Candy Hearts Graphing: Valentines Math Activity

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Do your students get excited about math? Maybe not all the time, especially during the holidays. All my students want to do is eat candy and play games. It can be frustrating to incorporate academics when they are waiting for the Valentines party to start. This activity is perfect to get some learning and have fun!

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Everyone loves candy, right? I even love candy. I try not to have it, but when we do classroom activities and for any holiday, I am all about it! Students the best time when you make days into themed lessons and they have a chance to be creative. Although, I know this may not be for every child and not all students will enjoy it.

Pair with our Candy Hearts Graphing Activity!

Valentines Candy Hearts Graphing

Valentines is definitely creeping up on us! I feel like Christmas just ended, but it is okay because Valentines is so much fun. I won’t lie, I really enjoy any chance to celebrate and do fun things. My youngest is really enjoying doing all the fun activities right now. He loves hands on learning!

How To Use Valentines Candy Hearts Graphing

This page is created to complete as a class, groups or independently. My favorite way to use it is in groups of 2-3 students. Give out a small cup of candy hearts and allow students to sort them on their table. Once students have sorted them they can begin to color in the graph with the amount of candy hearts they have. If you are completing this as a group have your students sort them as a team. Then, graph them using their individual worksheet with colors.

What you Need:

candy hearts
candy hearts graphing worksheet
crayons or markers
small serving cups or container

Benefits of Graphing Skills

Graphing can be so helpful for children at a young age. Introduced to graphs at an early age can help in a number of ways. It can be a foundational skill to building mathematical concepts such as sorting, organizing, counting, comparing, and analyzing. My favorite way it helps children is helping them look at numbers in different ways. It is a perfect opportunity to have conversations about what they observed, and what information did they gather during this kind of skills practice. Using real world objects has a bigger impact on students understanding.