Love Somebody Tell Me Who

Theme: Hearts & Love

Choosing Time: Play-doh, cars, mini figurines, Tea Set, Puzzles, Dinosaurs, & Cut-A-Heart (This was a huge success today! I had made a stencil out of cardboard. We placed it on the fold of a paper, traced it, cut it out, and then opened it to find a heart! It was so fun to see how excited that each child was to see a heart.)

Music: Skidamarinky-Dinky-Dink & Love Isn't Love Till You Give It Away

AM Snack: Mini Heart Cakes, Milk, & Apples

PM Snack: Heart Shaped Cheese, Crackers, PB & Chocolate Cookie Wafers

Book: Be My Friend by Joan Walsh Anglund

Lesson: I asked the children, "How do you show someone you love them?" Some of their responses included, play with them, don't punch them, give them presents, take them cookies, come over to my house, hug them, & smile at them. Valentine's Day is a holiday to celebrate good and loving feelings for one another. One way we do this is to give people nice notes.

Movement:

• Dancing Hearts (I scattered hearts around the floor. We danced to some fun music and froze when the music stopped. I called out a color and each child found ONE heart in that color and then brought it to me.)
• 5 Hearts (I had five different colored hearts on the magnet board. I asked, "Pink heart Pink heart what do you say? I then said a child's name. He came up and took the pink heart and then had to act out whatever I said next. For example, "I say I'll twirl all day!" And then the child would twirl....
  

Art: "What Can You Make Out of Heart Shapes?" Some kiddos made heart patterns using different sizes and colors. Others made animals or people. While others had a good time gluing as many hearts onto the paper as possible :)

Book: Puppy Love: Valentine's Riddles for the Young at Arf! by Lisa Eisenberg
Our favorite riddle: What kind of lips should you never kiss? "Tu-Lips"

Games:

• Who's My Valentine? (All the kids laid down on the floor and covered their eyes. I quietly touched one of them and then he/she said, "Who's My Valentine?" The other children had to guess who said it.)
  
• Love Somebody (We sat in a circle and sang, "Love Somebody, Yes I do, Love Somebody, Tell Me Who!" I threw a beanbag to a child as I said his name. We sang the song again and the child chose a different person to throw the beanbag to.)