Sweet and easy Valentine's Day activities for kids

So you've celebrated Valentine's Day in your classroom for so many times. You think you've tried every activity, craft or project. No way there could be something else. True? False! Let me share with you some new and tried activities for Valentine's week which are sweet and easy!

Activities for Valentine’s Day

Interactive Valentine's Day Sight Word Activities

Need engaging Valentine's Day activities for kindergarten? Have fun practicing sight words and let kids engage with reading high-frequency words. This paperless set is perfect for Google Classroom and Google Slides.

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Valentine's Day Emergent Reader

Looking for an engaging emergent reader for preschool and kindergarten? Read with this sight word reader! Use these Valentine's Day activities for Google Classroom or print and read! Great as a guided reader or for individual practice.

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Valentine's Day Kindness Activity


The cool way to promote kindness in the classroom (which is perfect for Valentine's Day) is to use writing prompts. Together with kids brainstorm ideas of random acts of kindness. Then continue with Valentine's Day writing prompts.


Valentine's Day Pre-Writing Activity

If you need an engaging prewriting activity, this will be a hit among kids. It's reading and writing without it feeling like practice.
Create "The things I love" heart


Free printables for Valentine's Day

Free Valentine's Day Worksheets

If you are looking for a quick and easy-to-use phonics practice for Valentine's Day, download these free NO PREP worksheets. Use the printables to practice reading and spelling of simple CVC and CVCe words!

Download Valentine's Day Worksheets here.


Free Valentine's Day Word Mapping Mats

These Valentine's Day Word Mapping Mats are a fun way for students to practice CVC words! Perfect for hands-on learning, these mats help reinforce phonics skills while adding a festive touch to your classroom activities.


Free Valentine's Day Brag Tags

Whether you call them positive encouragement notes, praise cards, brag tags, desk notes, or glow notes, these Valentine's Day cards are an awesome way to motivate your students and keep things running smoothly in your classroom. They're perfect for spreading kindness and reinforcing positive behavior!

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Free Valentine's Day Alphabet Practice

Check out this fun alphabet practice. Use these strips to help kids identify letters before, after and in between.
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Free Valentine's Day Emergent Reader

Looking for a quick emergent reader for kids to read about hearts, learn numbers and color words?
Download here


Free Valentine's Gift Tags

These Valentine's gift tags are the perfect finishing touch for your student gifts! Just print, attach, and you’re all set to spread some love this Valentine’s Day!

Download Valentine's gift tags here.

Free Valentine's Day Compound Words Cards

These Valentine's Day-themed compound words are a fun and engaging way to celebrate the holiday while helping students build their vocabulary. Perfect for classroom activities, these compound words will add a sweet touch to your lessons!

Download Valentine's Day-themed compound words here.

Free Valentine's Day Contraction Cards

Looking for a fun way to teach contractions this February? These Valentine's Day cards are the perfect addition to your grammar center for first and second grade students!

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Crafts and art projects for Valentine’s Day

  • Make bracelets with pony beads and pipe cleaners.

  • Have the students decorate a box at home and bring it in. Or ask them to bring in an empty cereal box that you can cover with paper and decorate with hearts and streamers in the classroom.

  • Create the cutest heart pockets to hold Valentine's Day cards.




YouTube Videos about Valentine's Day

Check out some interesting Valentine's Day Facts for kids.


Madly Madagascar #1


Happy Valentine's Day, George


Songs for Valentine's Day

If You Love Me and You Know It


Heart Song for Kids


"Skidamarink" is the perfect kids song to say, "I love you!"


Check out Valentine’s Day songs, poems & fingerplays.

Valentine's Day books

Check out books with stories perfect for Valentine's Day.

Love, Splat (Splat the Cat) Love Monster Day It Rained Hearts
Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch Pete the Cat: Valentine's Day Is Cool Roses Are Pink, Your Feet Really Stink
Franklin's Valentines If Kisses Were Colors The Biggest Valentine Ever

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