Hugs and Kisses Storytime

Since I will not be doing storytime next week (Valentine's Day) I decided to do my "love" storytime a week early (actually this storytime is appropriate for any time of the year!)

Books

Hugless Douglas

by David Melling

No More Kissing!

by Emma Chichester Clark

Songs

H-E-A-R-T
(tune: Bingo)

There is a shape that I can make that shows that I love you
H-E-A-R-T
H-E-A-R-T
H-E-A-R-T
A heart shows that I love you!

In my experience I have found that children are more successful when letters are taken from the end of the word.  Give it try sometime!

There is a shape that I can make that shows that I love you
H-E-A-R-(clap)
H-E-A-R-(clap)
H-E-A-R-(clap)
A heart shows that I love you!

There is a shape that I can make that shows that I love you
H-E-A-(clap)-(clap)
H-E-A-(clap)-(clap)
H-E-A-(clap)-(clap)
A heart shows that I love you!

There is a shape that I can make that shows that I love you
H-E-(clap)-(clap)-(clap)
H-E-(clap)-(clap)-(clap)
H-E-(clap)-(clap)-(clap)
A heart shows that I love you!

There is a shape that I can make that shows that I love you
H-(clap)-(clap)-(clap)-(clap)
H-(clap)-(clap)-(clap)-(clap)
H-(clap)-(clap)-(clap)-(clap)
A heart shows that I love you!

There is a shape that I can make that shows that I love you
(clap)-(clap)-(clap)-(clap)-(clap)
(clap)-(clap)-(clap)-(clap)-(clap)
(clap)-(clap)-(clap)-(clap)-(clap)
A heart shows that I love you!

If You're Happy and You Know It

Clap your hands
Stomp your feet
Shout "Hooray!"
Do all three

Play and Learn

I did this storytime twice.  Once with a large group and the next with a smaller group.  I tailored my activities for each group.

Large Group

Beads on a pipe cleaner
To shape into a heart or make into a bracelet.

Small Group

Conversation Heart Sort and Count

Both Groups

Heart Matching
Play and Learn toys such as: Train, wooden beads, blocks