The internet provides a great number of ideas to augment your lesson plans during February. These kinesthetic activities are especially valuable for English language learners. Teach your ELLs about Valentine's Day. Newcomers can construct a heart with a few words on it in English. Use Valentine candy to augment lessons in making graphs. Have students' read and follow directions to make a Valentine's craft. Here are some of the excellent sites available to you.

• Download our own PDF files Big Heart and Valentine Candy.
• Use Valentine's candy to make a graph in math class.
• Visit the Hershey Kidztown for games, recipes and information about chocolate.
• Visit Jan Brett's website and see the new Valentine's Selections.
• See free software, cards and online games at Kids Domain.
• For young children find coloring pages and outlines at ABC Teach.
• Print cards and posters or find directions for crafts at DLTK's Valentine's Page for kids.
• Choose a Valentine activity for young children.