Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day Writing Activities  (Y, M, O, T)
Similes, metaphors, alliterations, and more! These Valentine's Day lessons and activities from Read Write Think cover all of the poetic devices that make love poems great. The activities are paired with age-appropriate writing and literature lessons for grades 3 through 12.

Valentine's Day Chemistry  (M, O, T)
Learn all about the chemistry of love and chocolate; create fun science-based gifts; and more with these Valentine's Day chemistry lessons from the American Chemical Society.

Valentine’s Day Across the Curriculum  (M, O, T)
A collection of Valentine's Day lessons and activity ideas from the New York Times that cross numerous subjects. Inside, you'll find writing prompts, literature activities, history lessons, economics and finance activities, fine art activities, STEM exercises, and more!

Kennedy Center Valentine's Day Classroom Resources  (M, O, T)
The Kennedy Center has a collection of resources to learn and teach about love stories in literature, theatre, opera, music, film, and more. "These resources offer ways to look at the concept of love beyond the lovey-dovey. Whether as sweeping ballet choreography or tragic Shakespearean poetry, you'll explore how love can be expressed in different artistic contexts."

Smithsonian Valentine's Day Collection  (Y, M, O, T)
A large collection of Valentine's and love-themed artwork, advertisements, songs, letters, cards, and more from the Smithsonian Institute.

A Thousand Kisses: Love Letters from the Archives of American Art  (O, T)
This digital exhibition from the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art contains love letters and photographs from famous couples in American History. "This selection of affectionate communiqués to and from American artists gives us insight into the lives of painters, sculptors, illustrators, and others—their relationships, perceptions, and creative energies—from the mid-19th century to the late 20th. They also allow us to empathize with artists through the most universal of human emotions: love in all its permutations."

Today in History: Valentine’s Day  (M, O, T)
This roundup of primary sources from Primary Source Nexus has tons of neat letters, documents, artwork, advertisements, and more to celebrate Valentine's Day. Inside, you can find historical newspaper coverage, presidential love poems, love songs from around the world, and more.

The Heart of the Matter: A History of Valentine Cards  (M, O)
This digital exhibition from The Strong National Museum of Play explores the history of Valentine's Day cards, the imagery and symbolism of love, and interesting facts on the manufacturing process of the paper products that have come to be synonymous with Valentine's Day.

The Story of St. Valentine   (Y)
A reading comprehension lesson on the legend of St. Valentine from ABCTeach.com. Includes a multi-choice quiz, vocabulary, and writing prompts.

Fun Valentine's Day Facts for Kids  (Y, M)
An informative article that explains the history of Valentine's Day, symbols, traditions, and fun Valentin's facts for kids. From Kids Play and Create.com

History of Valentine's Day  (Y)
Valentine's Day History and Valentine Match Game form Primary Games.com

The History of Valentine's Day  (Y)
An overview of the history of Valentine's Day, speculated to have originated in Rome in the year 268. From Safe Search Kids.com

Valentine's Day Puzzles  (Y, M)
Print these Valentine's Day puzzles; words sudoku, mazes, counting puzzles, and stepping stones for children to enjoy on Valentine's Day.

Valentine's Day Word Search Puzzles  (Y, M)
A large collection of printable word search puzzles, available in easy and medium difficulty levels, from The Balance.

Valentine's Day Puzzle  (Y)
In this fun learning activity for children the candy has fallen out of the Valentine box! Students must click and drag the candy to put it back into the box. Children practice mouse manipulation and patterns in this fun activity. From ABCYa.com

Valentine's Day Word Search  (Y, M)
Valentine's Day Word Search is a fun holiday activity for children of all ages. Puzzles can be created two ways: a small grid with shorter words or a larger grid with longer words. This feature will allow younger children to enjoy the puzzles too! You can print or play online. From ABCYa.com

Valentine Printables  (Y, M)
The Valentine printables currently available on this site are word search puzzles, dot to dot printables, mazes, valentine coloring pages, cryptogram puzzles, word scrambles, a fun card game called "Capture the Hearts", and more.

Cards and Crafts for Valentine's Day  (Y,M)
Crafts projects for preschool, kindergarten and elementary school children. The crafts use materials found around the house, like egg cartons, cardboard, paper, boxes, string, crayons, paint, glue, etc. Free site with options to subscribe to an ad-free version.

Kiddyhouse Valentine's  (Y)
Valentine's Day resources for kids and teachers, including age-specific crafts, activity pages, puzzles, poems, songs, and more. From Kiddy House.

Valentine's Day Resources  (Y,M)
A collection of Valentine's Day activity pages, printable coloring pages, crafts, games, and more from Activity Village.co.uk.

February Holiday Resources  (Y,M)
A collection of lesson plans, activities, games, stories, and books to celebrate Valentine's Day and other February holidays from Education World.com.

Helping Younger Children Celebrate Valentine's Day  (T)
A list of dos and donts from FamilyEducation.com for helping children navigate Valentine's Day.

Silly Valentine Poems for children, kids & adults  (Y,M)
A collection of Valentine's Day poems taken from the book "Valentine Poems," compiled by Myra Cohn Livingston. From Brownielocks.com

Valentine's Day Crafts for Kids   (Y,M)
Valentine's Day cards, crafts, and animal-themed boxes from DaniellesPlace.com.

DLTK's Custom Dominos  (Y)
Great tool for any holiday or unit study theme. Pick a theme for your dominoes and then choose color or black and white before printing.

History of Valentine's Day  (T)
Learn all about St. Valentine and the origins of the holiday from History.com.

Valentine's Day Crafts and Activities  (Y,M)
A collection of crafts, activity pages, puzzles, poems, and more from DLTK's Crafts for Kids.