How to use these Valentine's Day worksheets
These pages work well in the week before February 14, one or two a day. Set out a pencil, red and pink crayons, and allow 10 to 15 minutes.
- Trace the words. Say each word together (cupcake, rose, bear, box). Point to the picture, then trace, starting every letter at the top. Color the picture at the end.
- Count & Write. Touch each heart or rose as you count out loud, then write the number. The single cookie row is a quick win.
- I Spy Valentine's Day. Your child finds every envelope, rose, mailbox and pair of lovebirds and writes the totals at the bottom of the page.
- Word search. Words go across or down. Start with "rose" together, then let your child find arrow, lollipop, bouquet, mail, birds, box and bear.
- Patterns. Read each row aloud ("arrow, cookie, arrow, cookie...") and draw the missing picture.
A whole page doesn't need to be finished in one go. If your child is tired, stop after two rows and come back after a snack. Short, happy practice does more than one long session.
Tips by age
Age 4: Start with the I spy and pattern pages. Help with the word search by pointing to the right row. On tracing, praise starting at the dot.
Age 5: Ask them to read the tracing words back. On I spy, ask which picture there is the most of and how they know.
Age 6: Let them do the word search on their own, then write a short sentence on the back ("I love my bear."). Ask them to invent a pattern with real hearts.
Games to play with the pages
- Heart hunt: hide paper hearts around a room, then count them and write the number like on the Count & Write page.
- Mailbox game: after I spy, make a shoebox mailbox and "deliver" one card to each family member, counting as you go.
- Pattern cards: decorate Valentine cards for friends with a heart pattern along the edge.
- Word cards: copy two words from the word search onto homemade cards ("bear", "rose") for a first try at writing.
For heart math, kindness ideas and a no-candy party plan, see our full list of Valentine's Day activities for preschoolers.
When your child is ready for more
If these pages feel easy, the next steps are counting to 20, adding and taking away small groups, and writing short sentences. The rest of the pack covers all three.
The full Love & Learn Valentine's Pack has 31 pages for ages 4 to 6. Alongside the pages in this sample, it has math pages where children count hearts and add and take away candies, number pages to 20, reading and writing pages, cut-out cards, two compare and order pages, a maze, a dot-to-dot, an odd-one-out page and Valentine coloring pages with card-making scenes. Print a few each day in February, and reprint the favorites.
Questions parents ask
They suit children aged 4 to 6, so older preschoolers, pre-K and kindergarten. Three year olds can enjoy the I spy and pattern pages with an adult beside them. The tracing words and word search work best once your child recognizes most letters and can hold a pencil.
Yes. These 5 pages are a free sample from our Love & Learn Valentine's Pack. Choose color or black and white, US Letter or A4, and the PDF downloads straight away. No sign-up, no email address, and you're welcome to print copies for siblings or friends coming over to play.
Yes. The I spy and pattern pages make a calm table activity while children arrive, and the word search keeps older ones busy. Print the black and white version so each child can color their page, then send it home with them as a little keepsake instead of candy.
Color is bright and helps younger children spot the I spy pictures quickly. Black and white saves ink, and the pictures become something to color once the counting is done. The activities are exactly the same in both versions, so print whichever suits you.
The full Love & Learn Valentine's Pack has 31 pages: math pages for counting hearts and adding and taking away candies, counting to 20, tracing, reading and writing pages, cut-out cards, two compare and order pages, a maze, a dot-to-dot, an odd-one-out page and Valentine coloring pages.
