Valentine's Day: Heart Motif Write/Draw Sheets | EYFS & KS1 Printables

Early Years (EYFS & KS1) Valentine’s Day Activity: Draw & Write Heart Motif Sheets

Celebrate love and kindness in your classroom or home with our sweet Valentine's Day: Heart Motif Write/Draw Sheets! These charming printables are perfect for EYFS and KS1 children, providing a beautiful backdrop for open-ended drawing, mark making, and writing activities during the Valentine's season.

Each sheet features a delightful heart shape motif, subtly integrated to inspire creativity while providing a lovely theme for your Preschool, Nursery, School, or Parent and Childminder settings. These versatile sheets are fantastic for children to express their feelings, practise fine motor skills, and engage in thoughtful activities.

This printable pack includes two essential sheets:

• 1 Blank Sheet: Ideal for free drawing, imaginative illustrations, or open-ended mark making, giving children complete artistic freedom.

• 1 Lined Sheet: Perfect for early writing practice, composing short messages of kindness, or writing about friends and family.

(Note: Please use your own discretion and knowledge of your children to ensure appropriateness of each activity suggested on this page and safety concerning any materials given and activity undertaken.)

• 💡 How to use this resource in your classroom/setting

  Our Valentine's Day: Heart Motif Write/Draw Sheets are incredibly versatile and can be used in a multitude of ways across various early years and KS1 environments:

  • Preschool, Nursery & Childminder Settings:

    • Creative Expression: Provide crayons, pencils, or paint for children to draw pictures for someone they care about. The heart motif serves as a gentle prompt.

    • Mark Making Fun: Encourage early mark making on the blank sheet, exploring lines and shapes within the themed context.

    • Sensory Art: Children could use finger paints or glue and glitter to decorate the heart motifs, adding a tactile element.

  • Reception Class (EYFS):

    • Emergent Writing: Use the lined sheet for children to attempt to write simple words like 'love,' 'mum,' 'dad,' or the names of friends. They can also draw a picture to go with their writing.

    • Kindness Focus: Encourage children to draw or write about ways they can show kindness to others.

    • Display Boards: Completed sheets make a lovely addition to a Valentine's Day or 'Feelings' display.

  • KS1 Classes (Year 1 & Year 2 School):

    • Descriptive Writing: Use the lined sheets for children to write about a special person, describing their qualities, or writing a short poem about friendship.

    • Letter Writing: Prompt children to write a Valentine's message of appreciation to a family member or friend.

    • Story Planning: Children could use the blank sheet to draw a story about friendship or kindness, then use the lined sheet to write it.

    • Art Integration: Discuss how hearts are a symbol of love and how they can be incorporated into different designs.

• 🎯 Learning objectives covered - 🐣 EYFS Framework

  EYFS Framework:

  • Literacy (Writing): Supports early mark making, emergent writing, and attempts to form letters and words in a meaningful context.

  • Expressive Arts and Design: Children explore various media and materials, engage in imaginative drawing, and develop their own ideas and expressions related to feelings and relationships.

  • Personal, Social and Emotional Development: Encourages children to think about relationships, friendships, and expressing positive emotions like love and kindness.

  • Physical Development (Fine Motor Skills): Drawing, colouring, and writing on the sheets helps to strengthen hand muscles, improve pencil grip, and enhance hand-eye coordination.

• 🎯 Learning objectives covered - 🐤 KS1 Curriculum

  KS1 Curriculum:

  • English (Writing - Transcription & Composition): Provides a motivating format for practising letter formation, spelling common words, and composing simple sentences, descriptions, or short pieces of writing related to Valentine's Day themes.

  • Art and Design: Children use drawing to develop and share their ideas, experiences, and imagination. They can explore line, shape, and colour within the themed motif.

  • PSHE (Relationships): Supports discussions and activities around friendships, showing appreciation, and understanding different feelings.

  • Spoken Language: Opportunities for children to describe their drawings or writing and discuss their thoughts on kindness and friendship.

Download our Valentine's Day: Heart Motif Write/Draw Sheets today and inspire heartfelt creativity in your EYFS and KS1 learners!

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