Tracing assists children with fine motor coordination, pre-writing and handwriting development. Younger children can use their index finger. Older children can use a pencil.

Preparation: Print 1 blank domino mat and 12 hearts for each student. (You can ask your students to cut them themselves). Description: With the help of the flashcards show how hearts are arranged to represent individual numbers (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) -Tell students numbers and ask them to arrange as many hearts on their domino mats. Depending on their level you can teach them how numbers can broken down e.g. 4 (1+ 3, 3+1, or 2+2) or let them discover the different possibilities alone.

Fun Classroom or Homeschooling Valentine’s Day activities: handwriting fine motor skills maths games flashcards crafts a free set of Heart Alphabet flashcards (A-Z)

Valentine’s Day Idioms with the Heart

Number Matching Game Instruction: Cut each heart tile in half so that you have the number on half of the heart and the corresponding dots on another. You will get 10 number halves and 10 halves with dots on.

Ideal whole class activity

Fun Valentine’s Day Compliment (praise, positive) letters. Print the document on both sides to have a letter that folds out i.e. the picture of the envelope being on the front and the message inside. Ask your students (children in case of homeschooling) to write positive notes to each other (to siblings/parents) on Valentine’s day and put them into a special mail box. Additional pictures are included to decorate a mail box (e.g. shoe box).

Subtraction activity ideal for Valentine’s Day.

Fun painting activity.

Fine motor skill activity.

CLASSROOM decoration can be used in 3 ways! as rectangular shaped banners flag banners once a little triangle is cut out of the bottom circles cut out (for the letters) FRENCH Banner: the word “français” is spelt (also available spelt in English) 3 cute pictures for extra decoration zipped PDF files 3 letters/pictures on each sheet A4 format. License was purchased for the “baguette”, “Eiffel Tower” and “France” pictures for an unlimited amount of time.

CLASSROOM decoration 2 FRENCH A4 posters 1 in English 1 in French zipped PDF files Also available in A3 format. License was purchased for the “baguette”, “Eiffel Tower” and “France” pictures for an unlimited amount of time.

Fun cultural activity to introduce the topic of Carnival

Creative cutting skill activity

Fun ordering activity

Fun fine motor skill activity for handwriting

Fun carnival, fine motor skill activity

CLASSROOM decoration can be used in 3 ways! as rectangular shaped banners flag banners once a little triangle is cut out of the bottom circles cut out (for the letters) FRENCH Banner: the word “French” is spelt (also available spelt in French: "français) 3 cute pictures for extra decoration zipped PDF files 3 letters/pictures on each sheet A4 format. License was purchased for the “baguette”, “Eiffel Tower” and “France” pictures for an unlimited amount of time.

Mardi Gras, Shrove Tuesday, Carnival Phonemes and Numbers 1-10

Frying pans have upper case, Pancakes have lower case letters. Cut out all the cards Game 1: Match the frying pan letters with the pancake letters Slight modification to game 1: cut the pancakes into circular shapes. This way children can put the lower case pancake letter into the right frying pan. Game 2: An A4 sheet is provided with blank pancakes. Print it double sided (with letters on the other side). You will have a “Flip the Pancake game” or with 2 copies, a Memory Game.