We have working a lot on counting so I decided to make "felt" hearts that we could count. I printed them on cardstock paper ... cut them out and laminated them. The hearts can be used on felt boards ... magnetic boards ...or just by themselves. I also made a color match by making two copies of the hearts.
heart patterns I also made a heart counting video which you can see by clicking below: 
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We made tissue paper hearts which is a really great craft project for working on fine motor and scissor skills. You will need the heart pattern ... tissue paper ... scissors ... glue ... and sequins.
The first step is to print the pattern on cardstock paper and cut it out. Next cut or tear tissue paper into small squares. Apply glue drops to the inside of the heart and press on the tissue paper squares.
If some of the tissue paper hangs over the heart you can cut off the extra. The last part is to apply glue drops on the tissue paper and press on the sequins. You do not have to add sequins but they are wonderful for fine motor development and also add a nice sparkle to the hearts.
The free membership printable this week is a heart alphabet sequence that works on letter recognition and fine motor skills. I printed the hearts on cardstock paper ... cut them out and laminated them.
I set the hearts out along with a basket of clothes pins and the children hung them up on our classroom clothesline that I made by attaching the ends of the yarn on two hooks. You could also glue the hearts to craft sticks or use just the hearts by themselves.
In this activity children put the hearts in alphabetical order. You could also make a sequence match by printing two copies of each heart and having the children put the correct heart on top of the matching heart.
You can grab the patterns for free until Sunday February 5th ... after that they will only be available in the member's section which is also where I have added a heart number sequence. 
heart number sequence added to the member's section
I made a heart fine motor activity for one of our centers yesterday and the children really loved it. It was so easy to set up ... you just need large color paper clips and construction paper.
The paper clips I used were plastic coated and came in a pack of six different colors. I found mine at a grocery store but places like walmart ... the craft store ... and office supply stores should also sell them.
I made a heart pattern and traced around it on construction paper that matched the colors of the paper clips. I then cut the hearts out and laminated them. 
I set the hearts out in a small basket along with the paper clips. The children then picked a heart and put the same color paper clips on the heart. Play continued until all of the paper clips had been put on the hearts.
Because paper clips are small items be sure to use supervision with children under the age of three and those still in the stages of putting items in their mouths. You can grab the heart pattern here.
Our room is filled with all kinds of hearts!! The latest addition is our coffee filter hearts. We helped those who needed it cut heart shapes out of coffee filters and then they colored them with markers. We used just the regular crayola markers.
After the coffee filters were colored the children lightly sprayed water on the hearts which caused the colors to spread. I lined the table with wax paper before the children sprayed the hearts with water and put the wet hearts on paper towels to dry.
The free membership printable this week is heart roll and cover which is a great activity for color recognition and math skills. I printed all the patterns on cardstock paper ... cut them out and laminated them. I also attached self-adhesive magnets to the back of the cover-up circles so that they would be easier to pick up and place on the hearts.
In this activity children roll the dice and cover the heart color that corresponds with the number rolled. There are three sets of six colors on two mats but you could also just use one mat for younger children. This activity can be done as both an individual activity or in pairs. You can grab the patterns for free until Sunday February 7th ... after that they will only be available in the member's section which is also where I have added the heart puzzles.
heart puzzles also added to the member's section
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