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| Preschoolers are able to name body parts and understand their functions, but the heart is more complex, as we use it to talk about love and emotions. This activity allows a preschooler to learn more about what it means to have a big heart, to think about all the people whom they hold dear, and use creativity to express these ideas at the same time. |
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| Social Emotional, Fine Motor Skills and Art |
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 Ask children to bring in photos of their parents, siblings, grandparents, friends, neighbors, pets, or anyone that they love. Cut out a large heart for each toddler. Make a sample heart by creating a collage on the heart of things that you love which includes photos and lace or fabric.
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1. Talk about the people that are important in our lives. Explain that we typically think of our heart as the place where we keep the love for these people.
2. Explain some of the many idioms that include the heart:
• When someone says, "You are close to my heart," it means, "I love you."
• When someone says, "You have stolen my heart," it means that you have fallen in love with or come to have great affection for another.
• When someone says, “With all of my heart,” or “from the bottom of my heart," it means that they have deep feelings of love or gratitude.
3. Ask children to create a heart collage of people who are close to their hearts. First, children should cut out people or pets from the photos they brought, then glue them on to the heart, and finally decorate the heart by gluing bits of lace or fabric on it. |
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| Proudly display or encourage children to bring them home as a special gift from the heart. |
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