One of my favorite things to do is tell my preschool students some stories
about when I was growing up in NY with my large Italian family.
It’s fun to attach lessons with a story from my childhood. Recently, we were making play dough “cookies” and we were comparing small, medium and large sizes. One student asked, “What if we could make one giant cookie?”
Well, that set the stage for me to tell the story of baking cookies with my Grandma Rose. I told them about a time when it was near Valentine’s Day. My grandma and I made cookie dough and when we began to roll it out, we both noticed that the entire piece of cookie dough looked like an enormous heart.
My grandma looked at me, smiled, and said, “Let’s bake it just like this–it will be one big heart-shaped cookie for Valentine’s Day!”
For a moment, as my preschool students were looking at me, I was transported back to my grandma’s kitchen in NY, at the side of my beloved grandma, marveling at one giant heart-shaped cookie coming out of her oven.
Love, love, love this sweet little slice! What a special memory with your grandma. :-)
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What's a beautiful memory of a special moment shared with your grandmother. ❤️
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