6 Ways to Use Candy Hearts for Valentine's Day

Alright, friends.  I've got one more Valentine's Day themed post for you.  (Check out here, here, and here if you've missed the others)

Today I'm sharing 6 ways you can use candy hearts for math, ELA and science activities:

All it took was a little Pinterest action to find some gem ideas on using candy hearts in the classroom.  Click on each pic to find the original source and more details on how to complete the activity.

I love this idea - I feel like the results would be hilarious

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I have a similar activity in my Valentine's Day Math Centers

I even found this cute little freebie that you can use with this science experiment.

(unfortunately the link on Pinterest did not bring it directly to the source for this activity - but I'm sure you get the idea of how to create a sorting mat.)

Got any genius ideas to share on how to use candy hearts in the classroom? (other than devour them, of course - yes, yes I do LOVE candy hearts despite their chalky taste...hehe)

Have a great Wednesday!  See ya tomorrow with a Throw Back Thursday post!

Valentine's Day in a SNAP {FREEBIE}

Happy Tuesday, All!

I hope you all had a chance to download the Valentine's Day freebies on yesterday's post.

I've got another freebie for you today:

It's a printable with a ton of Valentine's Day resources, all in one spot.  Simply click on the pictures within the document (once you've downloaded it) and it will take you right to the resource.

Download this freebie at my TpT store!

Simple and Fun!

Enjoy!  

Valentine's Day Freebies!

Hi friends!  How was the weekend?  Ours was lovely!

Saturday was the perfect winter day so we took a little hike through the woods.

#doggieheaven - Charlie LOVED leaping through the snow!

And this little cutie kicked and giggled the whole ride :)

What a peaceful afternoon.

Guess what?  This week is Valentine's Day! :)  Can we all just take a moment and appreciate that it is on a Saturday - which means you don't have to celebrate it until Friday in your classroom and then you get to send you kiddos off for the weekend (or off for winter break if you're like the schools around here)

I do love V-Day :)  There are so many cute games and crafts you can do with your kiddos.  I've got a few of freebies to share with you:

{click any of the pics for an instant download!}

The first one is great for practicing idioms:

{Comes with a recording sheet!}

This center is part of my Valentine's Day Math and Literacy Centers that you can check out here

This is a fun whole-class game of "I have, Who Has" - fact and opinion style! 

This next game can be customized.  It it a generic game board with blank cards so that you can create your own question cards for whatever content or skill you're students are working on.

And finally - although not a game - I thought I'd share with you these freebie Valentine's cards you print off and give to your students!

You can also check out this post that highlights a fun Valentine's Day game you can make with just sticker dots and Hershey kisses!

Coming up on the blog this week:

"Valentine's Day in a SNAP!"  Freebie Printable

Fun ways to use candy hearts in your classroom

Another round of "Throw Back Thursday" and "Friday Faves"

Have a fabulous Monday, my friends!

Throw Back Thursday {Hershey Kiss Match}

This post is the answer to all your chocolate loving dreams.

It's about this time of year (Valentine's time) that EVERYTHING becomes chocolate covered.  The problem is, you feel guilty buying a huge bag of chocolate for yourself.

Answer:  Have your husband buy it and "use" it in your classroom and devour the rest :)  Problem solve.

Here's a fun post I found back on the ol' blog to share with you for TBT.

A quick little matching game you can make for any concept:

On the sticker dots write what you want your students to match up, such as equivalent fraction (you would write one fraction on one sticker and its match on the other sticker)

Make as many matches as you think your students could handle.

Students take turns choosing two kisses to see if they are a match.  If they are, they keep them.  If not, the kisses get turned back upside down for the next turn.

{Above are some suggestions of other skills this game would work for.}

Here's a quick recording sheet you can use to help keep track of your kiddos:

{click here to download}

Bonus:  When your students are done playing the game - you get to stash the chocolate in your candy drawer.  Boom!  It's a win-win :)

Have a great day everyone!