I introduced my 1st and 2nd of primary students to my favorite Valentine’s Day song for kids by Danny Go. I haven’t had a student who didn’t love this song. Even the most fidgety and restless children suddenly sit still the first time they hear it. I myself have been tempted to add it to my Spotify playlist.
The melody is light, the chorus is catchy, and there’s a little spelling bee thrown in. But don’t be fooled. Whether you’re six years old or 60, the song teaches (or reminds) you of the most important aspects of love. It opens with the following lines:
Love is more than a feeling.
It’s something that you do.
Sometimes loving comes easily.
Sometimes you have to choose.
It then goes on to demonstrate basic but concrete ways to show love.
There are so many ways to love and show love, to our family, friends, our mentors and mentees, and the people in our community. But it always, always has to start with ourselves.
Our Valentine’s display in primary invited students to think of different words one could use to express love–words that started with the letters of our school: A-L-K-O-R
But love doesn’t always have to be so serious. We had some of our students write funny letters to each other, madlib style. They filled in the blanks of a letter template by rolling a dice and writing the corresponding words and phrases.
Depending on the roll of the dice, they each signed off their letters with cheesy English expressions.
Our older primary students, on the other hand, got to design English puns. Puns, while they are silly and funny jokes that make a play on words, usually require a higher understanding of language and culture for you to appreciate them. Here are some of my favorites from last year’s Valentine’s activities:
In ESO, we had another humorous display from our 3rd of ESO students. They worked on creating Valentine’s-themed conversations using English idioms.
On a more substantial level, our ESO students got to explore the different kinds of love through writing letters.
There are so many ways to love and show love, to our family, friends, our mentors and mentees, and the people in our community. But it always, always has to start with ourselves.
Happy Valentine’s Day! <3
Catherine
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