Preschoolers love Valentine's Day (any holiday really). February Centers are full of the fun thematic elements of the holidays yet helps students build important skills. Each of the Preschool Math and Literacy Centers comes with 20 hands-on activities. Each activity focuses on skills crucial to preschool-aged children (4-6 and mature 3 year-olds). Click HERE to check out the variety.
1. Valentine
Letter Match: Identify the uppercase
letter on the envelope. Place the
matching lowercase heart over the uppercase heart.
2. Who
Has More Hearts: Roll the dice. Place the candy on the candy bags. Determine who has the most candy.
3. Candy
Hearts Roll & Cover: Roll the dice
and count the hearts. Cover the matching
number with candy hearts.
4. Candy
Heart Name Order: The boys and girls
will build a candy heart box and practice ordering the letters in their name
using paper hearts.
5. Heart
Size-Up: Cut out 5 different-sized
hearts. Glue them on top of each other
starting with the large heart on the bottom.
6. Valentine
Shape Spin: Spin the spinner and
identify the shape. Place the
matching-shaped chocolate in the chocolate box.
7. Heart
Trace: Choose an uppercase letter. Trace the letter with a dry-erase
marker. Use your finger to trace the
letter in Valentine sprinkles or sand.
8. Valentine Dough Mats: Build Valentine themed objects using dough.
9. Valentine Tracing Mini: Use fine-motor skills to trace
Valentine-themed figures and create a mini-book.
10. February
Seek-n-Find/Count: Count the total
number of groundhog shapes and seek out Valentine themed pictures in the
bakery.
11.
Lacing Hearts: Cut out the heart. Punch holes around the heart. Lace ribbon through the holes and decorate.
12.
February ABC Search: Color by letters to reveal the mystery letter (H: Heart, V:
Valentine, R: Rose, C: Cookie).
13.
Brush Away Decay: Roll the dice and
count the dots. Brush away the matching
number of cavities.
14. Toothy Trace and Build: Identify the number and trace it. Place the matching number of “teeth” on the
mouth.
15.Toothbrush
Craft: Follow the directions to build
the large toothbrush.
16. Valentine
Color by Numbers: Color the by numbers.
17. Counting Book: Read the book and
identify the numbers. Dab the matching
number of chocolates on each page.
18. Heart-Shaped
Bead Count: The boys and girls will
choose a number and place the matching number of beads on a pipe cleaner. Then, they will form the pipe cleaner into a
heart shape.
19. How
Many Hearts Tall: Choose a card and
identify the Valentine-themed item.
Measure how tall each item is using candy hearts.
20. Heart
Pattern Wreath: Cut out the heart
wreath. Cut out the small hearts. Glue the hearts around the wreath in a
pattern.
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