Valentine's Day Fun Study
Braintree Academy's Valentine's Day Fun Study! Celebrating Love & Learning
Valentine’s Day, celebrated annually on February 14th, is a wonderful opportunity for themed learning! This FUN study is designed for students to explore history, science, math, literature, and fun activities related to Valentine's Day. Happy Learning!
❤️ The History of Valentine’s Day
Learn about Saint Valentine and the origins of this holiday through engaging videos:
The Story of Saint Valentine for Kids
A Short History of Valentine's Day (Read Aloud)
Where Does Valentine's Day Come From?
📝 Valentine's Day Writing Activities & Social-Emotional Learning: Spreading Kindness
Encourage creativity and handwriting practice with these writing prompts:
Valentine’s Day Copywork – Scripture and famous quotes about love (manuscript & cursive).
Valentine’s Day Acrostic Poem – A fun writing exercise for younger students.
Valentine’s Day Poetry – Upper elementary & middle school students can read a Valentine’s Day poem and write their own.
Ode Writing Lesson for Middle Schoolers
Engage in SEL Valentine’s Activities
📚 Valentine's Day Read-Alouds
Enjoy these heartwarming Valentine’s Day stories together:
Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch by Eileen Spinelli
Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney
Amelia Bedelia’s First Valentine by Herman Parish
Happy Valentine’s Day, Curious George by N. Di Angelo
How to Catch a Loveosaurus Valentine’s Day Read Aloud
More Read Alouds - Valentine’s Playlist
🔬 Valentine's Day Science & STEM
Explore science with fun Valentine’s Day-themed experiments:
Candy Heart Experiments – Dissolving candy hearts in different liquids.
STEM Activities with Candy Hearts – Creative engineering challenges with candy hearts.
Easy Valentine's Day Science Projects
STEM ACTIVITIES for Valentine’s Day
🔬 Marbled Valentines – Learn about hydrophobic and hydrophilic substances by creating marbled art with shaving cream and food coloring.
🤖 Special Delivery Robot – Design a simple robot to deliver Valentine's messages, blending engineering and art.
⚙️ Rube Goldberg Machine – Challenge students to build a Rube Goldberg machine that performs a simple task in a complex way
Valentine's Day Math Fun
Use candy hearts to explore numbers, graphing, and fractions:
Candy Heart Math Printables (Pre-K to 1st) – Counting, sorting, graphing, and patterns.
Candy Heart Graphing (2nd-3rd) – Estimation, sorting, tally marks, and bar graphs.
Candy Heart Fractions (4th-5th) – Practicing fractions using candy hearts.
Valentine’s Day - Various Printables Celebrate Valentine's Day this February with one or all of our favorite printable activities. There are plenty of lesson plans, art activities, and other resources for you to enjoy with your class. Encourage your students to practice their creative writing skills, make homemade Valentines to exchange with their classmates, solve math problems, and more!
🎨 Valentine's Day Crafts
Get creative with hands-on projects:
Printable Valentine’s Coloring Pages
Heart-Shaped Origami Bookmarks
Valentine's Online Games & Fun!
Valentine’s Day Word Search (ABCya) Classic digital word search that’s perfect for vocabulary building and holiday fun. Kids can choose small or large puzzles to find Valentine-related words.
Valentine Games Collection - SafeKidGames Interactive online favorites like Memory Match, Maze Challenges, and Valentine Match3 — safe and easy for kids.
Valentine’s Digital Escape Room Ideas Mix of heart hunts, hidden object challenges, and number puzzles with playful Valentine themes.
Scratch Valentine’s Projects (Tutorial) Step-by-step ideas for building a Valentine “card scratcher” game in Scratch — perfect for a coding center or tech elective.
Make Your Own Virtual Valentine Cards (Shared idea — link students to a free online card creator like Canva or Google Slides with Valentine templates — see more on VirtualEscapeRooms.org) This list includes digital card making tools and pixel art heart projects in Google Sheets — great for digital art + design.
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