Valentine's Day

Since Valentine's Day is on Sunday this weekend, we are talking about Valentine's this week.

Books:

Toddler Books:

Love Monster - Rachel Bright

Baby Love - Angela DiTerlizzi

All Kinds of Kisses - Nancy Tafuri

Preschool Books:

Love Monster - Rachel Bright

The Pout-Pout Fish - Deborah Diesen

Prince of a Frog - Jackie Urbanovic

Rhymes/Fingerplays/Songs:

Five Valentine's:

Five hearts to give away for Valentine's Day.

"I Love You" is what they say.

I'll give one to my  Mom  today.

Countdown 4, 3, 2, 1...and give Valentine's to family member's/friends

Source: An inherited flannel from my flannel drawer.

*I used sign language for "I Love You"

Two Little Lovebirds (Tune: "Two Little Blackbirds"):

Two little lovebirds sitting on a hill,

One named Jack and the other named Jill.

Fly away Jack, Fly away Jill,

Come back Jack, Come back Jill.

Two little lovebirds sitting on a hill,

One named Jack and the other named Jill.

Source: Me

My Friends (based off of the book "My Friends" by Taro Gomi):

My friend the elephant taught me to  stomp .

My friend the zebra taught me to  run .

My friend the snake taught me to  slither .

My friend the monkey taught me to  jump .

My friend the giraffe taught me to  stretch .

My friend the lion taught me to  roar .

Source: This worked well last year when I used flannels of zoo animals in place of a flannel that was actually based on the book by Taro Gomi. And the kids enjoyed doing the different actions!

Red Heart, Red, What Do You See?:

Red heart, red heart, what do you see?

I see a white heart looking at me.

White heart, white heart, what do you see?

I see a blue heart looking at me.

Blue heart, blue heart, what do you see?

I see and orange heart looking at me.

Orange heart, orange heart, what do you see?

I see a pink heart looking at me.

Pink heart, pink heart, what do you see?

I see a green heart looking at me.

Green heart, green heart, what do you see?

I see a yellow heart looking at me.

Yellow heart, yellow heart, what do you see?

I see a purple heart looking at me.

Purple heart, purple heart, what do you see?

I see a Valentine looking at me.

Valentine, Valentine, what do you see?

I see a purple heart, a yellow heart, a green heart, a pink heart, an orange heart, a blue heart, a white heart, and a red heart, looking at me.

Source: Miss Tracey at Little Story Bug