Every year, teachers wait for special days like Thanksgiving and Valentine’s Day and consider these days as the best days. During these days, students can get inspirational moments with their teachers. However, many teachers tend to wrestle with their class routines. This year things might be a little different as teachers can plan something out and create some fun-filled activities for themselves and their students.
There are different activities that you as a teacher can plan out for your students. This can include a movie that you can record and show to your students that showcases the message of love and friendship. There are different movies that are aired by channels available on Spectrum Cable TV . You can try tuning into the Spectrum TV Select channels that have a number of shows and movies of different genres. Let’s have a look at some amazing activities that you can do to make Valentine’s Day special for your students:
One of the best activities that even teachers can get involved in is to teach kids how to be kind to people. Valentine’s Day and the entire week of the occasion can be one of the best opportunities for you to teach your students different emotions that you come across when you help others and perform different acts of kindness. One of the best ways to help them cultivate the habit of performing deeds of kindness is to do something unexpected. You can decide as a class that you are supposed to do something very kind and generous for somebody and have a look at the amazing outcomes and initiatives that your students come up with.
There are different kinds of heart-shaped marshmallows available at stores near you and you can use toothpicks to create a marshmallow tower. You can make sure all students perform in the activity. After that, you can assign a time limit and see which group can make the biggest marshmallow toothpick tower.
Another exciting activity for students is to keep students moving because they might have some extra energy and do something like an Easter egg hunt. Since it is Valentine’s Day you can help them get on their toes for a Heart Hunt. The game requires the students to find paper-made hearts that are hidden everywhere in the school and can be of different colors and sizes and can be kept at a safe distance. Students can collect the highest number of hearts and the students with the highest number of hearts can be the winner. It is for you to decide if you want to hide the hearts with the class or outside the class as well.
There is another activity that kids will definitely love for Valentine’s Day that requires them to make heart animals. There are different options that one can try including bunny, crabs, dog, elephants and so many other animals. These are not only fun to do but also very easy and quick to prepare.
You can show some appreciation to the staff and the other people who work at the school. You can simply say some appreciative words to them or get them a souvenir. This can be a school-wide or a class-wide effort to appreciate teachers and other support staff who make things work at school or the class every day. Your students can write something appreciative in the form of special Valentine’s Day notes and make someone’s day extra special. You can also ask your students to make a hand-made article for a support staff working at the school.
One of the other activities that you ask your students to do is more related to movement and emphasizes more on exercise. You might need more space for that and get your students divided into small groups. One must complete different exercises to earn a letter or a word that is related to Valentine’s Day. One of the first groups to complete the puzzle gets the winning prize.
Apart from that you can read a story or a book and do something like a reader’s theater. You can find some good books online and give your students a clear idea about what Valentine’s Day is all about and motivate them to demonstrate love and kindness towards people living around them.
To Conclude
In the end, it might not be wrong to say that the basic aim of playing these games with students at schools is to cultivate the feeling of kindness and love amidst people. This year, you can conduct any of these activities online and doing some of these activities can violate SOPs of social distancing. Also, teaching students to show kindness towards people is the need of the hour as many people have lost their loved ones due to deaths caused by COVID-19.
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About Caroline Eastman:
Caroline is doing her graduation in IT from the University of South California but keens to work as a freelance blogger. She loves to write on the latest information about IoT, technology, and business. She has innovative ideas and shares her experience with her readers.
