HEARTS! {A Valentine's booklet with a twist}

A Valentines booklet with a twist!

Did you know that the main arteries in a blue whales heart are big enough for a human to swim comfortably through?! Are you looking for a different approach to covering Valentine’s Day in your class this year? For maximum engagement, you can’t look past this 36 page ‘non-cutesy’ Hearts booklet! Packed full of amazing heart facts plus valentines themed activities, it’s the perfect blend of gory and cute! A great activity to keep your early finishers busy…

Please check out the preview for a closer look at the resources in this pack!44 page Hearts Booklet ~ page topics include:

HEART ANATOMY:
• Labelling the parts of a heart
• Heart facts in numbers (how many gallons of blood does a healthy heart pump each day etc.)
• A page of interesting heart facts
• Where in the chest is your heart positioned? The left hand side? – Wrong!
• Aortas, arteries, capillaries, veins and blood vessels
• Laughter is good for your heart! What makes you laugh?
• How big is your heart? (tracing fists to measure)
• Where in your body is your heart?
• Using a timer to count down the amount of time it takes blood to travel to certain parts of the body and back
• Blood vessel maze
• Heart anatomy alphabetical ordering activity
• 10 Valentines and heart themed challenges (e.g. make a stethoscope out of a cardboard roll and a balloon; find piece of music with the same beat as your heart etc.)
• Heart anatomy coloring page
• I heart my heart! What can we do to keep our hearts healthy?
• Say wha….? How do I pronounce these words? (e.g ventricles - say: VEN-trih-kulz)
VALENTINE THEMED:
• How did the symbols for hugs and kisses (O’s & X’s) come to be?
• Silly heart jokes
• Valentine’s themed word find
• What do the sayings ‘Lion heart’ and ‘Heart of Gold’ mean?
• Valentine’s day historic facts
• Mapping Valentine’s day fact locations on a map of Europe
• Can you complete these symmetrical pictures of hearts?
• Cupid facts and drawing challenge
• Valentines love acrostic poem
• Listing the things ‘I heart’
• ‘Dear Valentine’ template
• Add the vowels to complete the valentine and heart themed words
• Why do people wear wedding rings on the 4th finger of their left hands?
• Heart coloring sheet


Looking for other anatomy resources? You might want to have a peek at these!

HEAD LICE! {An itchy booklet about nits, cooties and head lice}.
Blood Suckers! {fleas, ticks, bed-bugs, mosquitoes, vampire bats + more}.


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