The Biggest Valentine Ever by Steven Kroll is just the cutest Valentine book! If you’ve never read the book, it is an adorable story about two mice, Desmond and Clayton, who want to make a valentine for their teacher. At the beginning, they can’t quite agree on how to do this right, but as the story ends, the two friends learn that working together is important!

I can’t wait to share 10 activities for The Biggest Valentine Ever that I use in my classroom that go right along with this adorable valentine story!

I use these Biggest Valentine Ever activities as stations. My class and I have so much fun spending the entire day completing these activities. We read the book, eat a snack, and have a ton of fun with these stations and activities! The stations are engaging, fun, and full of literacy skills, math skills, and STEM skills! I love using The Biggest Valentine Ever station day the day of our friendship party! It is a great way to keep students engaged!

The Biggest Valentine Ever Activity #1

Valentine Heart Estimation

Students guess how many candy hearts it takes to cover the outer edge!

This activity is a fun one! Students will guess how many candy hearts they think they will need to cover the entire outer edge of each heart. Then students will use candy hearts to get the actual amount. My students loved seeing how close their guess was to the actual amount! Don’t forget to enjoy tasting some candy hearts too!

The Biggest Valentine Ever Activity #2

Valentine Graphing

The next Biggest Valentine Ever activity is a spin and graph activity. Students will use a pencil and a paperclip to spin the graph. Then they will color in a square on the graph each time they spin. I like to let my students use fun valentine colors to complete the graph. You may want to have your students use a different color for each picture. After they are done spinning and graphing, they will answer a few questions about their graph.

The Biggest Valentine Ever Activity #3

Let’s Create - An addition and Subtraction Game

This might be my favorite activity for the Biggest Valentine Ever! Let’s Create is an addition and subtraction game where students race around a game board trying to collect all the craft supplies they need to create their Valentine’s Day card. The first player will grab an addition or subtraction card and solve it. Then, they will use a paperclip and pencil to spin and move that many spaces. If they land on a craft supply square, they will stop on the square and pick up their supplies and add it to their individual game board. The player who collects all their supplies first, wins! So FUN!

The Biggest Valentine Ever Activity #4

Let’s Make a Match - Sight Word Game

Students will have fun match sight words in this Valentine game!

Let’s Make a Match is a fun sight word game! In the story, The Biggest Valentine Ever, Clayton and Desmond learned that working together is a much smarter choice! Students will play this sight word game, by selecting two cards and reading the cards. You can add your very own sight words or spelling words to the cards! If the cards match, they will keep the cards. If the cards do not match, they will flip them back over. The player with the most matches wins!

The Biggest Valentine Ever Activity #5

Valentine Kindness Hearts

Students can spread a little kindness this Valentine’s Day!

There is nothing sweeter than hand written notes of kindness! This activity is an adorable way for students to spread a little kindness. Students will select a card to color and staple. Students will write acts of kindness or words of kindness to their classmates and place it in the envelope. You could have students give it to a classmate or read a few notes aloud to the class.

The Biggest Valentine Ever Activity #6

The Biggest Valentine STEM Challenge

Students will love The Biggest Valentine Ever STEM Challenge!

STEM challenges ALWAYS get my kids excited! This Biggest Valentine Ever STEM challenge is perfect for your little engineers! Students will use a variety of materials to construct a valentine tower. They will use toothpicks, candy hearts, and/or gummy candies to brainstorm and build the tallest tower they can.

The Biggest Valentine Ever Activity #7

Valentine Treat

A snack is always a fun treat for students! I love watching my students become little chefs as they create this fun valentine treat! It is a valentine tic-tac-toe board. It is a simple recipe with graham crackers, frosting, pretzel sticks, and candy hearts! YUM!

The Biggest Valentine Ever Activity #8

The Two Best Friends

Students will contrast the two main characters, Desmond and Clayton, by sorting characteristics into the correct character column.

The Biggest Valentine Ever Activity #9

The Biggest Valentine Ever Writing

Students will decorate a heart and use a word list to write a descriptive writing for their heart. This activity is so much fun and I love watching my students’ creativity come out!

The Biggest Valentine Ever Activity #10

Valentine Measurement

My students always love when we get to our measurement unit in math and with this activity students will be able to measure valentine pictures in standard or nonstandard measurement. Students can use a rule or candy hearts to measure the length of each item.

I also have some EXCITING NEWS! These read aloud activities for The Biggest Valentine Ever are now DIGITAL! There are 10 digital activities ready to go on Google Slides. First, students will listen to The Biggest Valentine Ever read aloud by watching a video directly on the Google Slides. Students will be able to type, drag, and drop while completing the 10 engaging activities!

You can take a closer look and find all The Biggest Valentine Ever activities and stations HERE.

You can find this adorable valentine story HERE.

If you would like to read more about one of my favorite winter stories, you can do so on the blog HERE.

I hope your February days are fun filled with these activities and stations for The Biggest Valentine Ever!

Happy Teaching!

10 Activities for The Biggest Valentine Ever