Theme — Family:
Books
Because I Love You So Much by Guido van Genechten
Did I Tell You I Love You Today? by Deloris Jordan
Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney
I Love Mommy by Lizi Boyd
I Love You as Much-- by Laura Krauss Melmed
I Love You Because You're You by Liza Baker
I Love You, Little One by Nancy Tafuri
I Love You So Much by Carl Norac
I'd Know You Anywhere by H.J. Hutchins
Poems/Fingerplays
I Love Mommy (Tune: Frere Jacques/Are you sleeping?)
Some Families
Three in a Family
Songs
"All one family" from Movin and Groovin with the Music Lady by Beverly Meyer
"Love makes a family" or "Moon, my dad and me" from Blanket Full of Dreams by Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer
Or take your pick from these Family themed cds:
Celebration of Family
Daddy-O Daddy! : rare family songs of Woody Guthrie
Activities
- Craft: Create a Family Mobile. Have precut body shapes and let child help pick out hair colors and features to draw in for each member of family. Attach to one end of a piece of yarn, with the other end tied to a paperclip. Attach paperclips around the perimeter of a paper plate with a yarn loop for hanging in the center.
- Food: Family Trees.
Place broccoli stalks on each plate with a cherry tomato for each family member. Serve ranch dressing on the side.
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