The Day it Rained Hearts

Bond, F. (2002). The Day it Rained Hearts. New York: HarperCollinsPublisher. Grade Pre-K-2
Written by: Felicia Bond
Genre: Fiction
Theme: Importance of friends and family, creativity
Subject Area: Social Science

Summary:
One day it rains hearts and Cornelia collect many of them. She believes that each heart is special for different reasons and she decides that she will send them to all the people and things that are special in her life.


Initiating questions and activties:

1. Has it ever rained hearts?
2. If you could have it rain anything what would it be? Why?
3. What would you do if it rained hearts?

Activity:
Have the children sit down at their desks and take out their journal. Give them a writing prompt:
If it rained hearts I would...
Then have them draw a picture along with their writing.

Extending Questions and Activities:

1. Where all the hearts the same?
2. What made each of them special?
3. Who did the valentines go to?

Activity:
Give the children all different shape and sized hearts. Show them in the book all the creative things that Cornelia did with hearts. Have them glue hearts on their page to make a picture like Cornelia did with the valentine for turtle. In the picture, she makes a turtle out of hearts. The children can make someone or something special to them out of hearts!