The children are working on a long-term community project and have spent the past week painting a stockpile of clay hearts made earlier in the year.
As they worked, I was curious what they thought about hearts. I asked them, what a heart does and what its' symbol might mean? Here are some of their answers:
As they worked, I was curious what they thought about hearts. I asked them, what a heart does and what its' symbol might mean? Here are some of their answers:
Henley A heart means play
Eliana A heart means happy
Hudson A heart means love
Cooper A heart means
that you love
Lila A heart means Love
Willa A heart means Love
Anschel A heart means that you love
you
Sonja A heart means Valentines
Day
Q A heart is for Love and
for loving
Addison A heart means Love
Mae S. A heart means Mom
Townsend A heart pumps blood
Hayden A heart means Love
Drew It means
love. It gives kisses and it means
happy.
Henry A heart means Love
Delaney A heart means Love
Dennis A heart means Love
Matthew A heart means Peace. The heart helps you love and it also helps
you feel better.
Henry It means people love
you. A heart shows people love. It pumps blood.
Gracie A heart means Love.
Noland A heart means
love and I think it generates electricity.
Ella A heart
makes love. It loves people. I feel love
in my heart.
Since so many children spoke of love, I asked what was meant by the word Love?
Here was their reply:
Love means that you find someone you like.
Love feels. It's a feeling!
Love doesn’t be mean.
Love feels happy.
Love means peace.
Love means friendship and helping one another.
Love means you don’t fight.
Love means happiness.
Love means that you find someone that you want to be friends with and love just loves.
Love isn't for just people. You can love trees, dogs, plants, pets and snow.
I feel love in my heart. It’s funny how we feel love in our hearts. If you really feel love you can feel it in your whole body.
Love means that you love other persons. Love feels happy. I feel it in my chest.
Love means love.
Some of the children developed love theories as they spoke:
Chloe It smashes into peoples heart.
Abby Maybe it smashes into people’s hearts when you are born.
Chloe Then it smashes out of people’s hearts and into other peoples.
Abby It’s red and smashes into people’s hearts when they are born and a heart means love.
Chloe Heart’s float and then they smash and then you feel LOVE and then they float and then smash.
The children and I tried to feel love in our bodies. We discovered that when we felt really full of love our chests warmed and the feeling spread throughout our bodies. One child said that the feeling was "exploding out of (her) body, like a warm light". We noticed that if we felt mad or "mean" or even sad and lonely, the feeling shrunk in the body. It turns out love can be "turned up and turned down". Someone remarked, "WOW! I can feel love any time I want!"
A good reminder for us all.
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