Valentine's Day is celebrated on February 14th to express love and affection. It is named after Saint Valentine, a 3rd century Roman priest who secretly married couples against the Emperor's orders and was martyred on February 14th. To this day, lovers express their love on Valentine's Day by exchanging cards, chocolate, flowers, and gifts. Common Valentine's Day symbols include hearts, Cupid, and romantic poems.

1. Valentine’s Day

2. Celebrated on February 14th…
• Valentine’s Day is on
February 14th.
• Both children and
adults celebrate
Valentine’s Day.

3. …as an expression of love.

4. Named after Saint Valentine, an early
Christian martyr
Legend has it that Valentine was a priest
who served during third century Rome.
There was an Emperor at that time by the
name of Claudius II. Emperor Claudius II
decided that single men made better
soldiers than those that were married. With
this thought in mind he outlawed marriage
for young men in hopes of building a
stronger military base. Supposedly,
Valentine, decided this decree just wasn't
fair and chose to marry young couples
secretly. When Emperor Claudius II found
out about Valentine's actions he sentenced
him to death and threw him in jail.

5. Saint Valentine
• While the priest was imprisoned, waiting for his
execution, many young couples threw notes of
thanks along with flowers and other gifts into the
window of his cell. Among these young people who
admired the priest for doing the right thing was the
prison guard's own daughter. Her father allowed her
to visit Valentine in his cell. During these visits, the
two would talk and laugh and share each other's
thoughts. Finally, the day arrived when Bishop
Valentine was scheduled to die on the 14th of Feb.
While he was waiting for the soldiers to come and
drag him away, Bishop Valentine composed a note
to the girl telling her that he loved her. He signed it
simply, "From Your Valentine."

6. Lovers send love notes,
Valentine's cards,...
• This Valentine’s Day
card is pink
• It has two hearts on it.
• Someone will sign the
card, put it in the
envelope, and give it
to a special person.

7. …Chocolates…
• Red boxes of
chocolate candy are
popular on
Valentine’s Day.

8. ...flowers, and gifts.
• Someone
will be
happy to
receive this
Valentine’s
Day gift and
flowers

9. Valentine symbols include the
heart-shaped outline,...

10. ...and the winged Cupid
• Be careful…if Cupid
strikes you with his
arrow, you will fall in
love with the first
person you see.

11. VALENTINE'S DAY SMILES
Q: What did the boy octopus say
to the girl octopus on Valentine's Day?
A: I want to hold your hand, hand,
hand, hand, hand, hand, hand, hand.

12. Let’s make cards…
1. Start with this poem:
“Roses are red, violets are
blue…….”
2. Think of a word that
rhymes with ‘blue’
Examples: you, glue, new,
due, goo, shoe, shoe
3. Finish the poem!..
“Roses are red, violets are
blue, sugar is sweet and
so are you!”

13. More Examples
• Roses are red violets are blue, You've
made all my dreams come true!
• Roses are red violets are blue I feel so lost
without you...
• Roses are red violets are blue, I love
chocolate more than you!
• Roses are red violets are blue, I've never
met anyone as cool as you!