This month, we have been focusing on the virtue of friendship as a school. The kindergarteners completed an activity this week that showed how hurtful words can be. We read the story “Chrysanthemum.” As we read the story, we would crumple up a paper heart each time someone made fun of Chrysanthemum. We would also try to fix the heart when someone tried to make her feel better. We saw that even though we tried to fix her heart, it was still wrinkled. Hurtful words are hard to forget! We signed the heart and learned a rhyme to help remind us to think before we talk to our friends: Before you speak, think and be smart. It’s hard to fix a wrinkled heart!