Yes! Valentine PreK Centers can be fun and easy. Here’s how to make your preschool or pre-k classroom buzz with learning and student engagement this Valentine’s Day!
Pulling Together Valentine PreK Centers
Center time is the heart of any pre-k or preschool classroom. Kids learn by playing so the best learning happens through structured, intentional play where kids can discover through hands-on activities.
It’s lots of fun to change out your centers thematically, but sometimes it feels daunting to pull it all together! No worries! Valentine preK centers can be low prep and easy. You probably have everything you need already in your classroom (except maybe a cardboard box for a mailbox) AND printables to make it all happen.
Which Valentine PreK Centers Should I Have?
In my classroom, I’ve learned that kids learn and behave best when separated into pairs. Try it! It really cuts down on student conflict and promotes sharing. So that means for a class of 20, I want 10 centers.
- Math Center
- Literacy/ABC Center
- Writing Center
- Reading Center
- Dramatic Play/Social Studies Center
- Blocks
- Science Center
- Art & Fine Motor Skills Practice
- Sensory Exploration
- Technology
Some of the centers are easy to convert into Valentine prek centers. For example, just drop by the library and stock your reading center with Valentine’s Day picture books. Technology center should be a breeze, too.
But if you’re not sure what to do for the other centers, you may want to download these printables. They should cover EVERYTHING you need to change out your math, literacy/ABC center, writing centers, dramatic play area, and art & fine motor skills centers. Plus, there are suggestions included as simple fixes for your other centers, too!
Seriously – one stop shop!
Valentine PreK Centers: Literacy
Valentine’s Day LITERACY Center activities for preschool and pre-k learners can be lots of fun!
This done-for-you set includes eight bilingual literacy centers in Spanish and English to celebrate Valentine’s Day in your preschool classroom. It doesn’t get any easier than that!
This set will supply all you need for a writing center, ABC center, dramatic play center plus give you suggestions and ideas for your other centers as well.
All materials are in black & white and also in full color – Spanish and English!
❤️Included in Valentine’s Day Pre-K Literacy Centers:
- Pre-K Valentine’s Day Centers Suggestions (for literacy PLUS 7 more centers!)
- Post Office Mail Center (for your dramatic play)
- Valentine’s Day Vocabulary Chart
- Valentine’s Day Thematic Writing Paper
- Color-by-Letter ABC recognition
- Color-by-Word Search & Find (simple sight words such as I, my, can, see, be, he, she, we, etc.)
- ABC Letter Search & Find with Heart Windows
- Sight Word Search & Find with Heart Windows
- Beginning Reader Mini-book Color, Cut, & Staple (with sentence stem, “I love my…”
- Sentence Strip Pocket Chart Game (with sentence stem, “I see [color words]”
- Read It, Build It, Write It Game with sight word cards (see list below)
- Valentine’s Alphabet Letter Tracing
❤️To Use:
Simply print out the Valentine’s Day literacy centers you plan to use with your class! Most activities have an ABC letter option and a beginning sight word option so you can differentiate for where your students are academically.
All you need to add is basic classroom staples like pencils, crayons, stapler, and perhaps a pocket chart.
These Valentine’s Day literacy centers are so simple and fun, your kids will love them, and your reading and writing centers – not to mention your dramatic play area – will be full of learning! Yay!
Valentine’s Day Literacy Centers for Pre-K & Preschool – Bilingual Spanish Eng
❤️English Sight Words Targeted in Valentine Literacy Centers:
- I
- my
- can
- a
- see
- be
- he
- she
- we
- the
- at
- it
- is
- up
- no
- on
- in
- love
- color words
❤️Spanish Sight Words Targeted
- veo
- un
- una
- yo
- mi
- es
- el
- la
- los
- las
- no
- si
- de
- al
- ella
- amo
- color words
Valentine PreK Centers: Math
Super fun and easy Valentine’s Day MATH Center activities for preschool and pre-k learners make Valentine prek centers a breeze. This set includes seven bilingual done-for-you math centers in Spanish and English to celebrate Valentine’s Day in your preschool classroom!
Focus on skills such as counting, patterning, numeral recognition, quantities, sorting, and graphing with these fun prek math Valentine activities.
As always, all materials are in black & white and also in full color – Spanish and English!
❤️Included in Valentine’s Day Pre-K Math Centers:
- Pre-K Valentine’s Day Centers Suggestions (for math PLUS 9 more centers!)
- Patterning Strips with Hearts
- Candy Heart Sorting
- Candy Heart Graphing
- Tree of Hearts Number Cut & Paste
- Koala Heart Ten Frames
- Valentine Number Tracing 1-20
- Balloon Heart Counting with Links
❤️To Use Valentine Math Centers:
Simply print out the Valentine’s Day math centers you plan to use with your class! (Yikes! See the green above? My printer ink started going out.)
All you need to add is basic classroom staples like manipulatives, links, pencils, crayons, and craft pom-poms. To make it really fun, add candy hearts, too! Yum! And a good printer.
These Valentine’s Day math centers are so simple and fun, your kids will love them, and your math center will be full of learning! Win!
Valentine’s Day Math Centers for Pre-K, Preschool – Bilingual Spanish English
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Valentine PreK Centers Fine Motor Skills
Focus on fine motor skills using these simple but engaging Valentine’s Day crafts and activities. You get six done-for-you fine motor activities in Spanish and English to celebrate Valentine’s Day in your preschool centers!
And yes, you guessed it – all materials are in black & white and also in full color – Spanish and English!
❤️Included in Pre-K Valentine’s Day Fine Motor Activities:
- Pre-K Valentine’s Day Centers Suggestions (for fine motor skills PLUS 9 more centers!)
- “I Love You to Pieces” paper tearing activity
- Heart Lacing Sewing (these make great gifts for parents!)
- Valentine’s Day Marble Painting
- Heart Cutting Activity
- Pom Poms Tongs Pincer Grasp Activity
- Magical Valentine’s Drawing Story – Listen and Follow Directions Activity
❤️To Use:
Simply print out the Valentine’s Day fine motor activities you plan to use with your class! All you need to add is basic classroom staples like pencils, crayons, scissors, glue, construction paper, and craft supplies you probably have on hand like pom-poms, tongs, and finger paint. Oh! Plus, you’ll need 2-3 marbles.
These Valentine’s Day fine motor skills activities for centers are so simple and fun, your kids will love them, and your room will be buzzing with learning!
PreK Valentine’s Day Fine Motor Centers Crafts Activities |Bilingual Spanish Eng
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Valentine’s Day Centers BUNDLE for Pre-K & Preschool | Bilingual Spanish English
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Happy Valentine’s Day!
