There are SO many content-related skills in this yummy activity:  estimating, sorting, counting, graphing, and . . . eating!   Open the box of candies and estimate the total number of candies.  Then begin counting and sorting according to color.

Filling out the handout was engaging for 6-8 year olds.  Or you can skip the worksheet for younger children and just count and sort the candy.

The last step is to transform the candy graph into a paper graph.  Wonderful way to practice math skills in a world language.  And, of course, it’s time to munch!  Bon appétit!

Check out all of our Foreign Language House Spanish and French Valentine’s Day printables in French and Spanish HERE.

I decided to translate the ever-popular “Skidamarink” into French for Valentine’s Day.  I just taught it to my four year-old today.  We do a little dance to “Skidamarink” and big TPR hand gestures to go with the verses.  Click here for a FREE printable song sheet. Listen & enjoy . . . c’est amusant!

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Skidamarink-a-dink-a-dink

Skidamarink-a-doo

Je t’aime beaucoup!

Skidamarink-a-dink-a-dink

Skidamarink-a-doo

Je t’aime beaucoup!

Je t’aime le matin et l’après-midi

Je t’aime le soir et toute la nuit.

Skidamarink-a-dink-a-dink

Skidamarink-a-doo

Je t’aime beaucoup

Je t’aime beaucoup-coup-coup-coup-coup-coup!

This Valentine’s Day, teach kids colors in French, Spanish, and English by fishing for hearts.  This is a favorite pre-k activity, but it can be adapted for older kids, too.  First, you’ll need some colored paper hearts.  Click hearts for a free pdf. Make a few copies, cut, and laminate.  Place a paper clip on each heart and put the hearts on the floor.  Prepare a fishing pole by attaching a string to a stick, and tying a magnet to the string.  You’re ready!  Let’s fish!

For young children, call out colors in the target language of your choice and let the children take turns dangling the fishing pole over the hearts until they catch the right one.

Older kids can enjoy a little competition.  Give fishing poles to two players and see who can be the first to capture the correct heart for a point.  You can also hold up a sign and require students to read the color.  Variations are endless:  make multiple sets of hearts for group play, place one letter on each heart that will spell out a word, or blindfold students and have them follow oral directions to find the right heart.  One special heart can even have a sticker hidden on the back that earns the recipient a reward such as a piece of candy.

Here are the vocabulary words you’ll need for the colors in English, French, and Spanish:

red – rouge – rojo

pink – rose – rosado

blue – bleu – azul

purple – violet – violeta

yellow – jaune – amarillo

green – vert – verde

white – blanc – blanco

orange – orange – anaranjado

heart – coeur -corazón

To continue the Valentine’s Day fun, check out our holiday downloads of games, activities, and worksheets:

FRENCH:

Graphing Conversation Hearts in French

French Valentine Math

French Valentine Hearts:  coloring and sizes

French Valentine Bingo

French Valentine Tic Tac Toe

French Valentine Activities and Worksheets BUNDLE! Buy the bundle & save!

French Valentine Gouin Series

SPANISH:

Graphing Conversation Hearts in Spanish

Spanish Valentine Math

Spanish Valentine Hearts

Spanish Valentine Bingo

Spanish Valentine Tic Tac Toe

Bundle of Spanish Valentine Games Buy the bundle & save!

Spanish Valentine Gouin Series

ENGLISH:

Valentine Vocabulary Bingo for ESL/EFL

Valentine Vocabulary Tic Tac Toe Games for ESL/EFL

ESL/EFL Valentine Activities and Worksheets BUNDLE The above 2 activities plus MUCH more!  Buy the bundle & save!

ESL Valentine Gouin Series

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Check this out:  Necco Conversation Sweethearts in Spanish (36-1oz boxes dulce beso para la cariña en Español)

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Foreign Language House is pleased to announce several new Valentine’s Day downloads for beginning Spanish learners:

Spanish Valentine Tic Tac Toe & Other Activities

Spanish Valentine Bingo & Other Activities

Spanish Valentine’s Graphing Activities

Spanish Valentine Hearts

Spanish Valentine Math

Chocolate’s History for Spanish Grades 8-12

Feliz dia de San Valentin

Image Credit:  by jmjvicente at http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1138317

Okay, I should be writing a paper for my graduate class, but instead I keep making fun, little French Valentine’s activities.  Very cute, though, and I know I’ll be using these on the day before winter break with my own students.  Check out these Valentine’s Day downloads from Foreign Language House.  

French Valentine’s Bingo

French Valentine’s Tic Tac Toe Games

And don’t forget the best holiday activity – Making French Valentines.

For the whole “kit and kaboodle” of French downloads, don’t miss French Activities for Valentine’s Day: Beginning French learners will enjoy a variety of fun, Valentine themed activities. You’ll find 4 coloring pages, a colors/sizes worksheet, simple math worksheet (1-10), a candy heart graphing activity, two different Valentine tic tac toe games, and a write-in bingo game. French students will review colors, numbers, sorting, math, graphing, Valentine vocabulary, expressions, and terms of endearment. A February treat for French class!  18 pages

Bonne Saint Valentin

In honor of Valentine’s Day–February 14–let’s learn fourteen ways to say that magical word:  CHOCOLATE!

French:  chocolat

Spanish:  chocolate

Italian:  cioccolato

German:  Schokolade

Dutch:  chocolade

Portuguese:  chocolate

Esperanto:  cokolado

Danish:  chokolade

Polish:  czekolada

Swedish:  choklad

Indonesian:  coklat

Maltese:  cikkulata

Norwegian:  sjokolad

Finnish:  suklaa

Be sure to check out a unique download for Spanish Learners:  The History of Chocolate for Spanish I Students:  Spanish I students in grades 7 to 12 will love learning about chocolate’s fascinating history while they learn or practice preterite, past tense verbs. This unit fuses the ACTFL C’s of culture, connections, & communication. Included are a bililngual vocabulary & verb list, a short Spanish reading on chocolate’s origins, post-reading activities, student to student conversational activities, writing activities, and internet video and site recommendations.

Happy Chocolate Day!

Photo Credit: by Linnell Esler at http://www.sxc.hu/photo/452631

Foreign Language House has just published a few new Valentine’s Day worksheets for K-5 FLES French students.  Use language to reinforce academic concepts such as estimating, counting, addition, sizes, colors, sorting, and graphing.  

Graphing Valentine Conversation Hearts in French

French Valentine Math Worksheet:  1-10

French Valentine Hearts:  Sizes, Counting, Coloring

French Valentine Coloring Pages

And secondary students will enjoy this FREE guide to making a French Valentine’s Day card.

Save money when you purchase the whole “kit and kaboodle” of French downloads: French Activities for Valentine’s Day.  Beginning French learners will enjoy a variety of fun, Valentine themed activities. You’ll find all of the above worksheets:  4 coloring pages, a colors/sizes worksheet, simple math worksheet (1-10), a candy heart graphing activity.  You’ll also receive two different Valentine tic tac toe games, and a write-in bingo game. French students will review colors, numbers, sorting, math, graphing, Valentine vocabulary, expressions, and terms of endearment. A February treat for French class!  18 pages

Happy Valentine’s Day

Photo Credit:  by Ivan Prole at http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1134893