Valentine Family Fun Night

February 2013

“Valentine’s Family Fun Night” by Nancy K. Wallace in LibrarySparks February 2011 was the inspiration for this event

Book: One Zillion Valentines by Frank Modell

Poem with Flannel Board: “I Made My Dog a Valentine” from It’s Valentine’s Day by Jack Prelutsky

Poems: Twosomes: Love Poems from the Animal Kingdom by Marilyn Singer

Poem: “A Love Song” by Raymond Richard Patterson from Good Morning to You, Valentine poems selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins

Game: Musical Hearts (numbered construction paper hearts on the floor, play “Do You Love Me” by the Contours. When the music stops, so do the kids. Draw a number. Kid on that number gets a small prize.)

Book: The Day It Rained Hearts by Felicia Bond

Craft: Make Your Own Valentine (crayons, colored pencils, glue sticks, scissors, construction paper, coloring sheets, and other miscellaneous supplies)

Refreshments: cookies, kool-aid

Other Activity Options:

Cupid Bingo

Heart Towers (use conversation hearts to build towers)