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One month of highly engaging Kindergarten math activities! Build addition and subtraction fluency and counting skills with these Valentine's Day themed math activities! 

 

Perfect for for Math Centers, Early Finishers, Small Group Instruction or Purposeful Practice! This February Activity Calendar for Kindergarten is perfect for Kindergarteners and Pre-K students who need addition and subtraction and hands-on counting practice. Hands-on learning activities that get students excited about math!

 

This calendar can be used with each activity on the day it’s listed, or you can do the activities in a way that best matches your schedule and your students’ needs! Many of these activities can be done repeatedly throughout the month for more reinforcement of multiplication and division concepts as well. You can follow the calendar plan as listed, with one activity of each type throughout the week, or you can use the blank calendar to customize it to meet the needs of your class.

 

These activities were specially designed for Kindergarten students to help build addition and subtraction fluency within 5 and 10  as well as one-to-one correspondence while counting and conceptual understanding with visual models, contextual story problems, games and more. The weekly activities are separated into categories, with a color heart symbol representing the category. The categories included in this February math activity calendar are:

  • Red Heart: math games that are great for math centers and partner play
  • Light Pink Heart: scavenger hunts that get students excited about solving math problems
  • Light Purple Heart: math crafts that combine a fun seasonal craft with addition, subtraction and counting concepts
  • Bright Pink Heart: recycled material math activities that utilize easy-to-find recyclables to build fluency and understanding
  • Bright Purple Heart: discussion topics that are great for group discussion for building real-world mathematical understanding. 

 

The games, visual models, crafts and activities in this activity calendar are all aligned to standards K.C.C.A.1, K.C.C.B.5, K.C.C.C.6 and K.OA.A.5 and focus on counting skills and addition and subtraction fluency within 5 and 10. On each heart on the top of the activity card there is information about whether it is best for whole group, small group, partners or individual practice. If you are using this activity calendar for homeschool, all activities can be done one-on-one, individually or with just teacher/child.

 

Each activity includes an activity card which explains the activity. It can be printed and cut out/laminated or you can just use the cards on the computer and then set up the activity. The following page includes a list of materials needed for these activities; however, all activities can be modified with materials you already have at home/in the classroom. Resources are also included for activities that require recording sheets or game boards.

 

It is aligned to standards  K.C.C.A.1, K.C.C.B.5, K.C.C.C.6 and K.OA.A.5

20 activities and games included:

  • Heart Roll & Count
  • Valentines Number Match
  • Huge Heart
  • Heart Toss
  • Heart Hunt
  • Shape Detectives
  • Count The Love
  • Valentine's Path
  • Heart Counting Chains
  • Friendship Bracelets
  • Shape Heart Animals
  • Counting Flowers
  • Cereal Box Heart Puzzles
  • Heart Drop Counting Tubes
  • Heart Stamp Patterns
  • Egg Carton Matching
  • Love to Count
  • Heart Sort
  • Heart Subtraction Stories
  • Favorite Shape Chart

 

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About the Author

Melanie Doppler--Math Coach Connection taught in a 3rd and 4th grade multi-age classroom in a Title 1 public school in Wisconsin for 3 years, 5th grade math and science for 2 years in a public school in Tennessee, and spent 1 1/2 years as a math coach. She has her BS in Elementary Education from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is committed to creating fun and creative products that are differentiated and aligned to the math content standards!

 

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Kindergarten February Math Activity Calendar

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