Valentine Theme Activities for Preschool

Valentine’s Day theme activities for Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten

Valentine’s Day Books

Valentine’s Day Ideas for Preschool

Valentine Literacy Activities

Valentine’s Day Syllable Activity

Students will identify the number of syllables in each picture. This activity includes a black and white recording sheet and is available in the Valentine’s Day Literacy Packet located in the printables section below.

Valentine’s Day Beginning Sounds

Students will identify the beginning sound of each picture and attach a clothespin with the correct letter to the corresponding picture. There is also a black and white recording sheet included with this activity. The beginning sounds activity is available in the Valentine’s Day Literacy Packet in the printables section below.

Valentine’s Day Rhyming

A fun game that can be played in large group, this game is available in both black and white and color. Students take turns rolling the cube and finding the rhyming picture. This activity is available in the Valentine’s Day Literacy Packet located in the printables section below.

Valentine’s Day Alphabet Game

This activity includes both upper and lower case versions in black and white or color. Students will take turns drawing a card, identifying the letter, and marking it on their recording sheet. This activity also includes two recording sheets, one for uppercase letters and one for lowercase letters and is available in the Valentine’s Day Literacy Packet located in the printables section below.

Valentine’s Day Vocabulary Cards and Chart

The printable word chart and vocabulary cards are available in both black and white and color. Place the printable word cards in a pocket chart or on a word wall. These cards can be used to help develop vocabulary and can be found in the Valentine’s Day Literacy Packet in the printables section below.

Valentine’s Day Pocket Chart Sentences

The predictable text in this pocket chart set will help your students learn concepts of print such as left to right directionality, return sweep, one-to-one correspondence, and more. The printable pocket chart sentences are available in the Valentine’s Day Literacy Packet in the printables section below.

Valentine’s Day Printable Emergent Reader

The predictable text in this book is designed to support your emergent readers. Use this book to reinforce concepts of print such as words are separated by spaces, left to right and top to bottom, written words match spoken words, common sight words, and more. This easy to assemble emergent reader is offered in both black and white and color in the Valentine’s Day Literacy Packet located in the printables section below.

Valentine’s Day Read and Write around the Room

This fun read and write around the room activity is available in the Valentine’s Day Literacy Packet located in the printables section below.

Valentine Card Class Book


Materials: Valentine cards that your class has given you, glue, cardstock, construction paper, stickers
Pre-program as many sheets of cardstock as you have students with the following phrase copied at bottom “Roses are red, violets are blue, here is the Valentine I got from you”. Next, glue one Valentine card to each page, with the picture showing and write the child’s name underneath the card. Laminate all the pages, bind, and you’re ready to read this masterpiece to your class. It’s always a big hit in the class library. At the end of the year take the book apart and let each student take his or her page home or raffle off the whole book to one lucky student.

Valentine Math Activities

Valentine’s Day Graph

Provide your students with this fun data collection activity! Students will enjoy rolling the cube and recording their rolls on the recording sheet. This printable activity is available in the Valentine’s Day Math Packet located in the printables section below.

Valentine’s Day Counting Book

This easy to assemble book helps reinforce number sense and counting; it is available in the Valentine’s Day Math Packet located in the printables section below.

Valentine’s Day Patterns

Help your students develop logical thought and reasoning skills with this patterning activity available in the Valentine’s Day Math Packet in the printables section below.

Valentine’s Day Races

Available in the Valentine’s Day Math Packet located in the printables section below, the races game will help build number sense and one to one correspondence. Students will roll a die and move their playing piece towards the lock.

Valentine’s Day Board Game

Can you help the key get to the lock? This printable board game is located in the Valentine’s Day Math Packet below.

Valentine’s Day Play Dough Counting Mats

Students will love this fun play dough counting activity! The Valentine’s Day Play Dough Counting Mats are available in the Valentine’s Day Math Packet located in the printable section below.

Valentine’s Day Number Identification Game

This game is available {in black and white or color} in the Valentine’s Day Math Packet located in the printables section below. The Number Identification game can be played using numbers 1-10 or numbers 1-20 depending on your student’s ability levels. The playing cards are available in black and white and color for your convenience. Also included are two printable recording sheets in black and white, one for each version of the game.

Valentine’s Day Numeral Quantity Game

Students will identify the numeral on their Valentine candy box mats and match the cards with the correct quantity to the mat. This game is available in the Valentine’s Day Math Packet located in the printables section below.

Fun Valentine Activities

Sweetheart Photo Frame Magnet

This is a great Valentine present for your students to give to their parents! You can find the details and directions on the blog HERE.

Valentine Bag

Materials: white paper lunch bags, die-cut red construction paper hearts, glitter glue, paper doilies, conversation heart stickers.
These bags are a quick, cheap, and simple way to collect Valentine cards. First, have each student glue a white paper doily to the front of his or her bag. Next, glue a construction paper heart in the center of the doily and have students write their name using the glitter glue. Depending on the age of your class you may have to write their names for them first on the heart with pencil and then they can “trace” over the outline with glue. Next, give the students a supply of valentine stickers and have them embelish their bag.

Valentine Box

Materials: Quaker oatmeal containers, red and pink construction paper, die-cut hearts in various sizes, white paper doilies, red heart shaped paper doilies, glue, stickers, crayons.
Wrap a sheet of red or pink construction paper around each oatmeal box and tape it securely. Have each student glue a white paper doily to the front of the container. Next, glue a red heart doily in the center of the white one. Finally, have students decorate the rest of the box using a variety of heart die-cut shapes and stickers and write their names with crayons.

“I Love…” Lift-the-Flap

Materials: red construction paper, scissors, crayons, glue, small pre-cut hearts.
Fold one sheet of red construction paper hot dog style. Next, open the paper and make three cuts from the bottom of the paper to the folded line. Place the three cuts evenly so you are left with four flaps when you fold the paper back to the hot dog position. Have the students glue small, pre-cut hearts to the front of each flap or if they are able they can draw them. Under each flap they can draw a picture of somebody they love (mom, dad, grandma, sister, pet etc).

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