Valentines Day Writing Activity and Craft; Learning to make a list; K/1 Classroom; We first discussed some reasons we might make lists and brainstormed them together on the whiteboard. We then talked about how when we make lists, we don't use complete sentences, but rather a word or two to help us know what we are talking about. We discussed that bullets help us keep our list organized. The writing prompt was "When I hear Valentines Day, I think about..." and students were to make a list of at least four things they thought about when they heard Valentines Day on a small square piece of lined writing paper. When they were done writing and I had checked them to be sure they were done correctly, they were allowed to make their painted hearts. I had cut out construction paper hearts (half a page each) and the students painted one side of the heart and then folded them so the paint covered the entire heart. They loved doing this! After the paint dried, I glued their list to the center of their heart and placed all the hearts under a prompt stating "When I hear Valentines Day, I think about..." in the hallway for parents and guardians to see. They did great with the paints!