Valentines Day Theme Activities for Preschool (2024)

Do you need Valentine activities for your Preschool, Pre-K, or TK classroom? Your kids will love these fun and engaging activities for a Valentine’s Day theme.

Valentine’s Day Theme Books

Celebrate the love of reading in your preschool or kindergarten classroom with this fun and festive curated list of age-appropriateValentine’s Day books.

Valentine’s Day Ideas for Preschool

Valentine Literacy Activities for Preschool

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 Bundle.

Valentine’s Day Activities: 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 Bundle.

Valentine’s Day Rhyming Activity

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 Bundle.

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.

The activity also includes two recording sheets, one for uppercase letters and one for lowercase letters and is available in the Valentine’s Day Bundle.

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 Bundle.

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 Bundle.

Valentine Theme 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 Bundle.

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 Bundle.

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 Bundle.

Valentine’s Day Cookie Decorating Sequencing

This free cookie decorating activity is perfect for helping young children learn how to sequence. You can use this Valentine’s Day Cookie Decorating activity at home or in your preschool classroom for a Valentine’s Day party.

To have the printable cookie sequence sheet emailed to you, simply fill out the form 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 Bundle.

Valentine’s Day Patterns

Help your students develop logical thought and reasoning skills with this patterning activity available in the Valentine’s Day Bundle.

Valentine’s Day Races

Available in the Valentine’s Day Bundle, 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 Bundle.

Valentine’s Day Play Dough Counting Mats

Students will love this fun play dough counting activity!

Valentine’s Day Number Identification Game

This game is available {in black and white or color} in the Valentine’s Day Bundle.

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 Activities for Preschool: 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 Bundle.

Fun Valentine Activities for Preschool

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’s Day Card Holder: Paper Bag

Learn how to make most classic of all Valentine card holders with paper bags.

Valentine’s Day Card Holder: Oatmeal Containers

Start asking family, friends, and neighbors to save their oatmeal containers so you your kids can make these super sturdy, quick, and easy Valentine Card holders.

Valentine’s Day Card Holder: Cereal Box

Learn how create an amazing Valentine card holder from a cereal box!

Valentine’s Day Activities for Preschool: 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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