Help students explore big feelings, kindness, and emotional growth with the Crankenstein Valentine activities. Through a playful Valentine’s Day lens, it’s a heart-smart way to support English Language Arts and social-emotional learning. These activities invite students to compare the character’s emotions at the beginning and end of the story, identify cause and effect, and reflect on ways to turn a bad mood around. With hands-on crafts like Kind Choice Chocolates and tangram hearts, plus literacy-rich tasks like sequencing, vocabulary work, and writing prompts, this set creates space for meaningful conversations about feelings, empathy, and choice.

Perfect for Valentine’s Day, these activities turn cranky moments into opportunities for connection and growth.

• Create a Kind Choice Chocolate craft.
• Create hearts from tangram pieces.
• Illustrate ways to improve a bad mood.
• Sort rhyming words.
• Alphabetize words from the story.
• Compare the character at the beginning and end of the story.
• Identify a cause and effect.
• Sequence the story with pictures and sentences.
• Write character traits.
• Define words from the story.
• Sort story synonyms and antonyms.
• Sort nouns, verbs, and adjectives.
• Complete sentence starters.
• Write sentences with story vocabulary.
• Apply Writing Skills with included writing templates and prompts.
• Practice Reading Comprehension with included discussion questions included for the beginning, middle, and end of the book.
• Engage in Social Skills with included whole group prompts and activities.
• Develop Fine Motor Skills with included coloring, tracing, cutting, and gluing activities.
• Use digital tools to solve anagrams.

With these activities, students learn that even on the crankiest days, kindness and understanding can lead to change.

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About the Book

Thanks to cheesy cards, sneezy flowers, and way too many hearts, Valentine’s Day turns an ordinary kid into Crankenstein! This monstrously fun soundscape mixes orchestral flair with vibraphone, music box, theremin, and clacky old-timey toys for a spooky-silly love-fest.

Don’t have the book yet? Grab your copy of Crankenstein Valentine to help students turn cranky moments into kind choices this Valentine’s Day!