Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day falls on the feast day of two different Christian martyrs named Valentine. The customs of Valentine's Day has nothing to do with the lives of the saints. It is believed that the customs come from an ancient Roman festival called Lupercalia which took place every February 15. The festival honored Juno, the Roman goddess of women and marriage - and Pan, the god of nature.

Valentine's Day is celebrated on February 14th every year. t is a day to express affection. People send cards, called valentines, to their friends, family, and loved ones. Verses on valentines often rhyme and express love and affection. Sometimes valentines contain humorous pictures or puns - but almost all ask, "Be My Valentine."

At this presentation you will learn some customs and symbols from Valentine's Day:

Valentine's Day Poems

From Apples 4 the Teacher, here you have a bunch of Valentine's love and friendship poems:

	A Song of Love
	A Valentine to a Little Child  compiled by Evaleen Stein
	A Valentine to Catherine  compiled by Evaleen Stein
	An Equal Franchise Valentine  by Winifred Sackville Stoner, Jr.
	Courageous is My Valentine  (Dedicated to a loved one in the military) by Roger J. Robicheau
	Cupid and My Campaspe by John Lyly
	Cupid Drowned  by Leigh Hunt
	Cupid Stung by Thomas Moore
	Don Cupid
	Four Winds
	Gifts of Love
	Kismet
	Love Proverb
	Love Seasons
	Love Song
	My Perfect Valentine  (Dedicated to a loved one in the military) by Roger J. Robicheau
	The Days of Chivalry  by Winifred Sackville Stoner, Jr.
	The Little Old Cupid  by Walter de la Mare
	The Music of Your Voice
	There is a Lady Sweet and Kind
	To Daphne  by Walter Besant
	To My Leap Year Valentine  by Winifred Sackville Stoner, Jr.
	To My Valentine  by Winifred Sackville Stoner, Jr.
	When Will Love Come? by Pakenham Beatty
	Valentine by K. Uniacke

How to Say I Love You

The way to say I Love You in different languages around the world. Afrikaans: Ek is lief vir jou Ek het jou lief Albanian: Te dua Amharic: Afekrishalehou Arabic : Ana Behibak (to a male) Ana Behibek (to a female) Basc : Nere Maitea Bavarian : I mog di narrisch gern Bengali : Ami tomake bhalobashi Berber : Lakh tirikh Bicol : Namumutan ta ka Bulgarian : Obicham te Cambodian : kh_nhaum soro_lahn nhee_ah Bon sro lanh oon Cantonese : Ngo oi ney Catalan : T'estim (mallorcan) Chinese : Wo ie ni (Manderin) Croatian : Volim te Czech : Miluji te Danish : Jeg elsker dig Dutch : Ik hou van jou Estonian : Mina armastan sind Esperanto : Mi amas vin Persian (Farsi): Tora dust midaram Flemish : Ik zie oe geerne Finnish : Mina" rakastan sinua French : Je t'aime Friesian : Ik bin fereale op dy Ik ha^ld fan dy (Most commonly used phrase) Gaelic : Ta gra agam ort German : Ich liebe Dich Greek : S' ayapo Gujarati: Tane Prem Karoo Choo Hausa : Ina sonki Hebrew : Ani ohev at (man to woman) Ani ohevet atah (woman to man) Hindi: Mein Tumse Pyar Karta Hoon (man to woman) Mein Tumse Pyar Karti Hoon (woman to man) Hokkien : Wa ai lu Hopi : Nu' umi unangwa'ta Hungarian : Szeretlek te'ged Indonesian : Saya cinta padamu Saya Cinta Kamu Aku tjinta padamu Saja kasih saudari Italian : Ti amo Irish : taim i' ngra leat Japanese : Kimi o ai shiteru Sukiyo Kannada: Naanu ninnanu preethisuthene Naanu ninnanu mohisuthene Kazakh : Men seny jaksy kuremyn Kiswahili : Nakupenda Korean : Tangsinul sarang ha yo Kurdish : Ez te hezdikhem Latin : Te amo Vos amo Lao : Khoi huk chau Latvian : Es Tev milu Lingala : Nalingi yo Lithuanian: Ash miliu tave Luo : Aheri Madrid lingo: Me molas, tronca Malay/Indonesian: Saya cintakan awak(awak=kamu=you) Aku sayang engkau (engkau=kamu=you) Malay : Saya cintamu Saya sayangmu Malayalam: Ngan ninne snaehikkunnu Njyaan ninne' preetikyunnu Njyaan ninne' mohikyunnu Marathi: Mi tuzya var prem karato Me tujhashi prem karto (male to female) Me tujhashi prem karte (female to male) Maltese: Inhobbok Mandarin : Wo ai ni Mohawk : Konoronhkwa Navajo : Ayor anosh'ni Ndebele : Niyakutanda Norwegian : Jeg elsker deg (Bokmaal) Eg elskar deg (Nynorsk) Pakistani : Mujhe tumse muhabbat hai Persian : Tora dost daram Pilipino : Mahal Kita Iniibig Kita Polish : Ja Cie Kocham or Kocham Cie (Pronounced Yacha kocham) Portuguese : Eu te amo Punjabi : Main tainu pyar karna (male to female) Mai taunu pyar kardi aan (female to male) Romanian : Te iu besc Russian : Ya lyublyu tebya Ya vas lyublyu Scot Gaelic : Tha gra\dh agam ort Serbian : Volim te Shona : Ndinokuda Sioux : Techihhila Slovak : Lubim ta Slovene: Ljubim te Spanish : Te amo Swahili : Nakupenda Swedish : Jag a"lskar dig Swiss-German: Ch'ha di ga"rn Tagalog : Mahal kita Taiwanese : Gwa ai lee Tamil: Naan Unnai Kadhalikiren Telugu: Ninnu premistunnanu Neenu ninnu pra'mistu'nnanu Nenu ninnu premistunnanu Thai : Phom Rak Khun Ch'an Rak Khun Tunisian : Ha eh bak Turkish : Seni seviyorum! Urdu : Mujhe tumse muhabbat hai Vietnamese : Anh ye^u em (man to woman) Em ye^u anh (woman to man) Toi yeu em Vlaams : Ik hou van jou Welsh : 'Rwy'n dy garu di. Yr wyf i yn dy garu di (chwi) Yiddish : Ikh hob dikh lib Zazi : Ezhele hezdege (sp?) Zuni : Tom ho' ichema

Valentine's Day Online Games

Fun on Valentine's Day at the following links:

• Scrambler Puzzles from Apples 4 the Teacher
• Jigsaw Puzzles from Apples 4 the Teacher
• Online Games from Gamesgames
• Sorted Valentine's Day Games at Apples 4 the Teacher
• More Games from A Kid's Heart
• A word search from Abcjuegos.net