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Valentine's Day

1. Candy Heart Sentences- Students will create sentence given one or two words (on a candy heart).
2. Conversation Heart Candy Math- This is a fun math activity to do with your class on Valentine's Day as part of your class party.
3. Count the Hearts- A fun activity for the season.
4. Craft for St.Valentine's Day- Valentine's day is an occasion in which we express our love to our loved ones. We are going to prepare a decoration for this occasion.
5. Detective Valentine- To improve fitness and work together while solving a valentine's day puzzle.
6. Dia de San Valentin- Students listen and repeat common phrases associated with Valentine's Day and create a Valentine for someone, using the Spanish phrases they learned.
7. From the Heart- In this lesson, students examine the history of Valentine's Day and the ways in which it is celebrated and criticized around the world.
8. Graphing Valentine Candies- The student will learn to organize and display information in bar graph form using appropiate labels.

The History of Valentine's Day
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   Extensive background on why we celebrate this day and who St. Valentine was. There are also sections on the romances of Harry and Bess Truman, Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and Jackie and Rachel Robinson. From the History Channel.

  http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/valentine/

Get this free Valentine's Day poem and lesson ideas from ABDO Publishing Download here

1. Heart Day- Every year near February 14th our school celebrates Heart Day.
2. Hershey Kiss Paragraph- The purpose of this writing assignment is to teach the students to write about sensory details, and express their minds about the way they look at things. It's a good idea to use on Valentine's Day.
3. In A Heartbeat- An experiment which demonstrates our pulse and shows that we each really do have a beating heart.
4. Learning how to cut out heart shapes- To help children learn how to cut out heart shapes independently.
5. Love Bug- Children will use their math skills to count the correct amount of ingredients needed. Children will follow directions. Children will explore different kinds of bugs.
6. Mend My Broken Heart- Addition and Subtraction lesson plan.
7. Much Ado about Nothing?- In this lesson, students will explore their feelings regarding the celebration of various holidays.
8. Robot Valentine Mailbox- Automated valentines?
9. Show You Care- Students construct a four-line poem to be used on the inside of a Valentine's Day card. They use a digital camera to show themselves to their "buddies" (local nursing home patients) who will receive the cards on Valentine's Day.
10. St. Valentine's Day- A literary lesson.
11. Symmetry- The students will use geoboards to create shapes and then show their line(s) of symmetry. The students will create a Valentine's Day card using symmetry.
12. The Language of Love- "In this lesson, students examine the cultural aspects of love, courtship, and marriage around the world. After researching the rituals, language and symbols of love of specific countries, students create 'Valentines' exhibiting their newly acquired knowledge."
13. Theme Meal- To show students first-hand what is required to pull off a successful party. To demonstrate good use of time, money, and resources.
14. Top 10 Tips for Incorporating Valentine's Day Themes in Your Classroom- When many people think of Valentine's Day, they picture chocolate hearts, roses, and gushy cards. However, there are other ways that you can incorporate this romantic holiday into your classroom. Here are some fun and creative ways to add learning to the love.
15. Valentine Battleship- A great introduction to graphing.
16. Valentine Candy Count- Developing, reading, and interpreting graphs is a vital skill in today's society. It is a skill required in a variety of areas, specifically in science and math.
17. Valentine Cinquain Poems- "To teach how to write a cinquain poem; and to enjoy creating a valentine for a loved one."
18. Valentine's Day 2002 Teaching Tip lesson plan- A unit plan available in HTML or Word Format.
19. Valentine Hearts- In this lesson students group Valentine candy hearts, then create individual graphs.
20. Valentine Hearts Graph- Students will create a class graph to show how many different color hearts are found.
21. Valentine Money- During this four day activity, students learn how to read, write and identify money written as decimals as they spend and recieve change in a real-life situation.
22. Valentine Rap Game- Critical thinking / musicial activity.
23. Valentine Rescue- To give students the opportunity to practice their chasing, fleeing, and dodging skills in a fun holiday game situation.
24. Valentine Vase- Create a Valentine vase to brighten up your room with heart flowers.
25. Valentine Volley- Neat idea!
26. Valentine Wreath- Friendship wreath. A great cooperative experience!
27. Valentine's Day Activities- Hard to read, but it offers a number of activitiy ideas.
28. We've Got Mail!- This unit has students set up a "post office" in the classroom, where they sell stamps, collect mail, add postmarks, sort mail, and deliver mail to numbered mailboxes that the students create for valentines.
29. Who will BEE my secret Valentine?- "This is a lesson for an art activity dealing with Valentine's Day lasting approx. a week."

     

    • This language srts lesson plan on Valentine's Day is meant to develop creative activity
       
    • Here's a lesson on Valentine cinquain poems
       
    • This is a Valentine's Day estimation lesson idea
       
    • This idea is for creating a "Robot" Valentine mailbox
       
    • Here's a fun activity for creating sentences out of candy hearts
       
    • In this Valentine's Day idea, students do math with candy conversation hearts
       
    • This is a Valentine's lesson idea on addition and subtraction
       
    • Here students graph the colors of candy hearts
       
    • This is an interesting idea for making a class Valentine wreath
       
    • "Love Bugs" is a Valentine's science lesson on insects
       
    
    • This idea is for making people out of Valentine Hearts
       
    • Here's a Valentine's Day idea on latitude, longitude, and coordinates called "Valentine Battleship"
       
    • Here's a fun way for getting students involved in math problems on Valentine's Day called "Mend My Broken Heart"
       
    • Students make scented paper flowers in this Valentine or Mother's Day Idea
       
    • You can recycle your candy canes on Valentine's Day with this idea
       
    • This is a Valentine's game idea called "Hide The Heart"
       
    • Here's a good writing idea for Valentine's Day called "Luv Notes"
       
    • This is a "Valentine Rap" game idea
       
    • Here are two Valentine's Day ideas: one is for a bulletin board and the other is a geography idea
       
    • Here's a simple Valentine's Day activity to learn how to cut heart shapes
      
       
    • This Valentine lesson uses various styles of media to create heart-themed art
       
    • This is another Valentine's Day craft idea called "Milky Hearts"
       
    • "Hershey Kiss Paragraph" is a writing assignment idea that involves writing sensory details
       
    • This is a simple Valentine's Day card holder project
       
    • Here is a nice idea for celebrating love for Valentine's Day
       
    • Use this clever idea to color salt with sidewalk chalk to create colored sand Valentine's Cards
       
    • This is a wonderful collection of practical Valentine's Day gift craft ideas
       
    • "Conversation Heart Fractions" is a fun idea to add and eat!
       
    • Addressing Valentine's Day cards provides great practice in handwriting and name recognition here
       
    • Here's a "Heart" and Seek game idea
      
       
    • Making this valentine mailbox idea could lead into a letter writing lesson
       
    • In this language arts idea, students write their own conversation hearts
       
    • Here's an idea to make Valentine Kisses from "krispy" cereal and tin foil
       
    • This is a plan for making a Valentine Person and poem
       
    • "The AND Game" is a good Valentine's language arts activity
       
    • Here is an idea to decorate a popsicle stick frame with hearts
       
    • These P.E. station activities have a Valentine's Day theme
       
    • "I'm a Little Cupid" is the centerpiece of this musical activity
       
    • Valentine Poem Cards are created here from candy conversation heart sayings
       
    • This is a conversation heart ratio graphing activity
      
       
    • In this writing exercise, students create a Memory-A-Day box as a gift for someone special
       
    •  In this technology lesson, kids create and send Valentine e-cards to their parents after reading Eve Buntings's "The Valentine Bears"

      Valentine's Day Mini-Books Pack  pop   5 reproducible sight word mini-books: Things I Love, I Love You, Valentine's Day, Will You Be My Valentine?, plus BONUS title--Presidents' Day Download now, print and reproduce for your students! (From the A to Z Teacher Stuff Store - Download Now!)

      
       

      How to Make a Valentine  pop Features 4 different reading levels, plus a wordless version. The beloved raccoon takes us step by step to teach us how to make a valentine... Just in time for Valentine's Day! (From the A to Z Teacher Stuff Store - Download Now!)

      
       

      Activity Idea Place - Valentine's Day  pop	Lesson Plan
      arts and crafts, games, group time and song activities http://www.123child.com/val/ Grade Level(s): Preschool, K • Rating: 8  Votes: 12   Rate It

      
       

      ChildFun's Valentine's Pages  pop	Lesson Plan
      Coloring pages, e-cards, art projects, games, songs and poems, crafts & activities, and recipes. http://childfun.com/valentine/index.shtml Grade Level(s): Preschool, K, 1-2, 3-5 • Rating: 6  Votes: 9   Rate It

      
       

      Valentine's Day  pop	Lesson Plan
      projects for Valentine's Day http://users.aol.com/il2teach/pubpage.valentines.htm Grade Level(s): K • Rating: 6  Votes: 6   Rate It

      
       

      Valentine's Day at KinderArt  pop	Lesson Plan
      A nice collection of activities and a few coloring pages http://www.kinderart.com/seasons/feb.shtml Grade Level(s): Preschool, K   Rate It

      
       

      Valentine's Day Lesson Plans  pop	Lesson Plan
      A variety of lesson plans for the holiday http://www.lessonplanspage.com/Valentines.htm Grade Level(s): Preschool, K, 1-2, 3-5 • Rating: 5  Votes: 7   Rate It

      
       

      Valentine's Day Theme Unit  pop	Lesson Plan
      Printables from abcteach http://abcteach.com/directory/seasonalholidays/valentines_day/ Grade Level(s): K, 1-2, 3-5 • Rating: 6  Votes: 6   Rate It

      
       

      Valentine's Day Unit  pop	Lesson Plan
      Several pages of activities, poems, and recipes.. see links at bottom to move to next page. If you decide to print them, be sure to visit the printer-friendly link at the top of the page. http://www.dcrafts.com/valentineactivities.htm Grade Level(s): K, 1-2, 3-5, 6-8 • Rating: 6  Votes: 6   Rate It

      
       

      Valentine's Day Keepsake	Lesson Plan
      This is part of Billy Bear's site, but you may have missed it. It shows how to make a heart-shaped keepsake of your child's handprint. http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/valentin/hand/hand.htm Grade Level(s): Preschool, K, 1-2   Rate It

      
       

      Valentine's Day Unit	Lesson Plan
      Find FREE songs, poems, activities, and book selections to use in your classroom! http://www.theteachersroom.com/valentines.htm Grade Level(s): K • Rating: 8  Votes: 7   Rate It

      
       

      DLTK's Valentine's Day for Kids	Printable
      Printable crafts, cards, coloring page posters, e-cards, etc. http://dltk-kids.com/crafts/valentines/index.htm Grade Level(s): Preschool, K, 1-2, 3-5   Rate It

      
       

      Valentine's Day Holiday Page  pop	Resource Site
      HUGE resource page http://homepages.rootsweb.com/%7Emaggieoh/Holidays/V/v_index.html Grade Level(s): Preschool, K, 1-2, 3-5, 6-8   Rate It

      
       

      Kids Domain Valentines	Resource Site
      Games, cards and pictures to print and color, graphics, crafts, word puzzles, stories, recipes, and more! http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/val/index.html Grade Level(s): K, 1-2, 3-5, 6-8   Rate It

      
       

      Valentine Poems, Songs, and Fingerplays	Song or Poem
      Several pages of poems and songs for Valentine's Day http://www.childfun.com/valentine/song.shtml Grade Level(s): Preschool, K, 1-2 • Rating: 5  Votes: 6   Rate It

      
       

      Valentine's Day Songs & Poems	Song or Poem
      Valentine's Day http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems13.html Grade Level(s): Preschool, K, 1-2, 3-5 • Rating: 6  Votes: 7   Rate It

      Printable Valentine's Day Word Search
      Create your own or use our word list.

      Printable Valentine's Day Word Scramble
      Create your own or use our word list.

      Printable Valentine's Day Crossword Puzzle
      Create your own Crossword or use our premade word/clue list.

      Printable Valentine's Day Journal Pages
      Print ready-made lined journal pages to use in your classroom.

      Printable Valentine's Day Match-up Worksheets
      Create your printable worksheet from your own matchups or use our premade lists.

      Valentine's Day Printable Worksheets
      Check out our large selection of "make your own" and "premade" worksheets!

      Animal Poetry Grades Any
      A fun activity that is sure to get your kids inspired.
      Submitted by: Debbie debjo@email-removed

      Poetry Ideas Grades Any
      A collection of fun activities related to poetry.
      Submitted by: Bob bobo54t@email-removed

      Printable Worksheets
      Make your own Valentine's Day word searches and word scrambles in seconds.

      Debbie's Unit Factory
      Fun and creative Valentine's links.

      Holiday Lesson Plans & Activities
      A resource for Valentine's Day and other holidays.

      Jerry's Happy Valentine's Day Page Grades Any
      Learn about the origin of Valentine's Day.

      Love Translations Grades Any
      Find out how to say "I Love You!" in all languages.

      Valentine's Day
      abcteach.com has put together a number of activities and lessons.

      Valentine's Day Teaching Theme
      A GREAT collection of lesson plans and activities.

      Valentine's Day Theme Unit
      Find puzzles, stories, and more.

      Valentine's Glyph Grades Various
      This is a great activity for younger students. It would also be a great 'buddie" activity.

      Valentine's Lesson Plans for K-6 Teachers
      The people at about.com have put together a great collection of resources.

Art Activities & Projects
	Heart of Messages
	Valentine Basket
	Shadow Box Valentines
	Silhouette Mobile
	Heart Mobile
	Matching Hearts
	Valentine Design Folder
	More Art Activities for Valentine's Day
Science Activities
	Have a Heart
Reading & Language Arts Activities
	Valentine's Day Worksheets
	Homonym Hearts
	Valentine's Day Activities
	Valentine Riddle
	Popular Valentine's Day Activities for Reading & Language Arts
	Valentine Word Search
	Writing from the Heart
	More Popular Reading & Language Arts Activities for Valentine's Day
Social Studies Activities
	February Bingo
	All About Valentine's Day
	Life Is Sweet: The Story of Milton Hershey
	Holiday Bingo (K-4)
	It's February
	I Am Loveable
	Milton Hershey

Printables
	Pop-Up Hearts Cards
	Valentine's Day Printable Book (K-2)
	Heart Butterfly
	Valentine's Day Printable Book (Grades 3-5)
	Valentine's Day Activities
	Heart Puzzle
	February Fun
	More Popular Valentine's Day Printables
Slideshows
	Valentine's Day Printables Slideshow (Grades K-2)
	Top 10 Valentine's Day Movies for the Lovestruck
	Romantic Couples Through the Ages
	Valentine's Day Printables Slideshow (Grades 3-5)
	Favorite Valentine's Day Printables Slideshow. Grades K-8
	Romantic Couples in Literature
	Top 10 Valentine's Day Movies for the Lovelorn
	More Slideshows on TeacherVision®
Lesson Plans
	Paper Making
	Valentine Cards
	The Life of Milton Hershey
	What Is the Kissing Balloon?
References
	St. Valentine's Day
	Cupid, and Other Classical Myths
	The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
	Messages on Candy Hearts
	How Do I Love Thee?
Quizzes
	Valentine's Day Math Quiz
	Valentine's Scramble
	The Truth about Valentine's Day Quiz
	Cupid's Spelling Words

Free Presentations in PowerPoint format

Yakaberry - Free Reading Hour Lesson Plans & Activities for
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Love is in the air (4 lessons, unit)

Valentine's Day worksheets (great)

Valentine's Day Lesson Plans & Ideas K-12

Valentine's Day classroom activities

February

Valentine's Day from ABC Teach (not just for little ones - K-8)

Valentine's Day Teaching Tip Lesson Plan (Dev Teachers)

Valentine's Day (Lesson Plan Page) & Saint Valentine's Day (language arts lesson)

Valentine's Day Quiz

St. Valentine's Day Lesson Plan (ESL)

For Kids 

Valentine's Day

PBS Kids Valentine's Day

Valentine Symbols

Valentine's Facts and Superstitions

Saint Valentine's Story

Kennel of Love (youthonline)

Valentine's Day Game (vocabulary) 

An Animated eCard for Valentine's Day