Valentine's Day: Hearts Colour Match Puzzles | EYFS Activity

Early Years (EYFS) Valentine’s Day Activity: Colour Match HEart Puzzles

Spark a love for learning colours and shapes this Valentine's Day with our delightful Valentine's Day: Hearts Colour Match Puzzles! This engaging printable is perfect for EYFS children, offering an interactive way to develop colour recognition, shape matching, visual discrimination, and early problem-solving skills.

Ideal for Preschool, Nursery, School, or for Parents and Childminders at home, these charming heart-themed puzzles provide a hands-on approach to foundational learning.

This comprehensive pack features:

• A set of 10 unique heart colour puzzles: Each heart puzzle consists of two distinct parts.

  • Each half displays a consistent, vibrant colour (e.g., one half is entirely red, the other half is also entirely red).

• Designed for our youngest children: The puzzles are straightforward, focusing on direct colour matching, making them ideal for children just beginning to spot similarities and differences, recognise colours and shapes, and engage in simple problem-solving involving observational skills.

(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: Hearts Colour Match Puzzles are incredibly versatile and can be used in a multitude of ways across various early years environments:

  • Invitation to Play: Cut out the puzzles and mix the halves. Place them in a designated learning area (e.g., a maths station, a quiet corner) as an invitation for children to explore and match independently.

  • Direct Colour Matching: Children select one half of a heart and then search for its perfectly matching colour partner. This is a primary activity for reinforcing colour recognition.

  • Visual Discrimination: Encourage children to carefully observe the shades and hues to find the exact match, honing their visual discrimination skills.

  • Shape Matching: While the primary focus is colour, the activity also reinforces the recognition of the heart shape as children manipulate and fit the two halves together.

  • Problem-Solving: The act of finding the correct matching piece encourages early problem-solving skills as children try different combinations until they find the fit.

  • Vocabulary Development: Discuss the names of the colours as children make matches. "You found the red heart!" or "Can you find the blue match?"

  • Fine Motor Development: The act of manipulating the puzzle pieces (picking up, turning, fitting) helps to strengthen small hand muscles and enhance hand-eye coordination.

  • Display: The completed and matched heart puzzles make a lovely, colourful display for Valentine's Day, showcasing the children's learning.

• 🎯 Learning objectives covered - 🐣 EYFS Framework

  This engaging activity supports key developmental areas within the EYFS framework:

  • Mathematics (Shape, Space and Measure): Children recognise and name common 2-D shapes (hearts). They begin to understand properties by matching identical shapes.

  • Communication and Language (Listening, Attention & Understanding; Speaking): Children listen to instructions, maintain attention on the task, and use colour names and descriptive language when discussing their matches.

  • Personal, Social and Emotional Development (Self-Regulation; Building Relationships): Engaging with the puzzles fosters concentration and perseverance. It can also be used as a shared activity, promoting turn-taking and collaboration.

  • Expressive Arts and Design (Exploring & Using Media & Materials - indirectly): Children engage with colours, which is a foundational element of art.

  • Cognition and Learning: Developing observational skills, memory (if used in a slightly varied way as a memory game), and logical thinking to solve the puzzles.

Download our Valentine's Day: Hearts Colour Match Puzzles today and fill your learning space with love for colours and shapes!

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