Announcing a Special Addition this Valentine’s Day
February is the time we celebrate Valentine’s Day and all the romantic notions it brings to mind. As an educator, you might want your class to focus on more than hearts and flowers and look behind the scenes at the story that propelled St. Valentine to global prominence. But that can be problematic. When you research the subject, there is so much speculation about his life versus his legend, you might find it easier to stick to tales of candy hearts and chocolate kisses.
One of my favorite memories is of the cute little pop up valentine cards that were passed out when I was in elementary school. Valentine’s Day was always tough for me because my folks never sent me to school with a stack of cards to hand out to all the kids in my class. We were either too poor or my grandparents were too indifferent to … Read more