As you all know, last Friday many schools celebrated or tried to tone down a bit St. Valentine's Day, or maybe didn’t celebrate it at all. We went with the flow. Some children had been cutting hearts and parents asked for name lists to bring Valentine messages to teachers and children. We suggested to just write their child’s name; that way it would be easier for the children to pass the Valentines out. We talked about friendship, but that’s a topic we talk about all the time. No big deal.
However I had a pleasant surprise last Friday: one of my kids had a shirt from Puerto Rico. He wore a sweat shirt on top of the "T" shirt. Mid morning this child walked up to me and took off his sweat shirt. Imagine what a shock! I'm from Puerto Rico. I screamed in surprise. I took a photo and thanked him and hugged him for that great shirt. On Monday I'm bringing photos from back home (Puerto Rico) to show him and the rest of the kids.
Now, what really got me was when I mentioned it to his mother and she replied that he had been waiting all this time to wear the shirt for me on this special day. That melted my heart. It made me think of the bond between this child and me. Definitively it's one of those moments that pay off for "those days" we have from time to time.
Maybe this can lead to a social studies project about some aspect of Puerto Rico? The rain forest, the ocean life, the food, the music, animals, who knows…
I was happy to go with flow and allow this to happen.
Smile!
N.
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