The concept of celebrating Valentine's Day with young children can be lovely if approached appropriately. It can be a positive experience if the focus is on love, friendship, and kindness rather than romantic love. The following article provides information on Pros and Cons Of Celebrating Valentine's Day, Themes For Valentine's Day, Valentine's Day Activities For Children and more.

Love Monster is a sweet book about love, friendship, frustration, loneliness and being different. The monster lives in Cutesville and feels out of place amongst all the cute animals. Everyone loves fluffy kittens, puppies and bunnies, but not funny-looking hairy monsters, so he sets off to find someone who will love him just like him. 

On the 14th of February, it is Valentine's Day. It's a day when lovers, relatives and friends express their love for one another with greetings and gifts. The following provides Valentine's Day Templates, Songs, Printables and Activities that will help you celebrate love at your service that can be implemented into the curriculum for children. 

Chocolate Box Letter Matching enables children to recognise the letters and match the correct chocolate in the correct chocolate box.

Counting Heart Biscuits is a counting activity from 1 to 10 for children to match the correct number of heart decorations o the corresponding number on the biscuit. This activity is great for number recognition, for children learning their numbers and for one-to-one correspondence.

A child can complete this template for someone they love for Valentine's Day.

I am a little Valentine,
Red and white,
With ribbons and lace,
I am a beautiful sight.
I can say ‘I LOVE YOU’,
On Valentine’s Day,
Just put me in an envelope,
And give me away.

I put my hands together ,
This is how I start
I curve my finger right around,
And I can make a heart!
I can say ‘I LOVE YOU’,
On Valentine’s Day,
Just put me in an envelope,
And give me away.

I am a little Valentine,
Red and white,
With ribbons and lace,
I am a beautiful sight.
I can say ‘I LOVE YOU’,
On Valentine’s Day,
Just put me in an envelope,
And give me away.

Hints and Tips: 

• Sung to the tune of I'm A Little Teapot 
• Children cam make a valentine of their own using red, white, ribbons and lace
• During the rhyme, children can use their hands to make the "love" sign" 

References: 
Kidsparkz.com
Bussongs.com 

Encourage children to eat a variety of fruits with this fruit salad full of love! Children can help by using heart shaped cookie cutters to cut the fruits. 

Through this cooking experiences, children will learn to make popsicles using fresh fruit juices and also learn about turning liquids into solids.

Valentine's Day Colouring Pages enables children to colour, collage, paint a valentine's day picture. It can be used as a Valentine's Day card from children to share with families and friends. Colouring pages enable children to develop good pencil grip as they practice holding a pencil while colouring. Children also develop their hand eye coordination and support children to concentrate and focus.