Where do Valentine Hearts come from?

Miss Forbis had us sing about Valentine hearts in class today—songs like “I’m a Little Heart Fish”, “Hearts in my Mailbox”, and “You are my Valentine.” And Miss Paula had us sing Valentine songs like “Skinnamarink e-doo I love you” and “Won’t you be my darling?” That’s not all. We read about Valentine hearts and true love in books like:




















But, should the truth be known, Valentine hearts are made in our class in a Jello mold with ever so much care—and with the promise we can have them during snack time!











Who knew?! It was a lot of fun and involved travel to the secret refrigerator.

We got quite excited. When we came back to our room, Miss Forbis decided it was time for us to wind down. She found a whole rainbow of colored nylon scarves in the bottom of her drawer. They were very light and you could look right through them. Then she turned down the lights and had us sit on the carpet. She gave each of us a scarf and began playing a CD called African Dreamlands.

While the music played, we made our scarves wave back and forth and threw them up in the air and watched them float down like colored cobwebs. We made goofy hats that we could see through and sneeze off our head. It was so enchanting, so calming, so relaxing. I can only describe it as a “lullaby experience”.









Listen for yourself at:
http://www.putumayo.com/en/catalog_item.php?album_id=265
(I especially like the first song, by Ladysmith Black Mambazo.)

Even Mister Pat couldn’t resist the strong desire to take a nap, satisfied that he now knows where Valentine hearts come from; they come from the room down the hall where the purple pumpkins and Pilgrims and Santa Clauses and Valentine hearts come from every year.