Candy Heart Math Printables

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and if you’re like me, you’ve added candy hearts to your grocery order! Did you know there are so many fun and educational ways to use candy hearts?! They are perfect for preschool math activities!

Candy Heart Math Activities

Candy hearts are not only yummy but they are a great tool for learning! You can use them for sorting colors, counting, creating patterns making shapes, and more! Keep reading to learn about edcuational activities using candy hearts and a free printable download!

Ten Frames

The first activity is practicing counting and working on number sense. Invite the student to place candy hearts in the ten-frames. The purpose of this activity is for kids to visualize quantities and develop number sense. By grouping them by tens, it helps the child understand what ten of something looks like.

Math Skill: Number Sense

Fill the Hearts

The next activity is to have the students fill candy hearts INSIDE of the hearts on the page. Before filling, ask the student to predict how many hearts will fit inside each heart. Then add the hearts and compare the numbers.

Math Skill: Number Sense & Estimating

Outline the Heart

Next, have them place candy hearts AROUND the heart and count how many there are. Before doing the activity, have the child estimate.

You could even make a pattern around the heart.

Math Skill: Number Sense & Estimating

Sort the Hearts

Sort candy hearts by color on this sorting mat. In the printable packet, I also included this mat with just black circles in case you have other colors to sort.

Math Skills: Patterns & Relationships

Graph the Hearts

After sorting, graph them by color. I also included a blank graph in the packet for you to use different colors.

Math Skill: Graphing, Patterns & Relationships

Heart Patterns

Lastly, use this page to practice completing the color pattern.

Math Skills: Patterns & Relationships

Printable Download

You can download this free packet by entering your email address below.

Science Activity

Before you go, I want to share 1 more fun activity you can do with candy hearts. It’s more of a science activity, but it’s so fun I need to share it with you! It’s called Dancing Candy Hearts! Just add the hearts to a tall jar or vase and you can watch candy hearts dance around the container. It entertained us for a long time!

To do this experiment, simply mix 1 tablespoon of baking soda with 2 cups of water. Place in a jar or vase. Drop in a few candy hearts. Then slowly pour in 1/2 cup of vinegar. In a minute or two, you’ll see the candy hearts start moving up and down! If they don’t move, give the mixture a gentle stir.

Here’s a video of the experiment.

I’ve done this experiment with all three of my boys and each time they love it!

Happy learning! 🙂

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