got around this time last year from Target, but this would be an okay substitute.  It’s a Valentine’s Day Mailbox from The Dollar Tree, but does have slits in the top for cards to go in.  I’m sure you could creatively cover them up, though.

And those are some monster-sized doilies up there, also from The Dollar Tree.  Can’t wait to have fun with them! Well, I hope your Monday wasn’t too Monday-ish.  Mine started off with me letting my coffee pot run all over the sink, and then I had to yell at someone (from inside my car) who ran a stop sign and almost hit me.  But, it’s going to end *great* because I’m all kinds of excited about watching Smash tonight!  Then, I’m going to get all cozied up with more candy hearts and Katniss.  Because I am just now  jumping on that whole bandwagon and omiword: OBSESSED.  Have a great week!!!!