Yesterday in story hour, we celebrated Valentine’s Day! I always like to focus on friendship when choosing books and songs for the little ones. Here’s what we did:

BOOKS:

• Alles Freunde by Nele Moost & Annet Rudolph (Esslinger, 2015)
• “Der Liebesbrief” from Frosch und Kröte by Arnold Lobel (dtv junior, 2008)
• Frosch ist verliebt by Max Velthuijs (Beltz & Gelberg, 2015)

SONGS:

For lyrics, you can download this PDF document: Lieder zu Valentinstag

• Ich bin ein dicker Tanzbär (Die 30 besten Spiel- und Bewegungslieder)
• Der Kuckuck und der Esel (traditional)
• Wenn du fröhlich bist (version from Die 30 besten Kindergartenlieder)

CRAFT:

This year, we made foam hearts with the word “LIEBE” on them. We used some large foam hearts and put smaller foam heart and letter stickers on them. Then punched a hole and put some yarn through them. Easy, but it gets a little letter practice in, too!