This Valentine’s Day card collection keepsake book is a free printable that will allow your students to collect their Valentine cards all in one place.
I wanted to make sure if you hadn’t already gotten your hands on a copy that you could with plenty of time to make copies before Valentine’s Day!
This is such a cute and fun way to get geared up for Valentine’s Day and make your Valentine card exchange go over smoothly.
You can use it easily as a kindergarten Valentine’s activity – or for first and even second grade too.
I like to give out a class list the day or two before and my kinders prepare their books. As they work, they usually enjoy talking about their cards they are going to give.
It makes for great morning work.
My kinders prepare their books before Valentines Day by completing the front cover, title page and add a smidge of color.
They are in charge of writing the 24 names of their classmates into their booklets before Valentine’s Day arrives.
They love crossing names off their printed list as they make progress and it gets them prepared for what passing out cards will look like.
Print off enough blank pages to match the number of students in your classroom. Students write in the teacher’s name instead of their own in the booklet.
Simple and Valentines-y. It’s reading, so there is still literacy involved {right!?}
Then we spend our actual “party” time enjoying each other’s company as we give each other gifts, saying thank you and trying to see what parts of cards we can read.
What I found was that kinders spent a lot of time “reading” their individual cards, thanking each other and it was less about the *candy* or tattoos because they weren’t sure how to glue that into their books! {Unintended score!}
A fellow teacher who found this here said —
I’ve done this for years…it’s always a hit and you’re right, they do spend more time looking at each card, saying Thank you! 💞
I love how it turned the focus of our party into celebrating each other.
And just so you know – what did we do if someone didn’t bring cards to pass out?
They can still participate by going around and “signing” their name on people’s books on their page.
Valentine Printable Book
Get the Valentine Card Collection Book
We play it very low key in our classroom. For most of my kinders, this is their first Valentine’s Day party.
They don’t have any expectations other than what I set, so we make it about the exchange of cards, reading them and collecting them. If we add in a healthy snack, then this party definitely fills up any party time I have scheduled and then some.
Think it might work in your classroom? What is fun for your Valentine’s party?
I like to give out playdough as my teacher Valentine gift to my students.
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More Valentines Day
- Teacher Valentine’s Day Playdough Gift Toppers
- Sweet Valentine Math and Literacy Centers and Small Group Materials
- Sweet Behavior Bracelets {Printable}
Lovely, thank you for that one! With Valentines day coming up, this scrapbook is truly precious 🙂
You’re welcome Patricia! So glad you’ll be able to use it!
– Leslie