Heroes ALL

It's Veterans' Day, a day set aside for us to remember and to say thank you to those heroes who have helped to keep us safe and free. How will you be celebrating today?
     Dressed in Red, White, And Blue, our first graders will be putting on a Patriotic Performance to honor their invited guests - Our Veterans - for their service and sacrifice. These little citizens study the branches of the military and gather the names and pictures of family members and friends who've served. They write notes of thanks to give to them after their Friday performance. Bulletin boards go up and the kids start practicing their songs. We set a place at the table to represent the soldier who hasn't yet returned and write HERO in salt on the plate, just like on the cover of the book America's White Table by Margot Theis Raven. We will also call the names of our fallen soldiers. It's the best and most heartwarming project that we do all year.

Thanks to Denise at Yearn To Learn, we now have another touching tribute to share and use as a resource; just listen to the children who are lifting their voices in song to let the valiant servicemen and women know that we will never forget:

Here's Part One of our program from last year.

Here's Part Two from that same program.