A guide for using our resources

Children will identify people and things that they love.

Vocabulary: cabrazar, cariño

Social and Life Skills Focus: relationship skills, social awareness

Simple, spectacular ideas to boost your lessons.

Paired Text: Monstruo y el amor by Rachel Bright

  • Monster starts a journey to find someone who can love him as he is. Will he find them?

Bonus Skill Sheet: ¿A quién quieres?

  • Invite kids to write and draw about the people and things they love with this super-cute bonus skill sheet

Scavenger Hunt: Páginas 2-3

  • Use pages 2-3 of the issue to do this scavenger hunt as a group. 
  1. Encuentra el titular. Subráyalo.
  2. Encuentra la foto en la que la maestra ayuda al niño. Colócale una ✔encima.
  3. En el recuadro azul, encuentra la palabra que significa “rodear con los brazos con amor". Rodéala.
  4. Mira el último recuadro. Marca con una X el regalo que te gustaría darle a alguien.

Hands-on Activity: Te quiero porque...

Skill: writing and drawing

Materials: Te quiero porque... skill sheet, scissors, crayons, construction paper and glue (optional)

  • Use our skill sheet to make adorable homemade valentines! Pass out copies of the sheet and have children cut out the heart.
  • Ask kids who they would like to make a valentine for (such as a parent or other family member). Why do they love that person? Have kids complete the sentence and draw a picture.
  • If you like, have kids mount the valentine on a piece of construction paper.
  • Then let kids deliver their valentines! They can also make multiple valentines for different recipients.