Valentine Lesson Plans

Valentine Gallery

Valentine Poems, Songs & Rhymes

Winter Lesson Plans

Five Hearts Finger Play

Lesson Plan:

​Activity:  ​

Five Hearts Finger Play

Lesson plan developed by Ms. Erika Geelhoed, BA Ed
​
Age Group:
​Young Infants

​* Lesson plan objective and assessment can be adapted to use this activity with mobile infants, toddlers or preschoolers.
​
Objectives:  
​Children will:

• react to a song by moving their bodies.
• develop musical skills by participating in rhymes.

CDA Competency Standard:

II.7.2a

• Activities and materials encourage children to dance, move and develop their musical abilities
  • a) Music and dance/movement materials and activities are available for children daily

Five Hearts Finger Play

Materials: 

• glove
• colored foam
• googley eyes
• glue
• scissors

Procedure: 

• Prepare for lesson by creating the Heart Glove.
  
• Cut different colored foam into heart shapes and glue onto the fingertips of the glove.
  
• Allow to dry. 
• When children are ready, put on the glove and sing the following song to them:

I love my little valentines,
I love to watch them grow.
The first little valentine
Has a little button nose,
The second little valentine
Has fingers that can wiggle,
The third little valentine,
Has feet to run and giggle
The fourth little valentine,
Has little hands that clap
The fifth little valentine
Loves sitting in my lap
** Put up fingers as the song goes along.

Assessment: 

• Observe and record how the children react to the song. Did they move their arms and hands? How about their legs? What facial expressions did they have? 

Online Early Childhood Education

Click on the course icon for enrollment information.

---

Brain Fact

Excerpt from Music with Infants and Toddlers, Maryann “Mar.” Harman

The need for balance, gravity is more compelling than our need for food, touch or even mother-child bond. (Fjordbo, 1995). Moving the head activates vestibular system and carries impulses to other parts of the brain. When we don’t move, we do not take in information. Important for baby to lift head. Blow bubbles for tracking, head movement This is why children love to spin. (As adults, it takes longer to get back to a state of equilibrium because of thicker fluid in ear canals.)