Local Elementary Students Answer Questions About Love

We asked administrators at local elementary schools for their help with a Valentine's Day project where we asked kindergarten through second grade students their opinions about love.

Many thanks to all of the students and teachers who participated.

Editor's note: Davidsonville Elementary School opted not to participate in this activtity—maybe next year. Also, we received the largest volume of responses from Central, also the largest school by student enrollment.

Question 1:
What do you think falling in love feels like?

Leslie, Edgewater ES: "Love feels like chocolate."

Jordan, Mayo ES: "A little nervous."

Audrey, Central ES: "I think falling in love feels like you want to kiss the person and go to a fancy restaurant together."

Jackson, Central ES: "It feels like you want to look in the future and imagine if the person is going to look ugly or not before you marry them."

Mitch, Central ES: "Throw up."

Jewels, Central ES: "It feels like a kiss on a star."

Darrian, Central ES: "I think falling in love feels like you are going to pass out because it is so romantic."

Question 2:
What is a way to make someone fall in love with you?

Brittany, Edgewater ES: "You can make someone fall in love with you by giving them flowers and a new hat."

Gabriella, Edgewater ES: "You can trip and a very handsome man catches you and you fall in love."

Greg, Central ES: "Put a fake muscle suit on."

Marce, Central ES: "Well, for girls, you flip your hair and turn it."

Jessica, Central ES: "You have to put on a pink sparkle clothes and take someone to a date and try to do your best."

Brendan, Central ES: "Go work out at the gym, and you will have huge muscles, and you put on hair gel and you look like Elvis Presley."

Matthew, Central ES: "To make someone fall in love with me, I sit with them at lunch."

Jack, Central ES: "Put a lolly-pop in their mailbox."

John, Central ES: I would say 'hey, I like those shoes,' and walk away, and then they chase after you."

Kyle, Central ES: "Dress nice, be nice and don't yell at people."

Question 3:
What is your opinion about love?

Caden, Edgewater ES: "My opinion is that love is yucky."

Reilly, Central ES: "Just be yourself, but if you are mean, you might have to change."

Amanda, Central ES: "I think love is crazy because you have to kiss them over and over."

Masey, Central ES: "My opinion is it is embarrassing in public, but when you're not in public, then it feels great and you want to kiss."

Jon, Central ES: "Love is gross."

Jessica, Central ES: "I think that girls or boys should stop being afraid of love."

James, Central ES: "My opinion about love is—no love."

Grace, Central ES: "I think love is crazy because you have to kiss a man."

Question 4:
How do two people end up falling in love?

Billy, Edgewater ES: "Go on a date and propose on the date, and if she says yes, then get married and go  on a honeymoon, and you're a lucky man."

Shane, Edgewater ES: One way to make someone fall in love is for a cupid to shoot you."

Colin, Mayo ES: "A boy thinks a girl is pretty."

Bradley, Mayo ES: "They have to see if they are cute."

Connnor, Mayo ES: "Marry your best friend."

Connor, Central ES: "An angel shoots an arrow in someone's back."

Abigail, Central ES: "By having children and kissing every second of every day."