Hearts are a sweet and familiar shape that children love to explore! Whether seen in art, nature, or everyday items, hearts provide a wonderful opportunity for preschoolers to engage in creative learning. Introducing hearts to young children can be a joyful experience, filled with fun activities and hands-on discovery. On this page, you’ll find imaginative ideas to help little ones recognize, create, and celebrate the shape of hearts in their environment.
Tune: Have You Ever Seen a Lassie?
Have you ever seen a heart?
A heart, a heart
Have you ever seen a triangle?
With two bumps and a point
Tune: Camptown Ladies
Here’s a shape that you will know
Heart, heart
Here's a shape that you will know
Heart is its name
Tune: If You’re Happy and You Know It
Put a heart in the air, in the air
Put a heart in the air, in the air
Put a heart in the air
And wave it everywhere
Put a heart in the air, in the air
Give each child a 2D or 3D heart to hold while singing.
Tune: There's a Hole in the Bucket
A heart is so special
So special, so special
With two humps and a point
Its shows love to all
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Provide heart-shaped cookie cutters for children to press into play dough.
Add to your Shape Family by creating a Heart Buddy. Cut a large heart out of construction paper. Accordion-fold long, thin pieces of paper to form legs and arms. Glue to the shape. Add a face with a heart shape for the eyes and nose. May also add shoes, hands, hair, or other accessories.
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Draw a heart on a piece of paper. Provide the child with heart stickers to place inside the heart.
Give your preschooler a head start on pre-reading skills with age-appropriate poems that your child will enjoy. Colorfully created packets contain recognizable images and fun actions for carefully chosen poems.
One day, Cornelia Augusta discovers that it is raining hearts. She collects the hearts and uses them to make special valentines for the people she loves. This sweet story provides an opportunity to talk about friendship, kindness, and doing something special for others.
Mouse celebrates Valentine's Day by creating special surprises for his friends. As he gives valentines to each friend, children see examples of friendship, kindness, and showing others that we care. The colorful illustrations also provide opportunities to look for hearts throughout the story.
Using colorful animals made from simple shapes, this book explores different feelings and emotions. Children will enjoy identifying the animals while noticing the heart shapes used throughout the illustrations. The book provides an opportunity to talk about feelings, character, and how we express emotions.
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Heart Poster Heart Dotted Line Poster
Heart and Rectangle Poster Heart and Rectangle Dotted Line Poster
Star and Heart Poster Star and Heart Dotted Line Poster
