Valentine's Day Centers

Valentine's Day Centers

Here's a collection of 22 printable activities to help you celebrate Valentine’s Day with your kiddos. My students work on these independently while I’m teaching reading groups. (Click to purchase.)

Here is what’s included in the bundle:


Valentine’s Day Memory Game
Writing stationary – Write a Valentine story
Fill in the lowercase alphabet
Fill in the uppercase alphabet
Roses are Red poem – Read and color
Valentine’s Day Word Splash
Read it, Write, it, Build it! – Dolch words
Candy Quiz – Name the candy in the pictures 
Gumball Words – To practice your words
Conversation Hearts – Fill in the messages
Valentine’s Day Math – Number sense
Odds & Evens – Cut out and paste sorting
What’s your name? - Name writing practice
2 Valentine cards
Make a Paper Chain – Cut and assemble
Valentine’s Dots Game
Valentine’s Day Word Search
Make a Word Search - Blank
Pattern Fun – Continue the patterns
Addition Hearts
A Bouquet for You – Create a bouquet in the pot

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Valentine's Day Bookmarks

Valentine’s Day Bookmarks

Hi Friends!

Here is a Valentine’s Day project that works great with my second graders.

There are 4 bookmarks on a page.  I have my kiddos color them in.   Then we punch a hole in them, and attach a piece of ribbon.  The kids string some beads on the ribbon.  I ask that beads be in some kind of pattern.  Add a few shiny stickers to give them a little extra pizzazz!

This year we made them for our neighbors at the nursing home.  They loved them!

Enjoy!

-Sue

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Valentine's Day Bingo for Smart Board

Valentine’s Day Bingo for Smart Board - Any Grade

Hi Friends!

Here is a Valentine’s Day Bingo game ready to print and play! Included are the printable game boards for the students and Smart Notebook projectable for keeping track of the game pieces as you call them.

The Smart Board game pieces use the infinite cloner to preserve the design so you can use it year after year.  There are 5 game boards so that you can quickly start your next round.

Here’s what works with my kiddos:

I print the sheets (page 6) one per student. Then, I have the kids cut off the game pieces at the bottom and use a glue stick to glue them onto the game board. I give each player a pack of Smarties for markers.  Then, I work the smart board, sliding one game piece at a time up as the kids cover them on their boards. The winner gets a surprise.  So fun!

Enjoy!

-Sue

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Word Wall Cheers

40 Word Wall Cheers

Word Wall Cheers

One fun way to practice spelling is to cheer the words.  Here is a list of over 40 different cheers that you can do in your classroom to help you students practice their words in a quick fun way.  Be sure to have your students say the whole word, cheer each letter, then say the whole word again.  I've been using these cheers for years in my kindergarten and first grade classrooms.  I introduce a few each week.  Then, when the kids know them all, I add them as a center activity.  The kids never seem to get tired of them!  Enjoy!

Here is the complete list:

Whisper It

Hand Jive

Raise the Roof

Disco

Throw the Stars

Mexican Hat Dance

Stomper

Motorcycle Dudes

Dribble and Shoot

Yo-Yo

Pumping Iron

Imaginary Chalkboard

Apple Picking

Robot

Tigger Bounce

Alligator Clap

Blast Off

Frogger

Back Tracer

Pat It

Boxer

Be the Letter

Hula Dance

Jumping Jacks

Toe Touches

Batter Up

Push-ups

Frisbee

Pitcher

Lumber Jack

Surfer

Swimmer

Movie Star Kisses

Opera

Fly Like a Bird

Funky Chicken

Nose Goes

Bang!

Cheerleader

Snapper Clapper

Ketchup Bottle

Volcano

Marshmallow Hands

Slow Motion

Ride'm Cowboy

Deep Voice

Mini-Mouse

Scream It

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Giant Gumball Machine – Whole Class – Yearlong -Behavioral Incentive

Giant Gumball Machine – Whole Class – Yearlong -Behavioral Incentive

Here's a big  gumball machine that I use as a class incentive.  I print the gumball machine on our school’s poster printer. Then, I hang it in the classroom, low enough for all of the students to be able to reach. Near it, I have a small basket with colored dot stickers and a skinny sharpie marker.

Here’s how we fill it up:

Every student who reaches a set goal can write their name on a dot sticker and add it to the gumball machine.  The machine slowly fills up as the weeks pass.  Once the machine fills up, we have a class celebration.

Gumballs in my class are earned for:

An A on a test

Reading a published piece in the Author’s Chair

Bringing back a signed report card envelope or field trip paperwork on the first day

Some other reasons might be:

A random act of kindness

A thank you for __________.

Reading a book to the class

Doing extra jobs in the classoom

The giant gumball machine hangs in our classroom and serves as a reminder to the kiddos that they are all one team and when the they work together toward a goal, it pays off.

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The Dots Game

11 Seasonal Dots Games

This Dots Game Bundle has 11 dots games. Each page has a seasonal theme. There’s one for each month, two for December.  I use these for morning work.  

Back to School - apples
Halloween - pumpkins
Thanksgiving - turkeys
Christmas - trees
Hanukkah – dreidels
Winter - snowmen
Valentine’s Day - hearts
St. Patrick’s Day – shamrocks
Spring – umbrellas
May – flowers
Summer – beach balls

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