Valentine's Day Activities that are fun and reinforce alphabetizing skills, concept development and parts of speech. Video on youtube at http://youtu.be/RKdkvi1K_ng

1. 26 Words of
Valentine’s Day
26 Words of Valentine’s Day. With children, brainstorm a word for each
letter of the alphabet. Write the words on the hearts and place them in
alphabetical order. Next, have
children categorize the words according to type:
nouns, adjectives, or verbs. This is a fun activity
that reinforces alphabetizing, concept
development and parts of speech. The lesson ends
with a fun board game.

2. As a Class, Brainstorm a List of Words

3. deliver
excited friend greeting
hearts invitations
joy
alphabet
best
friend
candy
Write the words on heart templates

4. Valentine
wishes x-ray yummy zing
sweets tradition unbelievable
redquotepoemsopen
nicemessageletterkindness

5. With students place the hearts in alphabetical
order and then sort the words according to word
type: nouns, adjectives, or verbs.
Next, Create a Display Board

6. 26 Words of Valentine’s Day

8. Titles for Display Board

9. Each player begins with 6 hearts
. The first player rolls the dice. He/she moves
the number of spaces on the dice and shows a heart card that
matches the type of word listed on that space. If the player does
not have a heart match, he/she must pull another card. The
player cannot move until he/she has a match (maximum 3 times).
The first player to reach the finish heart wins.
Board Game
letter poems poems poems
tradition red

10. Miss a
turn
Extra
turn
joy
adjective
verb
noun
noun
adjective adjective
adjective
noun
Your
choice
Your
choice
noun
noun
verb
Your
choice
finish
noun
noun
adjective
verb
noun
noun
noun

11. deliver excited friend greeting hearts
invitations joy kindness letter message nice
open
alphabet
best
friend
candy
poems quote red sweets tradition
unbelievable Valentine wishes x-ray yummy zing
Each player begins with 6 hearts

12. • Mail – Students can
add more verbs and
adjectives by writing
them on heart
cards and placing
them in the
mailbox. Teacher
and class will
review. If the word
is approved it will be
added to the game!
We’ve Got Mail

13. View video on youtube - http://youtu.be/RKdkvi1K_ng