Black History Month + Valentine Celebrations

On February 11th, the children in the Learning Adventure Program were engaged in various activities for both Black History Month and Valentine’s Day.

Sisters Carol, Johnna and Susanne engaged groups of children in a reading session including several African American success stories. The youngest group read and studied Harriet Tubman. The middle group studied Rosa Parks, and the older group studied Jess Owens and Jackie Robinson. The entire group convened and each group shared their learnings. Hopefully this was a motivation for the children to discover their own talents, exhibit bravery and courage when right needs to overcome wrong, and lastly to work on developing their own God given talents.

Afterwards, the children engaged in various Valentine art activities including making a card with a loving message for their parents and even grandmothers in some cases. There were lots of hearts and lace and reds and pinks to decorate their masterpieces. A Valentine decoration to take home was also created. Afterwards, the children played Valentine Bingo and shopped for a free gift they wrapped up in Valentine tissue for their parent.