Pre-K & Preschool theme ideas for learning about Valentines Day.
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Books
Check here for a complete list of Books about Valentine’s Day
Valentines Art Activities
Valentine Mailbags and Mailboxes
Here are some simple ideas for Valentine holders for children to decorate! Read more here: Valentine Mailboxes and Mailbags.
Tissue Hearts
I trace a heart onto white paper with a black Sharpie. Children put red and pink tissue paper squares on the heart by painting over the pieces with liquid starch. When they are dry, the children cut out the heart.
Doily Heart Art
The children painted these doily hearts using Colorations liquid watercolor with Q-tips. The Q-tips worked great with the liquid watercolor.
Valentines Literacy Activities
Make a Valentine Card
Children can make their own Valentine card for family or friends using the printable card available here: Writing Center Printables. This activity makes a great independent activity for Small Group time or arrival time. Children can decorate the cards with stamps, markers, stickers, foamie shapes, sequins, and more.
Valentine Dot Marker Card
Print out this Valentine Dot Marker Card and have children stamp it with dot markers. You can also have children decorate the card by placing colorful sequins or heart stickers in each heart!
You can also use this printable for a fine motor activity by placing candy hearts in each of the small hearts.
Download: Valentine Dot Marker Card
Valentines Class Book
Children dictate the rest of the sentence: “I love ___” and draw a picture to illustrate. To make our class books, I use “presentation book covers” from an office supply store or Walmart. It has a sturdy plastic cover with a clear insert, and the pages are also clear inserts. I just slip in a page for the front cover, and slip in the children’s pages inside. These can be reused. Use this free printable template for the pages of your book.
Download: Free Printable Valentine Class Book
Valentine Bingo Stamping Game
Use this bingo stamping game to practice letter or numeral recognition. Print out the bingo page, write the letters or numbers you want your students to practice, and make copies. Get the printable here: Valentine Bingo Game here.
Valentine Roll and Write Game
Children love this game to practice writing skills! Read about and print the Valentine Roll and Write Game here.
Valentines Math Activities
Valentine Grid Games
This printable game is used to practice counting and one-to-one correspondence. Read about and print here: Grid Games
Valentine Roll and Cover Game
This roll and cover game can be used to practice counting and numeral recognition. Read about and print it here: Roll and Cover Games
Valentines Paper Punch Math
I use a heart shaped Martha Stewart craft puncher to cut out the pieces from construction paper. You can use these paper punches for sorting, patterns, and numbers with these free printables.
Sorting: Give each child a bowl of assorted paper cutouts. Have them sort the paper cutouts onto the sorting sheet and glue them on. Print the Sorting Sheets here.
Patterns: Children glue the cutouts on the paper pattern strip. You can do AB, AABB, ABC, ABB, AAB, etc. Print the Pattern Grids here.
Counting: Print out the numeral sheets. Have children count out the correct amount of paper cutouts to glue onto the numeral. Print the large numeral sheets here.
Valentine Count & Clip Cards
Children will count the balloons (for numbers 1-10) and the roses (for numbers 12-20). They will clip the correct numeral with a clothespin. Print these count and clip cards here:
Valentines Cooking Activities
Queen of Hearts “Tarts”
Children make their own Queen of Hearts tarts by mixing two spoonfuls of cream cheese (or use white icing) with two spoonfuls of strawberry preserves in a cup. Spread the mixture onto vanilla wafers, and add red hots.
More Valentines Activities
Rhymes
Queen of Hearts Nursery Rhyme
The queen of hearts,
She made some tarts
All on a summer’s day.
The knave of hearts,
He stole those tarts
And took them clean away.
Songs
Find Valentine songs here!
Find more activities here: Valentine Activities for Pre-K
You’ll also like these resources…
Links
- Valentines @ Pre-KPages.com
- Spin Art Valentines @ Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds
- Valentine Activities @ Living Montessori Now
- Valentine Cutting & Tracing & Fun-a-Day
- Candy Heart Activities @ Early Learning Ideas
- Valentine’s Button Drop Counting @ Stay at Home Educator
- Valentine Heart Numbers @ Preschool Inspirations
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Pre-K & Preschool Theme Ideas for Learning about Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day is a popular holiday celebrated on February 14th each year. It is often associated with love, friendship, and exchanging cards and gifts. Pre-K and preschool teachers can incorporate Valentine's Day into their curriculum by introducing various activities and themes related to the holiday. Some common ideas for Valentine's Day themes in Pre-K and preschool include:
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Books: Reading books about Valentine's Day can help children learn about the holiday and its traditions. There are many children's books available that focus on themes of love, friendship, and kindness. Some examples include "The Day It Rained Hearts" by Felicia Bond and "Love from The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by Eric Carle.
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Valentine Art Activities: Engaging children in art activities can be a fun way to celebrate Valentine's Day. Some art ideas include creating Valentine mailbags or mailboxes for children to decorate, making tissue hearts by painting over red and pink tissue paper squares on a traced heart, and painting doily hearts using liquid watercolor and Q-tips.
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Valentine Literacy Activities: Valentine's Day can be an opportunity to incorporate literacy activities into the curriculum. Children can make their own Valentine cards for family or friends using printable cards. They can also use dot markers to stamp Valentine cards or decorate them with colorful sequins or heart stickers. Another activity is creating a Valentine class book where children dictate sentences like "I love ___" and draw pictures to illustrate.
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Valentine Math Activities: Math activities can be incorporated into Valentine's Day themes as well. Some ideas include using grid games to practice counting and one-to-one correspondence, playing roll and cover games to practice counting and numeral recognition, and using heart-shaped paper punches for sorting, patterns, and counting activities.
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Valentine Cooking Activities: Cooking activities can be a fun way to engage children in learning about Valentine's Day. For example, children can make their own Queen of Hearts tarts by mixing cream cheese or white icing with strawberry preserves and spreading the mixture onto vanilla wafers. They can also add red hots for decoration.
These are just a few ideas for incorporating Valentine's Day themes into Pre-K and preschool activities. Teachers can adapt and modify these ideas based on the age and interests of the children they are working with.
I hope this information helps! Let me know if you have any other questions.
