In February at our preschool we talked about friendship and Valentine’s Day and had a friendship tea party.    The children drew pictures for their family and preschool friends . We asked them what they loved about their family and then we wrote it on the picture and made it into a card.  When the cards were done, the kids delivered them using our pretend post office.

  There is one little boy, who I will call “E”,  who is very comfortable expressing his emotions.   If he is having fun with an activity he will say, “Ms. Dina, I love you.”  So “E” really embraced Valentine’s Day.  Our friendship unit inspired him to express his love for his friend “M”.  Unfortunately, “M” didn’t  reciprocate the sentiment.  “M” replied, “Well I don’t love you.”  I felt horrible when I saw the look on “E”‘s face.   I could feel his little heart breaking with that answer.   After a little intervention on my part, “M” elaborated and said, “I only love my family.”   This just shows unrequited love  can start as early as preschool!