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Valentine’s Day is one of the most exciting holidays for young students. Why? The crafts and candy, of
course!
An annual card exchange is always a blast—and can be a good way for students to practice writing—but
students (and teachers!) like variety too. If you’re looking ways to celebrate on February 14, here are
seven Valentine's Day classroom activities for elementary school students.
Valentine’s Day is about love and being kind to one another. Put all your students’ names in a jar and
have each person pick one. Ask everyone to write a few words saying what they like about that person
and exchange notes. Then you can display the notes in your classroom! You can even turn this into a
larger Valentine’s Day activity for students where children in the early grades practice writing in
complete sentences and older learners practice structuring paragraphs.
Invite teachers and students to decorate their classroom doors. After the decorating, students can
observe their peers’ creations and choose a winner based on both content and aesthetics. Kids will love
the opportunity to be creative and express themselves. For example, you can have students write what
they love about learning or love about their classmates on paper hearts.
Reading a Valentine’s Day picture book may seem simple, but this is the perfect holiday to celebrate a
love of reading. A few of our favorite books for Valentine’s Day include:
Mouse and Mole: Secret Valentine by Wong Herbert Yee (Grades 1–4)
I Like You by Sandol Stoddard Warburg and illustrated by Jacqueline Chwast (Grades Pre-K–3)
The Valentine Bears by Eve Bunting and Jan Brett (Grades Pre-K–3)
Have students gather materials with different textures and cut or form hearts of various sizes. They can
glue them to paper for an easy artistic creation. This can be a fun independent art activity, or you can
divide students into groups so they can practice being creative in collaboration with their peers.
Not into the ooey-gooey romantic side of Valentine’s Day? Make it gooey in a different way with some
Valen-slime! Directions here. Have students participate in different parts of the slime creation, calling
them up one by one or in small groups to contribute.
Fill a jar with conversation hearts (or another small candy, like M&Ms) and give everyone a chance to
guess how many there are. Whoever’s closest wins a portion of the jar (or the whole thing, if you’re
feeling generous!). You can also turn this into a math lesson for older students by providing tips about
what strategies they could have used to come up with an estimate.
We hope you find these Valentine's Day activities for school helpful. Remember to spread love and
kindness in the classroom every day—not just on February 14!