The Reyes Academy celebrated Valentine's Day on Monday. We first made Love Rocks. Here's an article that explains where the idea came from. A couple lost their daughters a few years ago. To help cope with the tragedy they started making these love rocks to spread joy. Visit their Facebook page here to learn more about what they do.
My mom made one for my roommate and I last year, and I loved the idea of randomly blessing others. We could leave them at the supermarket, give them to people on the street, or set one on a step of the apartment. I thought the concept of spreading love went perfectly with Valentine's Day. The kids each made 2-3 using fabric scraps and modge podge.
Next we did black out poetry with using 1 Corinthians 13 or 1 John 4. I loved seeing how different the 6 poems turned out. Christin and I also participated. It really helped us to think deeply about the text and its themes. I would love to incorporate this same strategy into English class sometime.
We ended the celebration by giving the kids their valentines. Over Christmas break I found these poop pencils, and I knew they were perfect for the boys. They absolutely LOVED them. We had fun laughing about sticking poop in our noses, eating poop, and touching poop.
Christin and I made cookies and cake to give to the guys at the colmado and to bring to Bible study. Through a friend on Facebook, I discovered a website called 40 Acts. Each day of Lent they send an email with an act to do for the day. I had already planned on making these things, but when I opened my email the act for the day was to make food to give to someone. It was fun to randomly bless those around us.
How did you celebrate love year round?
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