Special Events for February

Please check out Gospel for the Mass for the month of February on its own page under the header. I have links to activities, coloring, crafts, games, puzzles, worksheets, quizzes, etc. that can help you with your classroom or at home.


*This month’s special event is: St. Valentine and St. Valentine’s Day


References:

catholic.org- St. Valentine

americancatholic.org- St. Valentine’s Day

newadvent.org- St. Valentine and St. Valentine’s Day

history.com- History

churchyear.net- All About Saint Valentine’s Day

catholicfaitheducation.blogspot.com- Articles and lesson plans

catholicmom.com- Valentine’s Day at catholicmom.com



Coloring:

St. Valentine coloring page- by tiredtwang.blogspot.com

goodshepherdonline.com- with short story



Crafts:

catholicicing.blogspot.com- Valentine Countdown Chain
1 Love Bible Verse a day {Free to Print!}

catholicicing.blogspot.com- Catholic St. Valentine Craft

paperdali.blogspot.com- Saint Valentine Matchbox

education.preschoolrock.com- ASL I Love You Craft
This fun craft uses a cut out of a child’s hand to create the ASL sign (American Sign Language) for I-Love-You. Children will love using their imagination to decorate the paper heart that they will glue their hand sign on.

catholicicing.blogspot.com- Catholic St. Valentine’s Day Crafts

catholicicing.blogspot.com- St. Valentine Craft and Card

catholicicing.blogspot.com- John 3:16 Valentine Craft

catholicicing.blogspot.com- Christian Bible Verse Valentines

catholicicing.blogspot.com- Spiritual Bouquet Craft for St. Valentine’s Day

catholicicing.blogspot.com- Religious St. Valentine Ideas for You

christianpreschoolprintables.com- 5 pages of Jesus Loves Me (Valentine’s Day) crafts and activities



Games:

christianpreschoolprintables.com- 5 pages of games

Jesus Loves Me Bible Bingo- This is a Bible Bingo game depicting Jesus from birth to adult. This is a great game to use around Valentine's Day or anytime to share with children God's love for us!

Bible File Folder Games John 3:16 Hearts- Match the hearts to different outlines and read the different values of Love. Based on 1 Corinthians13, and includes places to practice handwriting.

Jesus Loves Me Heart Sequence- This is a Size sequence in which children arrange the hearts in order of smallest to largest. Once in order it will spell out the words to the song "Jesus Loves Me". Sing the song with your child when it's completed.

Jesus Loves Me Tic-Tac-Toe- This is a fun printable game for playing Tic-Tac-Toe. Children choose either red hearts or blue hearts and win when they get three in a row.

Jesus Loves Me Heart Match- This is a set of simple Heart puzzles that says “Jesus Loves Me”. Children play the game by matching up the different sides of the hearts.


theholidayzone.com- Valentine Alphabet Memory Game

abcteach.com- Dominoes with Hearts
Print these on card stock and cut out.


filefolderfun.com- 3 file folder games

Patterns of Love Pattern Matching Game-
This is a pattern matching game for children to decide what color heart comes next. Store the pattern strips in the Memory Pocket, and simply print up an extra sheet and cut out the hearts for playing pieces.

Alphabet Hearts File Folder Game-
This is an alphabet file folder game with hearts. Children match the upper and lowercase versions of the letters.

The Color of Love File Folder Game-
This is a heart file folder game where children can match the different colors of hearts to each other.



St. Valentine Game

Introduction to game: What do you know about St. Valentine and St. Valentine’s Day?

Materials- large die, egg timer, questions about St. Valentine and St. Valentine’s Day

Make a die out of a large juice carton mssscrafts.com and put a ? mark on some (at least 3) of the sides of the die.

Cube Signs for St. Valentine Game- Print, cut out, and glue on die to play game.


Directions- The objective of the game is to get the most points by answering questions about St. Valentine and St. Valentine’s Day. After studying and discussing this subject, divide the class into teams and have the students come up with questions. Set an egg timer for a specified time. Have a player roll the die on the floor in front of the class. If the die lands on a blank space, they do not answer a question. If the die lands on “?”, they are asked a question by the other player or team. If the player answers correctly, they receive a point (you can use tokens, write it on the board, etc.). If they are not correct, they do not receive a point. Players must collect as many points as they can. The game is over when the egg timer goes off. Whoever has the most points, wins. You can play this game individually or in teams. For an added challenge, you can also have “Lose 1 Point” and “Take 1 Point” on one or a couple of the sides of the die. When a player rolls “Lose 1 Point”, they must lose 1 point. If a player rolls “Take 1 Point”, they may take a point from any player they choose.





Sacrament of Matrimony (file folder game)- Answer different kinds of questions (multiple choice, True or False, Fill in the Blank, or Puzzles) about the Sacrament of Matrimony as you move around the board.




Introduction to game: For Catholics, the sacrament of marriage is a public sign that one gives oneself totally to this other person. It is also a public statement about God: The loving union of husband and wife speaks of family values and also God's values.




Puzzles:

christianpreschoolprintables.com- Jesus Loves Bible Puzzle

teachervision.fen.com- Children cut apart pieces of a heart puzzle and then reassemble it in this Valentine's Day printable.

papertangrams.com- Print this heart-shaped tangram puzzle on white or colored cardstock or regular paper. Use markers or crayons to color the tangram, if desired, then cut out the tans (pieces) with scissors.

aimsedu.org- Heart Puzzle
Carefully cut out the pieces of the heart puzzle. Use all nine pieces to make as many interesting shapes as you can. (The pieces must be placed edge to edge and can't overlap.) Make a record of your shapes by drawing their outlines on a separate sheet of paper.

Challenges:

1. Reassemble the heart.
2. Make the two shapes shown at bottom right.


internetfamilyfun.com- Heart maze

showerofroses.blogspot.com- Saint Valentine Crossword & Word Search