--- title: Valentine's Day: Watch First Graders Explain Love description: These Brooklyn first graders took a quick lesson in composing love letters as they sat down to write valentines to a special someone. canonical: https://time.com/3709054/valentines-day-first-graders/ author: Diane Tsai article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-02-13T16:18:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:56:44.419Z og:title: Watch These Adorable First Graders Explain Valentine's Day og:description: And answer questions like, "Can someone love you too much?" og:url: https://time.com/3709054/valentines-day-first-graders/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e8a57d4cedd3eed/69877f39cd1bba97726f5354/screen-shot-2015-02-13-at-11-22-01-am.png?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: First Grade Valentine's og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch These Adorable First Graders Explain Valentine's Day twitter:description: And answer questions like, "Can someone love you too much?" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e8a57d4cedd3eed/69877f39cd1bba97726f5354/screen-shot-2015-02-13-at-11-22-01-am.png?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch First Graders Explain Valentine's Day  by [Diane Tsai](https://time.com/author/diane-tsai/)  ## Diane Tsai Feb 13, 2015 4:18 PM UTC  TIME  by [Diane Tsai](https://time.com/author/diane-tsai/)  ## Diane Tsai Feb 13, 2015 4:18 PM UTC Is it ever too early to start celebrating Valentine’s Day? These adorable Brooklyn first graders took a quick lesson in composing love letters as they sat down to write valentines to a special someone. Their heartfelt sentiments were addressed to moms, dads—and even Michael Jackson. But sometimes, love can be tough, even for these kids. One girl solemnly recounts her experience: “When someone kissed you, you don’t like their breath.” Now if only the holiday was that simple for the rest of us. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3709054/valentines-day-first-graders/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3709054/valentines-day-first-graders/"},"headline":"Watch First Graders Explain Valentine's Day","datePublished":"2015-02-13T16:18:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:56:44.419Z","description":"And answer questions like, \"Can someone love you too much?\"","url":"https://time.com/3709054/valentines-day-first-graders/","keywords":["Living","relationships","Love","kids","Valentine's Day"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e8a57d4cedd3eed/69877f39cd1bba97726f5354/screen-shot-2015-02-13-at-11-22-01-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Diane Tsai","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/diane-tsai/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e8a57d4cedd3eed/69877f39cd1bba97726f5354/screen-shot-2015-02-13-at-11-22-01-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"First Grade Valentine's","caption":"","creditText":"TIME","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3709054/valentines-day-first-graders/","name":"Watch First Graders Explain Valentine's Day"}}]}] ```