Valentine Matching Game Printable for working on NUMBER SENSE

While math activities may not make the list of things your kids love, this valentine matching game printable for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten is so much fun, they won’t even realize they’re working on those math skills. Students will match the hearts with numbers on them so they have the number word, numberal, and counted dots to work on number sense.  Simply download pdf file with valentine activities for preschoolers and you are ready to play and learn in your Febraury valentines day theme.

Valentine matching game printable

This free, valentine matching game printable set is perfect for Valentine’s Day and is such a fun way to practice numbersense of numbers 1-20 with your preschoolers, kindergartners, and grade 1 students. Using this valentine activities for preschoolers, children will work on counting, associating numerals with number words, and fine motor skills. All with a single activity.

Hearts with numbers on them

Start by scrolling to the bottom of the post, under the terms of use, and click on the text link that says >> Download <<. The pdf file will open in a new window for you to save the freebie and print the template.

Valentine activities for preschoolers

The printable hearts included in this download are numbers 1-20 in the following three different forms:

• a numeral
• a number word
• a set of dots

Use all of them at once or break them into groups and use half at at time if your child is still learning 1-10 or has moved onto working on 11-20.

If you’d like, you can use them by themselves and have your child match the various number forms or, if you’re really getting into the Valentine’s Day spirit and want to work in a little fine motor practice as well, grab some envelopes!

We’re going to be stuffing our very own math themed Valentine envelopes!

Valentines day activities for preschoolers

• Download, print, and cut out the valentines day activities preschool printable number hearts (below).
• Grab a stack of envelopes and with a red crayon, pencil, or marker, write the number words for 1-20 on them (one word on each).

Valentine’s day activities for kids

• To make getting started a little easier, begin with the hearts that have number words on them and have your child match each of the hearts to the correct envelope.
• Once those are paired, repeat with the hearts that have numerals on them as well as those with dots after your child has counted them and determined which envelope they belong with.
• As they match the numbers on each heart to the number written on the envelopes, have them exercise their small motor muscles by stuffing each of the hearts into the correct envelope.

Preschool valentine activities

THis valentines day ideas for preschool is such a fun way to work on number sense for numbers to 20 with a fun math activity for February. THe pretty red and pink hearts in this activity make it appealing to children so they are eager to learn during February.