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Valentine Alphabet Bingo

January 8, 2016 •

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Are you holding a Valentine’s Day party for kids?   If so, then you need this alphabet game!  Valentine Alphabet Bingo is a fun way to practice letter recognition and sounds with a holiday flair.

Planning a Valentine's Day party? Here is a fun Valentine game to place that also builds literacy skills. Play Valentine Alphabet Bingo with 1-20 kids with these printables.

GETTING READY TO PLAY VALENTINE ALPHABET BINGO

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Materials Needed:  alphabet bingo sheets (free printable below) and counters (candies, buttons, crackers, etc.)

Just print out the bingo sheets.  I’ve included 8 FREE printable bingo boards that are in color.  If you prefer a set of 20 in color and 20 in  black and white, you can visit my TPT store and download both full sets for $1.50.  Each board is different in the sets.  You could laminate the boards if you want to use them for years to come.

8 FREE COLOR VALENTINE BINGO BOARDS

OR

20 COLOR AND 20 BLACK AND WHITE BINGO BOARDS

Give each child a handful of counters.  We used candy hearts.  You could also use counting cubes, crackers or buttons.

PLAYING VALENTINE ALPHABET BINGO

playing Valentine ABC Bingo

Have the kids cover up their free spot (Love Monster) in the middle of the board.

Call out a letter.  Each child should place a marker on the letter that is called.  Get five in a row or column and call, “VALENTINE” to win.

If the kids are ready to work on sounds, you can call a sound and then have the kids cover the letter that represents that sound.

A LITTLE VALENTINE READING

Of course, you also need to read a Valentine book or two to the kids too after playing.

The Valentine Bears

One of my very favorite books to share near Valentine’s Day is Valentine Bears by Eve Bunting.  The bears are hibernating but Mrs. Bear wants to make sure she doesn’t sleep through holiday because she has special plans for Mr. Bear.

the day it rained hearts

My other favorite is The Day It Rained Hearts by Felicia Bond.  Cornelia Agusta collects hearts and gives them to special friends.  It’s a fun book to read and then have the kids make their own cards.

Need some more Valentine literacy ideas?  Check out these other posts.

Preschool Valentine Circle Time Ideas

More Books for Kids About Valentine’s Day

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About Jodie Rodriguez

Jodie Rodriguez is a mom of two young boys and an early childhood/elementary educator with over 20 years of experience. Jodie's passion is helping parents, teachers, librarians and anyone else interested in nurturing and reaching ALL of our youngest growing readers.

Comments

  1. Carmen Brown says

    February 14, 2018 at 9:51 am

    thank you so much for this! It was exactly what i was looking for!

  2. Virginia Smith says

    January 11, 2016 at 1:48 pm

    Jodie,
    Seeing the Valentine Alphabet activity prompts me to ask for an impromptu feedback from you and your readers! Do you think it’s time to have an Alphabet Book on the market that introduces the letters of the alphabet( to preschoolers) using digital jargon? An example would be…A is for Apps…C is for Click …etc . Any feedback is greatly appreciated.

    • Jodie Rodriguez says

      January 24, 2016 at 3:01 pm

      That could be very interesting Virginia!

  3. Rebekah Gienapp says

    January 8, 2016 at 10:30 am

    Thanks for the printable! I can’t believe it’s time to start thinking about Valentine’s activities already.

    • Jodie says

      January 8, 2016 at 5:55 pm

      Rebekah, it does roll around quickly. 🙂 I just got our Christmas decorations packed away!

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