Hugs and Kisses

February 13, 2013

In honor of Valentine's Day, we read storybooks about hugs and kisses...

I Kissed the Baby! by Mary Murphy
Various animals tell how they saw, fed, sang to, tickled, and kissed the new duckling.

Counting Kisses by Karen Katz
How many kisses does a tired baby need to change her from crying into sleeping?

Be Mine, Be Mine, Sweet Valentine by Sarah Weeks
Weeks takes readers on a tour of the animal kingdom showing them what each of the animals might give his or her sweetheart on Valentine's Day.

How Do You Hug a Porcupine? by Laurie Isop
A child figures out the best way to hug a porcupine as he watches his friends hug other animals.

Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney
During a bedtime game, every time Little Nutbrown Hare demonstrates how much he loves his father, Big Nutbrown Hare gently shows him that the love is returned even more.


Valentine Fingerplay:
My heart goes thump, thump, thump
And my feet go jump, jump, jump
When I see you!
Do you know why
My heart goes thump, thump, thump
And my feet go jump, jump, jump?
It's because...
I love you!

Silly Song:  "A Ram Sam Sam"

Arms up high, reach for the sky
Come and sing along to this silly, silly Ram Sam Song

A Ram Sam Sam, A Ram Sam Sam
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Ram Sam Sam
A Ram Sam Sam, A Ram Sam Sam
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Ram Sam Sam
A ravi, A ravi
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Ram Sam Sam
A ravi, A ravi
Gooley gooley gooley gooley gooley
Ram Sam Sam

Arms up high, reach for the sky
If you want to be a Ram Sam Master
You've got to go a little faster

(Pick up the pace and repeat several times)

You're A Ram Sam Master!



Valentine Fish are fun to make with just a few hearts cut out of paper! 
You can add a magnet, or...

Use your fish to create a Valentine Card for someone special! 
Let them know they are a "great catch" who has you "hooked."