Spread the Love~

With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, consider spreading the love to friends and family.  Use your scrap paper to create beautiful valentines.  On folded paper, trace a “mouse ear” shape to cut and open into a heart.

Adorn the heart with buttons, lace bits, stickers, and of course something glittery!  Print a message or a simple x and an o.

My “dear” one created this valentine.  The treasured words inside of the heart, warm me up on the coldest of winter days.

1 4 3 ~ stands for, I Love You!

1 4 3
~ stands for,
I Love You!

Valentine 2

Gather your wee ones around and enjoy creating and spreading messages of love to those around you.  Your children will have fun, use their imaginations, and perhaps begin to “print.”  Most of all, your children will experience the joy that comes from bringing happiness to another, when they hand a valentine or heart to that special someone.

A gift of love from the heart.

x

Thank You, Jada!

As a teacher, one often wonders, Did I make a positive difference in someone’s life?  Did I remember to stand up for someone when they needed a voice?  Did I lift someone just a little bit “higher”up in this world?  After all, that is what a teacher must do.  Today I opened a letter from a former student, now in Grade Five, who has moved far away.  Jada told me that I was a “favourite” teacher and that she remembered a day that I told the class to stop laughing when she made a “mistake.”  She just wanted to say, “Thank you.”  Jada, I thank you for being the quiet, sweet natured, and kind Grade One learner that I remember.  I know that those qualities will always grace you.  Thank you for caring enough to say, “Thank you.”

xox

Mrs. Nielsen