Veteran's day

Veteran's Day

I spoke to my class of seventeen, three to six year old children today about the special holiday we have today. I told them that a Veteran is someone that is in the military. Then I asked them what they knew about soldiers. The most common thoughts that come from that group of young children was that a soldier had a gun, gaurded things, and looked for bad guys. We stood up, we all looked at a small flag held by one of the children, recited the Pledge of Allegiance and then I went on to speak to them about this special day.

I said that because we had brave people willing to be soldiers we stayed safe at school and at home. I told them that because they were good at gaurding thing they did not have to use the guns very often. I asked them to say, "Thank you" to the next soldier they saw wearing the special clothes we call uniforms. The children I teach are very young and innocent. The are easy to impress and easy to convince to "do the right thing".

I hope we all think and pray for the service men and women that are in harms way today and every day. Violence, as we are all acutely aware, because of the recent events in Texas and Florida, is such a waste of human life and sprit.

It is heartening to me to see young innocent children each day and realize it is possible to teach PEACE to them.

Take care,

MissT