Pamela Wilson of the Special Needs Children Site at BellaOnline offers suggestions for accommodating children with disabilities for Valentine's Day in the classroom.

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Here's a great idea of using your child's photo to create an original Valentine's day card for class. From Filth Wizardry

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From Kidzworld, a community for kids, a middle school blogger talks about getting over the whole Valentine's deal at school and offers some alternative suggestions. This one is for your kids to read.

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Some helpful advice on introducing the concept of Valentine's day to your child, classroom expectations and possible self esteem issues from Family Education

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Here's a fun craft for creating your own decals that can be ironed on to felt to friends and family for Valentine's day. From Alphamom

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Practical advice from Family Education on dealing with hurt feelings and self esteem issues on Valentine's day.

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Social worker Carleton Kendrick asks school administrators to rethink Valentine's Day customs that create winners and losers among the student population.

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Child psychologist Lisa Medoff offers strategies for dealing with hurt feelings and using Valentine's day to teach life lessons about healthy relationships, realistic expectations and kindness to others. From education.com (less)Child psychologist Lisa Medoff offers strategies for dealing with hurt feelings and using Valentine's day to teach life lessons about healthy relationships, realistic expectations and kindness to othe... (more)

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Lesson plan for teachers promotes how kind messages can be created and shared through reading, creative expression and art. Good pre-Valentine activity to encourage nice Valentine notes to fellow students. From Scholastic (less)Lesson plan for teachers promotes how kind messages can be created and shared through reading, creative expression and art. Good pre-Valentine activity to encourage nice Valentine notes to fellow stu... (more)

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A good article for parents being introduced to Valentine's day festivities at school. Includes why you should give cards to everyone, what if I can't afford cards, why doesn't my school allow Valentine's day card exchange and more. From Amanda Morin at About.com (less)A good article for parents being introduced to Valentine's day festivities at school. Includes why you should give cards to everyone, what if I can't afford cards, why doesn't my school allow Valentin... (more)

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