Valentine's Day

Make it a Valentine Week:

We will be learning about the history behind Valentine's Day and reading great love poetry.  I made a CD with Valentine's history, stories, and poems from Librivox, Storynory, and Lit2Go to listen to as well while we are doing our driving around.  Search for titles with "love" or "valentine."  Other suggestions:  Shakespeare's Sonnet 18, Elizabeth Barret Browning's Sonnet 43 (or any poems in Sonnets from the Portuguese), A Red Red Rose by Robert Burns, Love's Philosophy by Percy Bysshe Shelley, and so many more out there.  Scroll down on Storynory's main page and there are links to recordings of the history of Saint Valentine and 3 other stories. 

Movies with a love/Valentine theme (can you guess how excited my boy is?) - Charlie Brown, The Princess & the Frog and other Disney, Shrek (it counts right?), and whatever else fits :) 

Currclick has a couple FREE Valentine items:
Simply Schooling Valentine's Day Free Book - coloring pages and simple writing practice. 
Connect the Thoughts has a Creative Writing & History Elective - I am only going to use the history and poetry lessons.

I like to do a Treasure Hunt for my kids on Valentine's Day - I put found a couple online sources to get enough ideas to make up our own treasure hunt:
Party Games clues
Dating Divas clues - this website is for couple dates, but the clues can work for anyone.  Be aware there may be pictures/ideas not appropriate for little eyes. 

What are your favorite ways to celebrate?

PS. We are having our home school group Valentine's Party on Friday - send me an email if you live near the Salt Lake Valley and want to come!