Valentine's Day Activities for Preschool

Holiday Units for Daycare Providers

Jan 21, 2009

Celebrate Valentine's Day in preschool or daycare with Valentine's day-themed circle time activities, stories of love and friendship, and simple, creative snacks.

Many preschools and daycare centers celebrate Valentine’s Day by making crafts and artwork for loved ones. There are a many other Valentine’s Day related activities that preschool teachers and daycare providers can implement in order to create a fun and educational Valentine’s Day theme.

Valentine's Day Circle Time Activities

Ask the children and their parents to bring in pictures of loved ones or things the child loves. This can be people, pets, or anything that the child is passionate about. Once all of the pictures are collected, post them on a bulletin board. Then during circle time, ask each child to share their pictures and discuss why they love them.

“Love, Love, Love” [Peggy, Perpetual Preschool, 2000] (To be sung to the tune of the “Three Blind Mice”)

Valentine’s Day Preschool Books

Be My Valentine Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter [Warne, 2002]. This charming board book features Peter Rabbit and his quest to find a special Valentine. It is perfect for toddlers and children up to the age of 4.

Valentines: A Book to Touch and Feel by Sugar Pixie [Little Simon, 2003] features the lovable Pixie Pops: Marmalade, Gumball, Ginger, Kiwi and Peaches. It is a sweet touch and feel board book that teaches sharing and loving friendship to infants and toddlers.

Valentine’s Day Snacks

Let children roll out biscuit dough and cut out heart shaped biscuits using a heart shaped cookie cutter. Bake. To make the pink butter, fill small containers with lids (clean baby food jars work best) with heavy cream and a few drops of red food coloring. Next, instruct the children to shake the jars until it becomes butter. Then, spread the pink butter on the heart shaped biscuits. [Daylene, Perpetual Preschool].

For a heart-friendly option, try a friendship fruit plate. Explain that the color red and pink is associated with love and friendship. Ask the children if they can name various red and pink fruit. Then create a fruit plate using strawberries, raspberries, slices of pink grapefruit, cherries, sliced red apples, red grapes, cherries, or any other fruit that fits the bill.

Valentine’s Day activities for preschoolers should focus on the themes of love and friendship. For toddlers, this could involve talking about the importance of sharing and being polite to others as well as discussing things and people they love.

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