These free worksheets are a great way to incorporate math into Valentine’s Day for some hands-on candy heart math!
If you don’t have the candy hearts, have no fear! This worksheet can be done by itself as well.
My kids love sweet treat activities that involve any kind of food. It’s also easy clean up, which is a definite plus in my book. To pair with candy hearts, you’ll have to grab our candy heart ten frames!
This Valentine’s Day math activity is a great way to work on basic number facts and is designed for kiddos in Preschool, Kindergarten, and 1st grade.
Easy Valentine’s Day Math Activity
This activity couldn’t be easier to complete. Grab these free worksheets and complete them on their own or head on over to our candy heart ten frames and use ten frames and candy hearts to add a hands-on approach to the problems!
Candy Heart Math: Count the Hearts
For the first worksheet, the goal is to count the hearts that fill in the ten frames and write the number of hearts on the line.
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Candy Heart Math: Can You Make 10?
On the second candy heart worksheet page, the goal is to write how many hearts are needed to make 10. This helps to work with factors of 10. We also offer a more detailed math activity to teach out how to compose and decompose ten.
KEY NUMBER DECOMPOSITION TERMS TO DISCUSS
Talk through key learning terms and discussion questions. Make sure to discuss key decomposition terms like add, subtract, equals, decompose, and equation.
CANDY HEART DECOMPOSITION MATH ACTIVITY DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
- What does the word decompose mean?
- What symbol do we use to show that we have an equal amount of candy hearts?
- How many candy hearts are on the ten frame?
- When you put the candy hearts together, how many combinations can you make that form 10?
Valentine's Day
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Free Printable Valentine's Day Joke Cards
Grab these free printable Valentine’s Day joke cards just in time for the Valentine’s Day card exchange at school! The printable comes with six different joke cards and can be printed multiple times to make enough for all of the students in the class.
Free Printable Blank Valentine's Day Cards
Grab these free printable Valentine’s Day blank cards just in time for the Valentine’s Day card exchange at school! These cards are perfect for writing your own special messages on! The printable comes with 24-total cards with eight unique colors.
You'll LOVE these Free Valentine's Day Worksheets for Kids
Love is in the air! To celebrate, here are some free Valentine’s Day worksheets for kids! These worksheets include a few different exercises for kids of different learning levels.
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In My Heart Storybook Toddler Heart Process Art Activity
Love is in the air and my little lovey toddler can’t get enough of her heart crafts! This toddler heart process art activity is a great way to incorporate a fantastic book about feelings with art.
Practice Logical Thinking with Patchwork Heart Resist Art
Create resist art with this logical thinking patchwork heart art activity!
Love Tree Algorithm Art Unplugged Coding Activity
Follow a simple algorithm to make a love tree with this unplugged coding activity for kids that is perfect for Valentine’s Day!
Tangram Process Art STEAM Activity
Turn tangrams into stamps to create tangram process art! This activity uses a little bit of creativity while learning about shapes to make fun process art. We love to mix math and art activities especially ones that allow all of my kids to get involved with the fun!
Candy Heart Ten Frames: Valentine's Day Math
This candy heart ten frames math activity is a great way to work on basic number facts with a fun Valentine’s Day twist!
Heart Letter Matching Preschool Valentine's Day Activity
Check out these two Preschool Valentine’s Day hearts letter matching activities to work on uppercase and lowercase letter recognition and letter sounds.
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