Valentine preschool math and literacy centers full of hearts, mailboxes and hands-on learning! Your children will love the engaging activities in this Valentine Themed Preschool/Pre-K Math and Literacy Centers pack, and you will love having February centers ready to go.

Little learners count, sort, graph, match, trace and build patterns with playful Valentine pictures. Heart ten-frame cards, color BINGO, mailbox alphabet matching, beginning sound match-ups and "What does not belong?" clip cards keep practice fresh all month. A ten-frame is a simple grid of ten boxes that helps children see and count numbers.

With this Valentine math and literacy pack, you get

• Counting and number practice with number mats, ten-frames, puzzles and Roll and Count mats
• Sorting, graphing, shape and AB pattern activities
• Beginning sounds, rhyming and uppercase and lowercase letter practice
• Tracing cards and play dough mats for fine motor practice
• Whole-group games like a class set of color BINGO

Print, prep once and your Valentine centers are ready for small groups, independent centers, therapy sessions or homeschool learning.

What's Included

• 2 sets of Valentine number mats (empty ten-frame and heart filled ten-frame)
• Valentine cards beginning sound match-up
• 4 sets of Valentine clip cards (color, ten-frame, array and shape). An array is a group of objects set out in rows.
• Color button sort
• Class set of color BINGO
• 2 graphing dice games (matching pictures and numbers 1-6)
• 2 spinner graphing games
• Valentine theme line tracing cards and picture tracing cards
• Line-up puzzles for counting to 5 and 10
• 4 matching games (picture, number, alphabet and rhyme)
• Heart missing number cards
• 3 levels of AB patterns
• Valentine play dough mats
• 2 sets of counting to 10 puzzles (array and ten-frame)
• Valentine shape puzzles
• 2 Roll and Count mats
• 2 sets of Valentine sorting activities (shapes and numbers 1-10)
• 5 Spin & Cover games (1-5, 6-10, shape and picture)
• Heart ten-frame cards
• Valentine tic-tac-toe
• 4 sets of tracing cards (uppercase, lowercase, number and shape)
• Visual discernment clip cards ("What does not belong?")
• Trace, Write & Draw the Room

Why Teachers Love It

• Math and literacy in one pack: Counting, sorting, graphing and patterns sit right alongside letters, beginning sounds and rhyming.
• Ready for February: Valentine pictures make the activities feel like a celebration while children practice core skills.
• Simple to differentiate: Empty and heart filled ten-frames, counting to 5 or 10 puzzles and three levels of AB patterns meet children where they are.
• Reusable: Print on card stock, laminate or slip pages into page protectors so the centers last.
• Kids get moving: Trace, Write & Draw the Room gets children up and searching around the classroom.
• Whole-group fun: The class set of color BINGO and the Spin & Cover games bring everyone together.

Skills Students Practice

Primary Academic Skills

• Math foundations: Counting, number recognition, missing numbers, ten-frames, arrays, graphing and AB patterns.
• Literacy development: Letter recognition, uppercase and lowercase letters, beginning sounds and rhyming.
• Early geometry: Identifying, matching and sorting shapes with shape puzzles, clip cards and sorting activities.
• Color recognition: Sorting buttons by color and playing color BINGO.
• Fine motor development: Tracing, clipping, play dough work and writing strengthen little hands.
• Thinking skills: Visual discernment, matching and puzzles build problem solving.

Secondary Life & Learning Skills

• Taking turns
• Waiting during group play
• Following directions
• Communicating choices
• Working independently
• Building confidence during group participation

How to Use It

Step 1: Choose the Valentine centers you want for the week. Print them on card stock and/or laminate the pages for durability. An alternative for some of the activities is to put the pages into page protectors, so that they are reusable.

Step 2: Introduce each activity in a small group, then move it into your math or literacy centers for independent or partner practice.

Step 3: Rotate in new centers through February and bring out color BINGO or tic-tac-toe for whole-group and partner games.

Materials You'll Need

• Card stock
• Laminating supplies or page protectors (optional)

Easy Differentiation

Preschoolers come to Valentine centers with a wide range of skills. These activities are easy to adjust for each child.

For Children Who Need More Support

• Start with the heart filled ten-frame number mats and the counting to 5 line-up puzzles
• Count together while touching each heart on the ten-frame
• Begin with the first level of the AB patterns
• Use the line tracing cards before moving to letters and numbers

For On-Level Practice

• Use the empty ten-frame number mats and the counting to 10 puzzles
• Copy and continue AB patterns at the middle level
• Play the graphing games and Spin & Cover games with a partner
• Match uppercase and lowercase letters in the alphabet matching game

For an Extra Challenge

• Work on the top level of the AB patterns
• Fill in the heart missing number cards without a model
• Tell which group on the graph has more and which has fewer
• Write words around the room with Trace, Write & Draw the Room

For Speech, OT, ELL or Special Education Support

• Name each Valentine picture together to build vocabulary
• Practice target sounds with the beginning sound match-up and rhyme matching game
• Use the tracing cards, play dough mats and clip cards for fine motor work
• Use the "What does not belong?" cards to practice describing words
• Give extra processing time and offer one center at a time

Perfect For

• Preschool and pre-K classrooms
• February and Valentine's Day centers
• Small groups
• Independent centers
• Partner games
• Whole-group BINGO
• Therapy sessions
• Special education classrooms
• Homeschool

Standards

These Valentine centers support the 2022 Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines and Virginia's Early Learning and Development Standards (2021), and they build toward kindergarten skills in Common Core, the TEKS and the Virginia SOL (Math 2023, English 2024):

Common Core State Standards

• CCSS K.CC.B.4.a: Say number names in order while pairing each object with one number.
• CCSS K.CC.A.3: Represent a number of objects with a written numeral on the Roll and Count mats.
• CCSS K.MD.B.3: Classify objects into categories and count how many are in each, as in the sorting and graphing activities.
• CCSS RF.K.1.d: Recognize and name uppercase and lowercase letters.
• CCSS RF.K.2.a: Recognize and produce rhyming words.

Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines

• Texas Pre-K Guidelines PK4.V.A.2: Count up to 10 objects, touching one object for each number, while filling ten-frames and number mats.
• Texas Pre-K Guidelines PK4.V.A.5: Recognize numerals 0-10 on number puzzles, line-up puzzles and missing number cards.
• Texas Pre-K Guidelines PK4.V.C.1: Name and describe common 2D shapes with the shape puzzles, clip cards and sorting activities.
• Texas Pre-K Guidelines PK4.V.E.1: Sort objects that are the same and different, such as buttons by color.
• Texas Pre-K Guidelines PK4.V.E.2: Collect data and organize it in a graph with the dice and spinner graphing games.
• Texas Pre-K Guidelines PK4.V.E.3: Recognize, copy, extend and create patterns with the AB pattern activities.
• Texas Pre-K Guidelines PK4.III.B.6: Identify rhyming words with the rhyme matching game.
• Texas Pre-K Guidelines PK4.III.C.1: Recognize and name letters while matching and tracing uppercase and lowercase letters.
• Texas Pre-K Guidelines PK4.III.C.2: Recognize letter-sound correspondences with the beginning sound match-up.
• Texas Pre-K Guidelines PK4.IX.B.2: Show growing control in tasks that need eye-hand coordination, such as following line tracing paths.

Texas TEKS

• TEKS Math K.8.B: Use data to create real-object and picture graphs.
• TEKS ELAR K.2.A.i: Identify and produce rhyming words.

Virginia Early Learning and Development Standards

• Virginia ELDS CD3.1: Compare numbers, count and recognize quantities with number mats, ten-frame cards and line-up puzzles.
• Virginia ELDS CD3.3: Build geometric thinking by matching, sorting and tracing shapes.
• Virginia ELDS CD3.4: Sort, classify and pattern with Valentine sorting and pattern activities.
• Virginia ELDS CLLD2.3: Notice that spoken words are made of smaller sounds, including beginning sounds and rhyming parts.
• Virginia ELDS CLLD2.4: Learn how letters work by matching uppercase and lowercase letters.
• Virginia ELDS CLLD3.3: Handle writing tools while tracing lines, letters, numbers and shapes.

Virginia SOL

• VA SOL Math K.NS.2.a: Read, write and identify numerals on the number mats and ten-frame cards.
• VA SOL Math K.PS.1.a: Sort and classify objects by one attribute, such as color or shape.
• VA SOL Math K.PFA.1.b: Extend a repeating pattern by adding at least two more repetitions of the core.
• VA SOL English K.FFR.3.A: Identify capital and lowercase letters of the alphabet.

Add the Valentine Themed Preschool/Pre-K Math and Literacy Centers to your cart and have hands-on Valentine centers ready for February. Print, prep once and let your little learners fall in love with math and literacy!

This pack is included in the Preschool Math & Literacy Themed Bundle. *Do Not Purchase Both

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