Rainbow Skies for Teachers

120. Easy Valentine’s Day Math Fun


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Valentine’s Day isn’t just about hearts and flowers, it’s a golden opportunity to weave kindness, connection, and curriculum into your classroom. In this episode,we are diving into creative, curriculum-aligned math activities with a Valentine’s Day twist that your students will LOVE (pun intended!).

Whether you’re planning ahead or need something ready-to-go, we’re sharing engaging, low-prep ideas to bring the joy (and data!) into your lessons.

What We Chat About:

  • Why Valentine’s Day is the perfect excuse to celebrate kindness in the classroom
  • Easy-to-implement Valentine themed maths activities:
  1. Number of the Day (Valentine-style!)
  2. Fractions & Decimals of the Day
  3. Valentine’s Flip It Games
  4. Maths Chatterboxes (Fortune Tellers)
  5. Deck-of-cards / UNO card activities for sorting and operations
  • How these activities double as informal assessments (hello, teacher win!)
  • Freebies and no-laminating-required resources

Whether you’re a Valentine’s superfan or a quiet kindness crusader, these activities will have your students engaged and learning without even realising it.

Rainbows ahead,

Alisha and Ashleigh

Resources mentioned in this episode:

  • Number of the Day (Valentine-style!)
  • Fractions & Decimals of the Day
  • Valentine’s Flip It Games
  • Maths Chatterboxes (Fortune Tellers) for Number Bonds and Multiplication
  • FREE UNO card number sorts

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