Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

I love Martin Luther King Jr. Day. It is such a great opportunity to teach the students about acceptance, kindness, and standing up for something that you believe in. For MLK day we discussed the history of the Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement.  We watched some great informative and kid friendly videos on scholastic.com.

For one of the main parts of the day we talked about ways we could make the world better place.  We listened to the song My Own Two Hands by Jack Johnson and I asked the students to close their eyes and listen to words. The thought the reggae music was silly but it led to a great discussion on what we can do on the preschool level.

I can change the world
With my own two hands
Make it a better place
With my own two hands
Make it a kinder place
With my own two hands
With my own
With my own two hands
I can make peace on earth
With my own two hands
I can clean up the earth
With my own two hands
I can reach out to you
With my own two hands
With my own
With my own two hands
I'm going to make it a brighter place
With my own two hands
I'm going to make it a safer place
With my own two hands
I'm going to help the human race
With my own two hands
With my own
With my own two hands
I can hold you
With my own two hands
I can comfort you
With my own two hands
But you've got to use
Use your own two hands
Use your own
Use your own two hands
With our own
With our own two hands
With my own
With my own two hands

And to wrap up the day we painted with water colors. The kids really love water colors because it gives them a chance to be completely creative.

Thanks for stopping by,

Mrs. Winter