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!

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.

Decorate windows with lovely painted doily hearts.

Create wonderful heart flowers with kids.

Learning activities for Valentine’s Day

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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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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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.

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

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.

Free printables for Valentine's Day

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!
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Need Valentine's Day brag tags?
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Check out this fun alphabet practice. Use these strips to help kids identify letters before, after and in between.
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Looking for a quick emergent reader for kids to read about hearts, learn numbers and color words?
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Looking for cute gift tags?

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Want to practice Valentine's theme compound words?

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Need to practice contractions? Check out these puzzles.
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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

Need more ideas to celebrate Valentine's Day in your classroom? These might help:

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