As soon as February 1st hits, I get super excited. The colors of red and light pink just give me bliss. I find it important to always find happiness in the little things. I want to share with you one activity plus a few picture books that I use during the month of hearts.
I am all about parties, don’t get me wrong, but sometimes unstructured parties give me hives. I have realized over my years of teaching I do not handle unstructured chaos very well. I always need a plan. For my valentine’s day party, we eat, laugh, pass out valentines, and we always share the love. It all started with this picture book: Ten Things I Love About You.
I read them this book the day before our Valentine’s Day party to help them start thinking about reasons they love their classmates, school, teacher, parents, and friends.
During the party, each student has a big red heart cut out of red construction paper on their desk. Each student goes around and write one nice comment about their classmate. The comments bring me to tears what they write about each other. It brings life into perspective. Love truly does win. I do not have a picture of a real heart, but check my instagram soon for an example! 🙂