I Have A Valentine Just For You- Submitted by Sherry
Have your children sit in a circle. While the following song is sung, choose one of your children to be the valentine and walk around the outside of the circle carrying a paper heart. At the end of the song, have the Valentine give the heart to the child sitting closest to him or her. That child gives the Valentine a hug or a handshake and becomes the new Valentine as you sing the song again. Repeat as many times as you wish.
Sung to "Skip to My Lou"
I have a Valentine just for you, *****
Special Valentine- Submitted by Lisa in VA
Prepare 5 valentines and 5 envelopes to use on the flannel board.
"Look at all these valentines;
How many valentines do you see?
Repeat until each child's name is mentioned. *****
Valentine Story and Activity- Submitted by Lisa in VA
Read the story, One Very Best Valentine's Day by Joan W. Bloss, aloud to the children. Tell the students that they will be going on a valentine hunt. Give each child a strip of construction paper with a numeral from 1-10 written on the strip. Tell children that they are to find the number of valentine stickers indicated on their paper strip. Once they have found the number of stickers they should tell the numeral on the strip and touch and count the stickers as they put the stickers on the strip of construction paper. This strip of paper can now become a bracelet for the child to wear.
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Valentine Flannelboard- Submitted by Sherry
Cut a large and a small heart shape out of the following colors of felt; red, orange, yellow, green, purple and blue. Arrange the large hearts on a flannelboard. Give the small hearts to your children to hold.
Read the following rhyme aloud. As you say each color, have the child with that color of heart come up and place it on the matching colored heart on the flannelboard.
Valentines, valentines, how many do you see? *****
Follow the Heart- Submitted by Sherry
Make a large heart shape on the floor with masking tape. Play some lively music and have your children walk, jump, march or hop along the heart shape. To make it more challenging have your children walk and at the same time do another movement, such as waving or clapping their hands patting their head, or pretending to be playing instruments.
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Valentine Rhyme- Submitted by Sherry
Five valentines at the corner store
Before chanting the rhyme put 5 different colored valentine hearts on a flannelboard. As the rhyme is chanted each child chooses one valentine from the flannelboard and gives it to one of their friends. Keep chanting the rhyme until all are gone then chant these last two lines yourself.
No more valentines at the corner store
If you have no flannelboard, you can mount hearts on craft sticks for puppet
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Elaine's Valentines- Submitted by Sherry
Flannel Pieces Needed:A little girl, A tree, A cat, A kitten, A cupid, A bird, A squirrel
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Valentine Circle Time- Submitted by Sherry
At circle, we sing "Skinnamarink" at this time every year, and "You are My Sunshine." We have "partner chats" where two by two the kids have mini-discussions (one minute or so) with each other, then they each report back to the group what they learned. At V. Day, I ask them to talk about someone they love. Afterwards, Mitch would say "Grace loves her dog because she gives her kisses" and Grace would say "Mitch loves his mom because she reads him stories." This is a great activity! Social, emotional, literacy....
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Talk about Love- Submitted by Lisa in VA
I always read "I Love Cats" to my class right before Valentine's Day. We
talk about the different meanings love can have. Like, I love my mom, I
love pizza, I love going to the movies, etc. Then I let them fill in a
sheet with about 5 or 6 I love_______________ sentences.
I love _____________book. Or how about a friendship theme?
A good friend always___________________.
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Valentine Poem- Submitted by Sherry
A Valentine *****
Books for Valentine Theme- Submitted by Sherry
Valentine Mice by Bethany Roberts
My Love For You by Susan L. Roth
Bunny My Honey by Anita Jeram
Love You Forever by Robert Munsch
If You Love A Bear by Piers Harper
Froggy's First Kiss by Jonathan London
I Love You, Little One by Nancy Tafuri
Mama, Do You Love Me? by Barbara M. Joosse
Arthurs Valentine
Barney's Happy Valentine's Day
Be My Valentine!
Clifford's First Valentine's Day
Two Special Valentines
Holiday Craft Books: Valentine Crafts
Valentine's Day Crafts
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Feelings- Submitted by Sherry
Discuss feelings and how the actions of others can affect how we feel. Make a chart of ideas of how we can make others feel good. Emphasize sharing and caring and being a good friend.
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Valentine Books- Submitted by Sherry
First Grade Valentines by Joanne Ryder *****
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I have a Valentine just for you.
I have a Valentine just for you.
I'll give you my heart, my darling.
(put valentines on board)
I made one for each friend.
I'll put them in some envelopes,
So each one I can send.
Start to count them now with me.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5
One for ______(name of child)
One for ______
One for ______, too.
One for ______
And here is one for YOU! (Point to child)"
Valentines, valentines, as pretty as can be.
I have red ones, orange ones, yellow ones, too.
I have green ones, purple ones and some that are blue.
A rainbow of valentines, as you can see.
A rainbow of valentiens for you and me.
Five valentines; whom are they for?
Along came (child's name) with a penny to pay
He/she bought a (child says color) for (child names another child in the room)
Then he/she went away
"All sold out," says the sign on the door
What can you do to show you care?
When at the store, the shelves are bare?
It was Valentine's Day and Cupid was dancing his way through the woods. Cupid, you know is like a baby angel, with snowy white wings and curly hair.
He always carries a little bow and some arrows. As he came out of the woods,he met a cat. "Good day Mrs. Cat," said Cupid. "Have you sent a valentine yet?" "A valentine!
What is that?" asked Mrs. Cat in surprise. "It is something you send someone you love. It is Valentine's Day. Everyone in the world is sending valentines." And then little Cupid shot an arrow into theair, and was about to run after it, but Mrs. Cat cried, "Wait a minute, pretty Cupid, will you not help me?" "I'm sorry," smiled Cupid, "But I only put thoughts into people's hearts, and they do the rest. But I will write some verses for you and leave them by this tree." And with that he spread his wings and flew away. "There's no one I love better than little Elaine, and she's sick," said Mrs. Cat. "I believe I will send her something." She turned to go back to the barn when she met a squirrel. "Good day Mrs. Cat," squirrel said. "Where are you going?" "To find a valentine for sick little Elaine," answered Mrs. Cat. "There's no one I love better than little Elaine," said the squirrel, "I will go with you." So Mrs. Cat and the squirrel went along together.
"Hello," said a bird. "Where are you going?""Oh, we are going to find a valentine for Elaine. She is very sick," said the squirrel and Mrs. Cat. "Oh, may I go with you? There is no one I love better than little Elaine," said the bird. "Oh yes," replied the squirrel and Mrs. Cat. So Mrs. Cat and the squirrel and the bird walked along together. The three friends finally reached the barn. Mrs. Cat quickly ran up the stairs to the loft. Tiny "meow" sounds were coming from under the hay. Mrs. Cat gently picked up a tiny kitten from under the hay. "You are going to be Elaine's valentine present," said Mrs. Cat. She will love you so much!" "What will I give Elaine?" said the squirrel. "You can carry the valentine verse that Cupid will leave us on the tree," said Mrs. Cat. "And what about me? said the bird. "What will I give Elaine?" "You will sing her a song," said Mrs. Cat. The three friends arrived at the tree, found the note that Cupid had left and walked along to Elaine's house.
Elaine opened her eyes and found the tiny gray kitten from Mrs. Cat, heard the
beautiful music from the bird, and found the verse from the squirrel:
Little friend, so kind and true
These valentines we send to you
Our very dearest love to tell
We hope you will soon be well
Elaine picked up the kitten and hugged it and the kitten said, "Meow."
Valentine, Valentine, I made a little Valentine.
I wore my little Valentine and I heard some people say,
"A Valentine, a Valentine, what a pretty little Valentine.
I hope that you remember that it is Valentine's Day!"
Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney
I Love My Daddy Because-- by Laurel Porter-Gaylord
I Love You, Little One by Nancy Tafuri
Love and Kisses by Sarah Wilson
Love Is a Handful of Honey by Giles Andreae
Love You Forever by Robert N. Munsch
Mama, Do You Love Me? by Barbara M. Joosse
No Matter What by Debi Gliori
One Very Best Valentine's Day by Joan W. Blos
Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
Valentine by Carol Carrick
What Is Love? (What Is?) by Etan Boritzer
Will You Be My Valentine? by Steven Kroll
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