Educational Valentines Activities for Toddlers and Preschoolers

This collection of hands-on, educational Valentines activities for toddlers and preschoolers will keep your young learners engaged for hours!

Whether you’re focusing on fine motor development, counting skills, or name recognition, the preschool Valentine activities featured below are just what you need. Scroll down to discover 20 educational activities that are perfect for your Valentine’s Day units and lesson plans.

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DRIP PAINTED HEARTS

Mix up your arts and crafts time with some fun Pipette Drip Painting. Kids will work on fine motor skills, color mixing, pattern making, and more.

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Valentine Bead Sort

Encourage little ones to focus on details with this Valentine Bead Sort. They can sort by size or by color. Add tweezers for transferring the beads, and you’ve got an activity that will build fine motor skills, as well.

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Valentine’s Day Fine Motor Activity For Preschool

Using tweezers to transfer items isn’t just great for fine motor skills. It’s also a great way to promote pre-reading practice. Read more about it, and then set up your own Valentine Fine Motor Transfer Activity.

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DIY Paper Plate Love Bug

Your little ones will be so excited as they turn an ordinary paper plate into a little Love Bug in this toddler-friendly craft.

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Valentine Heart Tic-Tac-Toe Craft

Have you shown your preschoolers how to play tic-tac-toe yet? If not, now is the perfect time. They’ll love making their own Valentine Heart Tic-Tac-Toe boards to play on.

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Valentine Montessori activities

Whether your preschool is Montessori or not, these Valentine Montessori Activities will help your little ones work on graphing, patterning, counting, and much more.

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Valentine’s Day Alphabet Games

Choose one of these four Valentine’s Day Alphabet Games for Kids to use with your preschoolers. They include a mystery puzzle game, a letter search game, sticker matching, and a roll and write game.

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Candy Heart Play Dough Sight Word Play

Building sight words has never been so fun! This Candy Heart Playdough Sight Word activity features 40 pre-primer sight words.

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Heart Pattern Free Printable for Valentine’s Day

Preschoolers and kindergarteners will practice building patterns with hearts with this Heart Patterns Free Printable for Valentine’s Day.

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Valentine’s Day Love Bugs Sticky Play

Gather your felt, pom poms, buttons, beads, and googly eyes for this activity, and your kids will spend hours with this Love Bugs Sticky Play activity!

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Love Bug Caterpillar Craft for Kids

This little Love Bug sits on a heart-shaped “log”, and he’s ready to play with your preschoolers!

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A Valentine Name Puzzle

This Valentine Name Puzzle combines scissor practice with name recognition for a fun preschool Valentine’s Day activity.

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Valentine’s Day Alphabet Scavenger Hunt

Send your little ones on a Valentine’s Day Alphabet Scavenger Hunt. This is a great way to introduce positional words like beside and above while focusing on letters and their sounds.

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Valentine’s Day Fine Motor Skills –

These five activities focus on Valentine’s Day Fine Motor Skills. With just a few simple supplies, you’ll be ready to engage your little ones.

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Valentines Sensory Box

Sensory bins are a great way for little ones to explore different textures and to practice scooping, pouring, and sorting. Set up this fun Valentine’s Sensory Box and see what your tots and preschoolers do.

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Valentine’s Counting Activity with Free Printable

With one simple printable and some foam heart stickers, you have everything you need to set up this Valentine’s Counting and Color Sorting Activity.

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Free Valentines Day Songs and Rhymes for Circle Time

Engage your littles with music and rhymes with these Valentine’s Day Songs and Rhymes for Circle Time.

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Montessori Inspired Sound Matching Hearts

Help your little ones learn to discriminate between different sounds (and find matching pairs) with a Montessori-Inspired Sounds Matching Game.

With so many hands-on, educational Valentines activities for toddlers and preschoolers to choose from, which one will you choose first?

Tara

Tara is the brains behind Homeschool Preschool, where her journey from preschool and public school teacher to homeschooling mom of three fuels her passion for early childhood education. With a blend of expertise and firsthand experience, Tara’s writings offer practical tips and engaging resources to support families in creating meaningful learning adventures at home.