Valentine’s Day Motor Planning

 Valentine’s Day Gross Motor Games

There are so many great Valentine’s Day activities that are perfect for incorporating movement, gross motor skills and fine motor skills with a Valentine’s Day theme! The conversation heart hop is a must to try!

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Maybe you are into Valentine’s Delivery Games? You can play this game with one person or make it a relay!

 

Valentine’s Day Delivery Gross Motor Game

How about delivering Valentine’s? Check out the Valentine’s Day Delivery Relay where you can get the job done fast!

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The heart hustle is a fun print and play game. This game could also be played digitally. All you need is a dice. Roll and play!

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Remember cootie catchers or fortune tellers? Maybe I’m aging myself a bit!?! These were all the rage growing up in the 90’s and they are the perfect way to add movement at Valentine’s Day too!

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Valentine’s Day Visual Scanning

This adorable game using hearts is a great visual scanning activity, but there are just so many different ways you can use it!

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Valentine’s Day Task Cards

We love the different ways we can use the conversation heart task cards. They are a great fine motor activity as well as an easy way to add gross motor skills at Valentine’s Day. 

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Valentine’s Day Games

How about some Valentine’s Day games that can be played in a digital manner or printed? This is a great option to use in person or for distance learning and teletherapy!  Pink Oatmeal has you covered with several different options!

VALENTINE’S DAY GROSS MOTOR GAME

In this game you choose from the different Valentine’s Day symbols. When you pick the symbol you will do the associated move. This game can easily be played on a computer, tablet, or interactive whiteboard.  Make it part of your Valentine’s Day obstacle course!

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This game can also be printed and used in printable format however you wish!

This movement story is all about moving with a Valentine’s Day theme. This can be used in a digital manner or you can print it out and use it that way too. The images show the different movements as you are reading through this adorable themed story!

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The Valentine’s Day Monster Wheelchair Movement Game is a must try! Pick a monster, meet the monster and get to know their name. Try the movement that your monster requests!

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Don’t forget that this game can also be easily printed. Use the printables however you would wish. Use them on a bulletin board, wall, door, or even in the hallway!

 

The Valentine’s Day Counting game is the perfect way to work on one to one correspondence while moving. Your kids will love counting candy hearts and moving!  

This is a great game to pull up on your tablet and play. Get an entire classroom involved by pulling it up on your interactive whiteboard!

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Maybe you are working on pre-writing? This adorable Valentine’s Day sea creature pre-writing game is the best! Engage kids in their pre-writing strokes by meeting fun sea creatures. Get to know the sea creatures name and perform the pre-writing stroke they ask you to do!

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 This game is perfect to play on a tablet and use the printables to perform the pre-writing tasks! This is a fun and engagin way to work on pre-writing strokes with your kids!

Valentine’s Day Yoga

Have you tired Valentine’s Day Yoga yet?  Pose like cupid or like you are delivering a card!  Read all about all of the different Valentine’s Day Yoga for kids pose ideas! 

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Valentine’s Day Brain Breaks

Valentine’s Day Brain Breaks are fast, fun, and effective movement ideas that can be done quickly with no props needed!  These are great for a single kid or an entire classroom.  Read about all of the ideas in the Valentine’s Day Brain Break Ideas post. 

Valentine’s Day Sensory and Motor Paths

Creating obstacle courses or motor/sensory paths are fun and pretty easy with the Valentine’s Day Sensory and Motor Path printables.  I especially like how easy it is to change them up by switching up the printables or changing the arrangement.  Check out one way of setting it up in the video below.  I also love to add the handprints to the wall for more vertical surface work!

 

 

 

Conversation Heart Movement Game

No time to prep anything?  No worries, try Conversation Heart Brain Breaks that are digital!  Pull these up where you can utilize PowerPoint.  Project on your white board and let the kids pick their conversation hearts and move their bodies.  No white board?  Try playing it on your tablet(that’s what I do) with the free PowerPoint app.  A great option for traveling therapists.

 

The Valentine’s Day Dance board game is a fun matching and moving game that is available for members only.

 

Valentine’s Day Fine Motor Activities

The Valentine’s Day Fine Motor Activities are a must for Valentine’s Day week. There are so many fun fine motor activities and plenty that you can send hoe to love ones!  Read all about the different fine motor activities for Valentine’s Day.

 

 

Valentine’s Day Freebies

Get your free Valentine’s Day Flowers fine motor activity in the freebie library.

 

Grab your fitness hearts in the freebie library.  Not only are these are great for Valentine’s Day, but they are excellent for the entire month of February as it is American Heart Month.