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5 Ways to Use These Valentine’s Day Puzzles

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Learn how to use these Valentine’s Day puzzles for name activities, literacy activities, & fine motor activities in your classroom. They are also a great gift idea!


I have shown you many different types of printable name puzzles.  Today, I’m going to show you five different ways to use these Valentine’s Day puzzles for activities with your kids.

Use these simple Valentine's Day puzzles for name activities, literacy activities, & fine motor activities in your #preschool classroom. The heart puzzles are also a great gift idea! They are editable and are perfect for your #ValentinesDay theme or February theme units and lesson plans for preschoolers. Use them to practice sight words or thematic words. Kids can work on letter recognition, letter formation, letter sounds, beginning sounds....or use them on a bulletin board.

Name Activities

Use the name puzzles as a Valentine-themed activity in your literacy centers.  The puzzles will help kids learn to recognize and spell their names, plus the high-interest activity is a great way to

  • practice letter recognition
  • learn to recognize letter sounds
  • work on letter formation

Use these simple Valentine's Day puzzles for name activities, literacy activities, & fine motor activities in your #preschool classroom. The heart puzzles are also a great gift idea! They are editable and are perfect for your #ValentinesDay theme or February theme units and lesson plans for preschoolers. Use them to practice sight words or thematic words. Kids can work on letter recognition, letter formation, letter sounds, beginning sounds....or use them on a bulletin board.

Just like my other editable name puzzles, these are easy to customize to create name activities for your preschool kids.  You can print them with uppercase letters or lowercase letters.

Use these simple Valentine's Day puzzles for name activities, literacy activities, & fine motor activities in your #preschool classroom. The heart puzzles are also a great gift idea! They are editable and are perfect for your #ValentinesDay theme or February theme units and lesson plans for preschoolers. Use them to practice sight words or thematic words. Kids can work on letter recognition, letter formation, letter sounds, beginning sounds....or use them on a bulletin board.

Fine Motor Activities

Print the puzzles for your kids and let them cut out the pieces.  This is a simple way to give them a little practice with cutting with scissors.

Use these simple Valentine's Day puzzles for name activities, literacy activities, & fine motor activities in your #preschool classroom. The heart puzzles are also a great gift idea! They are editable and are perfect for your #ValentinesDay theme or February theme units and lesson plans for preschoolers. Use them to practice sight words or thematic words. Kids can work on letter recognition, letter formation, letter sounds, beginning sounds....or use them on a bulletin board.

Print the puzzles with the outlined font option and kids can trace/color the letters on each puzzle piece.  They can also color the hearts.  Because the puzzles have their names on them, kids will be very motivated to color.

Use these simple Valentine's Day puzzles for name activities, literacy activities, & fine motor activities in your #preschool classroom. The heart puzzles are also a great gift idea! They are editable and are perfect for your #ValentinesDay theme or February theme units and lesson plans for preschoolers. Use them to practice sight words or thematic words. Kids can work on letter recognition, letter formation, letter sounds, beginning sounds....or use them on a bulletin board.

Sight Word Activities

The puzzles aren’t limited to just name activities.  You can customize them with any words.  Use them to practice

  • sight words
  • high-interest words
  • thematic words

Use these simple Valentine's Day puzzles for name activities, literacy activities, & fine motor activities in your #preschool classroom. The heart puzzles are also a great gift idea! They are editable and are perfect for your #ValentinesDay theme or February theme units and lesson plans for preschoolers. Use them to practice sight words or thematic words. Kids can work on letter recognition, letter formation, letter sounds, beginning sounds....or use them on a bulletin board.

Gift Idea

Are you looking for a non-candy Valentine gift for your kids?  Print up a puzzle for each child.

Use these simple Valentine's Day puzzles for name activities, literacy activities, & fine motor activities in your #preschool classroom. The heart puzzles are also a great gift idea! They are editable and are perfect for your #ValentinesDay theme or February theme units and lesson plans for preschoolers. Use them to practice sight words or thematic words. Kids can work on letter recognition, letter formation, letter sounds, beginning sounds....or use them on a bulletin board.

Cut the puzzles, put them in an envelope, add labels (included with the resource), and you will have a fun Valentine’s Day gift that parents will appreciate.

Use these simple Valentine's Day puzzles for name activities, literacy activities, & fine motor activities in your #preschool classroom. The heart puzzles are also a great gift idea! They are editable and are perfect for your #ValentinesDay theme or February theme units and lesson plans for preschoolers. Use them to practice sight words or thematic words. Kids can work on letter recognition, letter formation, letter sounds, beginning sounds....or use them on a bulletin board.

Purchase The Valentine’s Day Puzzles

Are you ready to make some Valentine’s puzzles for your kids today?  Click on the image below to pick them up at my store.

Additional Name Puzzles

Here are some additional name puzzle ideas for you.

School Bus Name PuzzlesUse these editable school bus name puzzles to work on alphabet recognition and name practice with your kids. Perfect for #preschool #prek and kindergarten in literacy learning centers. Perfect for the beginning of the year, end of the year, or transportation theme unit and lesson plans. Teach kids to spell their name and teach letters and beginning sounds in a fun, meaningful way. #nameactivities #transportationtheme
Train Name PuzzlesAre you looking for fun name activities for your literacy centers? These train name puzzles are perfect for back to school or your transportation theme unit and lesson plans in #preschool, #prek and #kindergarten. Teach name spelling, name recognition and letters while learning about land vehicles and trains. The editable printables can also be used for bulletin boards and decoration. Ideas also include fine motor activities & for spelling words. #nameactivities #transportationtheme
Banner Name PuzzlesUse these banner and confetti editable name puzzles to work on alphabet recognition, name practice, alphabet, and beginning sound activities with your #preschool and #prek kids. Use for a New Years, Christmas, or holiday unit and lesson plans in your preschool or pre-k classroom. Use in literacy centers or stations or on bulletin boards.
CrayonNamePuzzlesUse these fun editable crayon name puzzles to work on name recognition and a variety of literacy activities with your kids. Your class will love these personalized printable puzzles. Use them in your preschool, pre-k and kindergarten class to work on name recognition, alphabet knowledge, letter recognition and learning a variety of pre-literacy skills. Perfect for your literacy centers. #preschool #nameactivities #alphabetactivities
Heart Name PuzzlesUse these simple Valentine's Day puzzles for name activities, literacy activities, & fine motor activities in your #preschool classroom. The heart puzzles are also a great gift idea! They are editable and are perfect for your #ValentinesDay theme or February theme units and lesson plans for preschoolers. Use them to practice sight words or thematic words. Kids can work on letter recognition, letter formation, letter sounds, beginning sounds....or use them on a bulletin board.

 

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