‘‘I love Mommy and Daddy because they cook for me.’’ ‘‘I love Mommy and Daddy because
they do stuff for me.’’
‘‘I love Mommy and Daddy
because they love me.’’
Those are just some of the reasons
Cathye Hiatt’s kindergarten students gave for why they love their mommys and daddys.
Each student gave his or her
reason in the ‘‘Dear Mom and Dad’’ video made by a volunteer parent,
Kathy Shuping.
This is the third time Shuping and
her husband have done this, each time for their child’s kindergarten class. The video
is a conglomeration of special events during the year and a section where each student
tells why they love their parents.
Take all that, set it to music,
splice it, give each parent a copy and you have the makings of a tear-jerker parents can
keep forever.
All the parents came for an
unveiling of the video, and Shuping presented each parent with a copy of the class video.
Parents ‘‘were very
appreciative,’’ Hiatt said. ‘‘They were just very thankful that
someone had been able to video things that had happened throughout the year.
‘‘There were things that
some parents had not been able to come to, and it’s a good way for the kids to
remember their kindergarten friends.’’
Shuping said she spent 15 hours
splicing the video. That’s not counting taping time or the time spent viewing the
original tapes to find the pieces of video she wanted.
Shuping is a former fifth- and
sixth-grade teacher at Erwin.
‘‘Kids love their
parents,’’ she says, ‘‘but a lot of times students didn’t show
their parents the love they had for them. When your kids get up to middle school, they
think it’s a childish thing to do. It’s a special memory for all the
parents.’’
This way, parents know their
children love them, and if they ever doubt it, they can go back and look.
So how did parents react to the
video?
‘‘You need tissues to
watch it,’’ Shuping said. |
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