San Valentine's Day

Introduction

It is the day of love, fondness and affection. It is celebrated every year on February 14. This day consists in being with those whom you want and estimate. Giving cards and presents it´s the way you can say to all special persons that they are really important for you and that you are grateful about all the things that they have done for you and your relationship.

To celebrate this day, we can do activities with our pupils that make them feeling good with their classmates and realize of who are treating them well. For example, we can do this three activities.

Activities

•  We are going to give our pupils a piece of paper with the form of a heart. In that paper, they have to write (with our help) or draw what they want and give it to the classmate that they prefer. We have to try that they express they feelings about other people.
• The day before Saint Valentine´s day, we will give our pupils a postcard (making with paper or a cardboard) and they have to write or draw what they want to the person that they prefer in the school. Next day, they have to put the postcard in a mailbox that we are going to have in class. At the end of the day, we will distribute the postcards. All classrooms can do this activity, so, finally, all people could have a postcard to know how much we love them.
•  Nursery rhymes – You are my sunshine.

Nursery rhymes

You are my sunshine,
my only sunshine.
You make me happy
when skies are grey.
You'll never know, dear,
how much I love you.
Please don't take my sunshine away.


The other night, dear,
as I lay sleeping
I dreamed I held you in my arms.
When I awoke, dear,
I was mistaken
so I hung my head and cried.


You are my sunshine,
my only sunshine.
You make me happy
when skies are grey.
You'll never know, dear,
how much I love you.
Please don't take my sunshine away.