Use these Valentine's Day Clip Art images and graphics for Valentine's Day bulletin boards, Valentine's Day activities, and classroom decorations.
Kindness, math and a little chocolate
Sixth graders may roll their eyes at hearts, but they love a challenge. Valentine's Day is a great hook for ratios and percents, like figuring out the ratio of red to pink candy hearts or the percent of a bag that is each color: 12 red out of 48 = 25%. It also opens up writing and history, like where the holiday came from. The click moment comes when kids see that math helps them answer a question they actually care about!
Big-kid versions of a sweet holiday. These moves keep sixth graders engaged.
Give each group a small box of candy hearts. They sort by color, write ratios and convert them to percents. Then compare boxes across the class. Real data makes ratios click.
Why it works: going from real objects to pictures to symbols is a core recommendation of the U.S. Department of Education's elementary math guide.
Try it withValentine's Day SongSongsOpen it →Model a specific compliment: not "You're nice," but "You always help me in math when I'm stuck." Kids write one for a classmate. Specific praise is better writing and better kindness.
Why it works: showing first, practicing together, then letting kids try alone is the "gradual release" model teachers have relied on for decades (Pearson and Gallagher, 1983).
Try it withValentine's Day Clip ArtOpen it →Play a Valentine song and have kids jot down the main message and one example of figurative language they hear. Then compare notes with a partner.
Why it works: words set to a repeating melody are easier to recall than the same words spoken (Wallace, 1994).
Try it withValentine's Day SongSongsOpen it →Teacher favorites right now: Valentine's Day Song and Valentine's Day Clip Art.
Turn it into a challenge: candy heart ratios, a kindness writing task or a short history mystery. Middle schoolers love a real problem to solve.
Sorting by color gives great data for ratios, percents and graphs. Groups can compare their results and talk about why boxes differ.
It is named after Saint Valentine and has been celebrated for centuries. Over time it became a day to share cards and kindness.
Yes, when it is about kindness and friendship. Keep it inclusive so every student gets a note or a link in the chain.
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