Friday, February 11, 2011

A Valentine Tradition

For 27 seven years I assigned my students to complete a formatted love poem. Even my kindergarteners had wonderful ideas about love and dictated their feelings to fill in the blanks. Not one student ever complained about writing this poem.

Last year I received two hand made Valentines from Ashley and Tessa carrying on the traditional assignment. Let’s do it again. Fill in the blanks…


Love tastes like _________.
Love sounds like ________.
Love looks like _________.
Love feels like __________.
Love smells like _________.
Love is ________________.

Here's my completed assignment for 2011.

Love tastes like a soggy Cheerio after you tested it and decided it was good enough to share.
Love sounds like your surprised laughter after a gazillion rounds of Peek-a-Boo.
Love looks like a special crinkly wink just for me.
Love feels like your sleepy head resting against me as we rock.
Love smells like baby freshness after your bath.
Love is my grandson Alekzander.

1 comment:

  1. Love tastes like leftover Oreo crumbles that you lick off the plate after you finish eating an ice cream football cake.

    Love sounds like indistinguishable, incessant, but lovely, nonetheless, baby chatter.

    Love looks like thousands upon thousands of pictures of the same subject.

    Love feels like warm sunshine on a crisp winter day.

    Love smells like homemade banana pancakes on a lazy Saturday morning.

    Love is found in the simple moments.

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