2-14-12

Today we read the story, Heartprints.  

 Following the story, we discussed actions or words that make our heart feel sad or hurt and recorded them on a heart with a sad face.

Those hurtful words and actions make our heart feel "crumpled", torn, and damaged.

 On a large heart with a happy face, we brainstormed and recorded ways to make someone's heart feel happy and leave a positive heartprint.

 This basket of hearts is on a shelf in our classroom.  When someone does or says something nice to us, we can grab a heart from the basket and present it to the person that made us feel good.  When we present a heart to someone, we must tell the person what they did to make our heart feel happy.  The person then gets to put the heart in his/her blue folder to bring home and keep.  If your child brings home a heart in his/her folder, be sure to ask him/her why he/she received it!