Will You Be
My Valentine?
(Tune: “Do You Know the Muffin Man?”)
Will you be my
Valentine, (Point
to various friends.)
Valentine,
Valentine?
Will you be my
Valentine?
I’ll be yours if
you’ll be mine! (Point
to self and then a friend.)
Some are red, some
are blue, (Hold
up fingers.)
Some have lace and
ribbons, too.
Some are funny,
some are not. (Smile
and then shake head “no.”)
I like the candy
ones a lot.
*Download this
book at drjean.org/February, 2007.
Chocolate Play
Dough – Make play dough using your favorite recipe. Omit the food coloring and let the
children knead the dough in cocoa.
It will look and smell like chocolate. Purchase a box of valentine candies and remove/eat the
candies. Children can roll up the
dough and put them in the paper containers.
Valentine
Sandwich – You will need a heart shaped cookie cutter, bread, cream cheese,
and red food coloring to make this sandwich. Mix the cream cheese with red food coloring until it is
pink. Cut a heart out of the bread
with the cookie cutter. Spread on
the cream cheese.
Love Is… Do a language experience chart where
each child completes the sentence, “Love is…” You could also make a class book where each child completes
the sentence “Love is…” and draws things that she loves.
Predictable
Books – Have children make blank books using one of these titles: Love is… I love… Happiness is… A
friend is… My favorite things to
love… Things I love from A to Z.
Heart Critters
– Give children several choices of hearts in different colors. Children glue them on a sheet of paper
and add details with markers to make imaginary critters. Ask them to think of a name for their
critter.
King Kong (I almost forgot about my favorite finger play for this time of year!)
King Kong (I almost forgot about my favorite finger play for this time of year!)
(Say
“King Kong” in a loud voice & “teeny
tiny monkey” in a squeaky voice.)
KING
KONG (Flex
arms.)
Was
just a teeny tiny monkey (Hold
up pinky.)
Compared
to my love for you. (Cross
arms over chest and then extend.)
KING
KONG (Flex
arms.)
Was
just a teeny tiny monkey (Hold
up pinky.)
Compared
to my love for you.
(Cross arms over chest and then extend.)
I
love you day (Make
circle with arms.)
And
night. (Lay
head on hands.)
My
love is out of sight. (Hands
in air.)
KING
KONG (Flex
arms.)
Was
just a teeny
Tiny
monkey (Hold
up pinky.)
Compared
to my love for you! (Softly
say this line as you point to children.)