Sunday, February 10, 2013

Valentine's Day Word Play

Word play is a concept that develops at the upper elementary level.  Children's word vocabulary repertoire needs to be adequate enough to make sense of word play.  Once the understanding of word play starts to spark in their brains, children light up and love it!  Valentine's Day cards provide a wealth of material for having fun with corny, catchy and cute phrases which are created through word play.  I had some birthday party favors for children, some prizes, and some toys that were specifically marketed for Valentine's day.  I made up a few puns and word play phrases to go with the party favors and toys.  I used colored cardstock paper to print the hearts.  If you have any of the same toys and want to make some heart shaped Valentine cards, grab the FREE PATTERNS at the end of this post.   

I used some toy watches and toy compasses to create a time related and direction related Valentine.  "Will you be my Valen-TIME?"  Get it?



I used some erasers and crayons for two more phrases.



I used pennies and toy magnifying glasses to tell the children that they are "MAG-nifi-CENT".


I used some toy mazes because kids should know that they "a-MAZE" their teachers!



We all have our "ups and downs" and directional movement of the toy yo-yos was perfect for an "ups and downs" Valentine card.  Children love the toy disguises!  I knew I could have fun with the word disguise.



I had some shells that I collected at the beach and used them to substitute the word, "shall" for the word "shell".


I had some toy tops so I took the opportunity to let them know that they are "TOP-notch".

 

There are many things to do with words to make a fun and silly Valentine card.

What about you?  Have you created any catch, corny, or cute Valentine phrases.  Please share them in the comments section and Happy Valentine's Day!

Click on the freebie shown below.


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You might like this other post:  Valentine Cards

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8 comments:

  1. How cute are those valentines!! I will have to pin those for next year! I made the kids glow stick necklaces that said "You light up my classroom!" and we worked in the dark for most of the morning! My room was nearly silent all day because they wanted to be able to keep the lights off!

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    1. I have no idea how to make a glow stick necklace but I'm going to try to find out! Thank you for sharing.

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  2. Your valentine cards are great! Last year I took a picture of our class puppet (the dog "Happy" that comes with our Treasures reading program) and created cards with the photo. The students were so surprised to get a valentine from their friend, Happy!

    Sommer Pride

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    1. That's a great idea! You personalized your Valentine's Day cards by using something the children are familiar with from classroom instruction. Thank you for sharing.

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  3. Those are so adorable and creative. Those are definitely Pinterest worthy. Plus, I love that those ideas really could be used anytime of year for your students. Sadly, I didn't have much creativity in me this year for the coming up with my own cute Valentine's Day stuff! I did find some conversation candy hearts in the Target Dollar spot, and I had my kids incorporate those into their writing. It turned out cute!

    Amy

    Common Core Teacher's Toolbox

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    1. I love the Target Dollar spot! I'll bet the children enjoyed the conversation candy hearts writing activity you presented. Thank you for sharing.

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  4. Those are really cute! I love finding things in the dollar spot that I can put in the prize box!

    -Maria
    Everyone deServes to Learn

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    1. Thank you for sharing Maria. I put the leftover, non-perishable treats from a seasonal celebration in the prize box as well.

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