One of the themes of A Pocketful of Kisses is the idea that parents have enough love for all of their children. Ask your students to make a list of the three people they love the most in their lives. Let these lists lead into a discussion about how they have plenty of love for all of the people they love.
In A Pocket Full of Kisses, Chester Raccoon's mother gives him a special "kiss" to keep in his pocket. Print out a sheet of small red hearts for each child and instruct them to cut the hearts out. They can each decorate an envelope to keep their special kiss hearts in. Instruct them to give the hearts out to people they care about as a reminder of how much they love them.
Students can decorate their own kissing hand cookies as part of the A Pocketful of Kisses unit. Get a hand-shaped cookie cutter and use it to cut out refrigerated sugar cookie dough. You can bake the cookies at home and bring them to class. Fill a sandwich bag with two tablespoons of white frosting for each student. Drop in a few drops of red food coloring and let them knead it in. A corner can be clipped from the bags so the colored frosting can be used to decorate the cookies.
Students can trace around their hands on paper and make their own kissing hands. The students can place one hand flat on the paper with fingers spread; they can trace around it with their other hand. After they cut out around their hands, they can decorate them. When the middle and ring finger are folded down, they have the hand gesture for "I love you." Use a hole punch to put a hole at the base of the index finger and string the hand on yarn to make a necklace.