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(Here are some activities you can do on Valentine's Day. You
won't be able to do all of them on one day.)
Valentine's Addition & Subtraction Math Mats eBook
Valentine's Addition & Subtraction Math Mats eBook is a
great way for children to learn how to add & subtract
numbers and to practice advanced addition & subtraction
facts. Also, the number cards can be used to practice numbers
0-20. This eBook contains 4 addition mats, 4 subtraction
mats, 1 blank addition mat, 1 blank subtraction mat, and number
cards from 0-20. You can use objects for counting with these
mats. Images include: Valentine's heart candies, 2 butterflies,
a house with a heart on it, two hearts, a mailbox with hearts
and mail, two butterfly with hearts, a window with hearts and
stars, and a heart bag.
Literature
Read a book about love or Valentine's Day.
Discussion: Talk about the importance of someone loving you and
loving others.
January/February
Word Activities (pdf)
Math
Talk about symmetry.
Look around the room, do you see anything that is the same on both
sides? Is your face, entire body, etc. symmetrical?
Math & Art
Make hearts by folding a piece of paper in half. Color or
paint them (to be symmetrical).
Games & Music
Grab the Heart Game
Have the title of the song written on various hearts. Place
them in a bag, basket, box, or a tape them onto a poster board
(words facing the poster board). Grab a heart. Once
the song is read off, toss a bean bag (or pillow) into a box (or
basket) with a picture of a house on it. You can use
the one located at House
Filled with Love or ST:
Family Love house patterns. Sing the song that was
choosen. Repeat with each heart.
Heart Hunt Game
Have one child leave the room. Hide a small heart bean bag
(or pillow). Have the child enter the room again. Have
the children clap, snap, or sing "La", etc. Have the
children that did not leave the room sing louder or softer
(depending how close the child that left the room is to the
heart). Continue to hide each heart.
Games Kids Play - Honey Do You Love Me
Valentine's Arts & Crafts / Heart Arts & Crafts
Child Directed Crafts
Finger Painted Heart
Have your child have fun finger painting with finger paint,
pudding, etc. on a heart. Put the name of the child and the date
so
you remember when it was made.
Hand Print Craft
On a large piece of paper, place your hand or finger prints all
over the paper. You can use finger paint, pudding, etc. Put
the name of the child and the date so you remember when it was
made.
Parent or Teacher Directed Crafts
It is best to let a child direct his or
her own learning, but if you decide not to do it that way,
you can use these crafts.
Hand Heart
Using a piece of red, white, or pink construction paper, spread
your hand out. Place the small finger on the fold.
Trace the hand on the paper. Cut it out. Write "Happy
Valentine's Day...", "Love, ..." and put the date on it.
Painted Hand Heart
Spread a hand out. Place the hand in red, pink, white (or
other colors) kids paint. Place the hand on paper.
Take the other hand and put it on the opposite side of the already
done hand print. Let dry. Cut it out. On the
back side, write "Happy Valentine's Day...", "Love, ..." and put
the date on it.
Math
Valentine Math
Buy colored Valentine heart candies. Place some in a little
cup or bag. Have the child separate them by color and count
them. Eat some of the candy or place it on or use it for the
Valentine Sugar Cookie
cooking activity.
Valentine Graphing
Preschool through Elementary School
Buy colored Valentine heart candies. Place some in a little
cup or bag.
In the below pdf file, I have on the top:
1. Count the number of candy hearts you have of each color.
2. Color the correct number of rectangles in.
3. Write the number of hearts you have on the lines.
Under that, I have 10 rows and 6 columns. (I typed in the colors
of the candies in each column: green; orange; pink; purple; white;
yellow or blue; green orange; pink; purple; yellow.)
On the bottom of the graph, I have "There are __________ green
candies.", etc. and "There are __________ candies."
For older children, have them do percentages of the
results.
Eat some of the candy or place it on or use it for the Valentine Sugar Cookie
cooking activity.
Graphing Activity Sheet
Bar
Graph: Number of Heart Candies Sorted by Color - pdf.
Updated 8/6/04
Note: I have two different graph activity sheets in this (since
you can buy different bags of Valentine heart candies in the
store). Also, I have it in black and white or in color.
The color activity sheets are for the non-readers and
beginning readers. (If you don't have access to a color
printer, have each child make a line with a crayon or colored
pencil for each color. This will allow the child to work on
his/her own.)
I might remove this activity sheet after Valentine's Day is over.
I will replace it each year (so I have more space for other
activity sheets I create). If I have removed it from my site
and you would like to have it, please contact me by going to my education page.
Home Economics & Math
Make heart (or other shapes) cookies. Is this cookie
symmetrical (is it the same on both sides)? Cut one cookie
in half. Put it together and show the child/ren that it is
symmetrical.
Valentine Sugar Cookies
Make heart sugar
cookies or dairy-free
sugar cookies. Decorate them using red, white, or pink
frosting.
Sprinkle
on
top,
sprinkles,
colored
sugar
or
decorate
with
Valentine
heart
candies,
red
hots,
etc.
If
you
are
a
teacher,
make
them
ahead
of
time
and
have
the
children
frost
and
decorate
them.
Valentine Graham Crackers
Take graham crackers. Frost each with red, white, or pink frosting.
Decorate by placing red hots or Valentine candies in the frosting.
Edible Valentine's Day Cards
Take graham crackers or sugar cookies. Frost each with red,
white, or pink frosting.
Decorate by placing red hots or Valentine candies to make your
friends or family names or initials or decorate it any other way
you like in the frosting.
Music
Somebody Loves Me (Words & Music by Gaynor Jones)
I Made a Valentine (Music by Lynn Freeman Olson)
Magic Penny (Words & Music by Malvina Reynolds)
I have the above songs in the book: Integrating Music Into The Elementary Classroom by William M. Anderson and Joy E. Lawrence that I bought it at the university bookstore.
Chinese Music: Sheet music for Sweetheart (Chinese Folk Song) and Parental Love
Other Songs with Words & Music:
Love Remains the
Same @ KIDiddles
Valentines @
KIDiddles
A Special
Valentine @ KIDiddles You can change the last line to
another person besides "To Mom"
St. Valentine's
Day @ KIDiddles
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