Will You Be My Valentine?

This Valentine’s Day, I have a fun song to share that you can sing and sign with your students or little ones at home. Not only will they be learning sign language, but it will also allow them to actively participate by using gross motor skills. This is just another way to ensure they will remain engaged in the activity.

You will only need to learn and teach one sign for this fun activity: Valentine. To do so, start with your hands open and palms facing toward you. Then, draw the outline of a heart starting at the top with your middle fingers. Each time the world valentine repeats in the song, you and your students or children should sign it as well.

The song is sung to the tune of “Do You Know the Muffin Man” and the lyrics are as follows:

Will you be my valentine?
My valentine, my valentine
Will you be my valentine?
And jump around with me

Will you be my valentine?
My valentine, my valentine
Will you be my valentine?
And skip around with me

In this example, I used jump and skip as movement words. When these words are sung, you and your students or child should act out the word. You can continue to sing the verse using any different gross motor movements you can think of to add. Some others I suggest are sneak, tip toe, twirl, or hop. Most importantly, have fun!

Remember, you can find out more information about signing with your baby on my website. I have a free video where I reveal my #1 secret on how you can drastically reduce your baby’s crying and temper tantrums which you find at www.babysignlanguageonline.com.