Hearts Letter Match for Preschoolers
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This FREE, fun, and hands-on Hearts Letter Match activity complements your lesson plans for February. It helps your preschoolers practice letter recognition as they match uppercase and lowercase letters. This activity is excellent for helping preschoolers develop concentration, visual discrimination, letter knowledge, one-to-one correspondence, set creation, hand-eye coordination, and fine motor skills.
The Hearts Letter Match pack includes five pages with different-colored hearts, ready to be divided in half: one with an uppercase letter and the other with a matching lowercase letter. You can get it at the end of this post.
Hearts Letter Match
This FREE printable can be used in different areas and ways, such as:
- Small group activity.
- Writing center option.
- Reading area option.
- Take-home game and Quiet area option.
To get this easy-to-prep activity ready, you will only need:
- The free Hearts Letter Match printable can be found at the end of this post.
- Printer.
- White cardstock.
- Scissors.
- Laminator or Dry-erase pockets.
- Small basket.
Fill out the form below to download it immediately. Print each page using white cardstock, then cut the hearts in half using the dotted line and laminate them to make them last longer. Place them in a small basket or a Ziploc bag to protect them.
How To Use Activity
This activity can be played individually or with a partner. To begin, preschoolers will get the basket or Ziploc bag with the pieces. They need to identify the letter on each half heart, find the matching half, and place it next to it to complete the heart.
If your kids are starting to learn letter names, start with just a few hearts. Then add two or three more each time they play.
When your kiddos know all the letter names, have them say each letter’s sound as they match the heart pieces.
Other Ideas:
- You can use this activity as a folder game. Glue half of each heart onto a manila folder. Then, place the other halves in a manila envelope or a Ziploc bag to keep them safe.
- Have the children match each letter with magnetic, foam, or wooden letters.
- They can find words that start with all or some of the letters and match them with the appropriate heart.
Finally, if you want to prepare centers with different activities, check out my other FREE Valentine’s Day packs. You can get them at the links below.
- Valentine’s Animal Letter Match.
- Valentine’s Bears Counting Mats.
- Valentine’s Beginning Sound Clip Cards.
- Valentine’s Day Bingo.
- Valentine’s Day Find the Letter Activities.
- Valentine’s Day Memory Game.
- Valentine’s Day Math Puzzles.
- Valentine’s Day Word Wall Cards.
- Valentine’s Day Tracing Activities.
- Valentine’s Day Beginning Sounds.
Valentine’s Day Storybooks
I firmly believe there is no such thing as too much reading, and keeping your preschoolers interested in books by changing your library periodically to match the theme and season is also a good way to encourage them to love books.
These are some good suggestions you can use for Valentine’s Month. You can find all these books at your local library, a used books store, and Amazon. Use the links in each title to get them through my Amazon links and grow your library for years.
- How to Catch a Loveosaurus by Alice Walstead. Blending exciting traps and STEAM concepts with hilarity and chaos to encourage reading, learning, and imagination, this book tells the story of how the kids are on the chase again, this time to trap a dinosaur that escaped from the museum and wants to spread love and kindness.
- Dr. Seuss Lovey Things uses the signature Dr. Seuss rhyme to show Thing One and Thing Two sharing, caring, smiling, hugging, and blowing kisses.
- The Littlest Valentine by Brandi Dougherty tells the story of Emma, the littlest in the Valentine family. Still, she knows she has what it takes to help the family business prepare for the holiday.
- Little Blue’s Truck Valentine by Alice Schertle tells how Little Blue Truck delivers Valentine’s Day cards to all his farm animal friends.
- There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Rose by Lucille Colandro uses rhyming text and hilarious illustrations to tell how the Old Lady is swallowing a rose, some lace, some glitter, and more…to make a special gift for her Valentine!
- Pete the Cat: Valentine’s Day is Cool by James Dean is about when Pete the Cat realizes how much fun Valentine’s Day can be, and he decides to make Valentine cards for his family and friends.
- Happy Valentine’s Day, Mouse! by Laura Numeroff uses his signature character, Mouse, as he makes valentines for all his friends, representing what he loves most about each of his friends.
Pin It For Later
If you are in a rush and don’t have time to read the post and download the printable but want to save it for later, pin it to your literacy or Valentine’s board on Pinterest.
This Hearts Letter Match activity will help entertain your kiddos and simplify lesson planning during Valentine’s month. Don’t forget to get your FREE printable! Click the link below to download and start using it.
Be happy, safe, and creative. I wish you well.
Love,
P.S. Please let me know if this activity works for you and if you would like to see an article or a printable on how to make something specific, and Iwill do my best to create it for you. My goal is to help you in any way I can, and I don’t like anything better than posting something you might find helpful.
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