I Have A Dream

Many years ago a very wonderful man made a very powerful speech. It touched many people then and still touches us now.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day was yesterday and although I am sorry I did not have my girls craft sooner so I could post it for you I will post it now. I look at it this way, any day can be Martin Luther King Jr. Day as long as we remember his message of love, peace, and acceptance. So try out this craft. Do a little research with your children about him. And on the powerful message he once gave us to pass down to another generation.

What you'll need for this craft:
A computer and printer
Paper
Scissors
Glue
Crayons (or any kind of coloring medium)

Copy and paste the following link http://www.daniellesplace.com/html/martinlutherking.html  and it will take you to the page where you'll find the I Have A Dream craft. The rest is self explanatory. I used white paper to print out the craft but you could jazz it up a little by using colred paper if you like. You could also give them stickers or anything else to adhere to the finished project just for fun. Here is what the activity looks like. 

Have your kids color the people before they cut them out. Then simply cut and paste. There is a quote on the bottom of the page that did not come out in the photo. It reads as follows "I have a dream that one day...little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers."

While my daughters worked on coloring and cutting I told them a little about Martin Luther King Jr. Depending on the age of your child will depend on how you explain to them who he was and what he did. I kept it simple letting them know that many years ago our country was very different. How we didn't treat everyone the same due to the color of our skin. I gave some basic examples such as not serving certain people at restaurants. Not sharing water fountains or swimming pools, etc. And how not everyone believed it was right. Again, keep it simple. You just want to get the lesson of being kind to everyone across. After all that was done we had a finished project.

And there you have it. One more holiday down. One more lesson taught and one more reason to feel good about being a parent. Because you have someone to teach the beauty of love and friendship to.

We will be working on Chinese New Year next and hopefully give you plenty of time to complete that one at home, or wherever you are. You can also look forward to our nature birdhouses, Valentine's Day, and health blog.