Candy Conversation Hearts too hard to resist?!?! Don't feel guilty, it's easy to turn this holiday tradition into a "sweet" learning opportunity for kids of all ages!
Preschoolers: Help your 3-5 year old separate the hearts by color and practice their counting skills while adding up the totals. For an extra challenge, write out the number 1-10 on note cards and have them practice making piles that correspond with each. Too easy?!?! Have your child count the number of letters on each heart, or search for the different letters of the alphabet!
Elementary: From estimation to graphing, candy hearts make the perfect math manipulative. Sort by color or message and make a bar graph, or ask home many hearts it would take to fill up a jar.
Middle/High School: Get your teenagers cooking in the kitchen with the homemade candy heart recipe found at the link below! Cooking has obvious connections to math and this recipe will have your kid playing chemist as they try to figure out just the right flavoring for their hearts!
http://candy.about.com/od/valentinesdaycandy/r/convo_hearts.htm
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