Valentine’s Day Music Lesson Plans & Activities for your Primary or Elementary Classroom
We’ve done the hard work for you – here are three fun Valentine’s Day music lessons your class will love!
Valentine’s Day is a wonderful opportunity to bring a little extra love and fun into your music classroom — and we know how busy February can be!
That’s why we’ve put together three simple, engaging music lessons that are ready to use straight away. Whether you’re teaching younger primary students or older elementary classes, there’s something here for everyone. Scroll down and grab what you need!
Three Valentine’s Day Music Lesson Ideas
Today we want to share with you two variations of a Valentines Day listening game, which are both fun and educational for students. Then we have a fun ukulele play-along to share with you, suitable for Valentines Day.
The first one suits younger students, and the second one slightly older elementary students. Either could easily be included in a Valentines Day music lesson plan for primary or elementary school.
1. Simple Valentine’s Day Matching Game
Please see this video for an explanation of this game:
This game is a simple Valentines matching game, with the prompt:
Match each person with a style of music you think they would love.
Some slides have music, and others have pictures. For example, this image of a violin player, is matched with the music of the violin playing.
To play the game, simply click the icon below, and the game should load into a new browser window. Save this link as a bookmark for use in the classroom.
When pairs are matched, they will stay on the screen, making the game easier as it goes through. Have students take turns to come to the board, and turn over two slides until you match them all.
Lesson Resource: Valentine’s Day Matching Game
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Bookmark this page for use in the classroom.
2. Valentine’s Day Worksheet Matching Game
Please see this video for an explanation of this game:
This game uses a worksheet, and a screen that has five musical examples, marked A, B, C, D and E.
This game uses the same concept as the first lesson idea, with almost the same prompt:
Connect each person which the musical example which you think they will love.
The twist is this: there is not really a ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ answer!
This lesson could be used as a follow up to the first lesson and students may be expecting that there is a right or wrong answer, but there is not.
For example, we might look at this worksheet and assume that the man with the tattoos is into heavy metal music. However, he may just as well like jazz or classical music!
This may help define a beautiful learning moment for students – that we should not make assumptions about people based on the way that they look. Either way, it will make for a fun discussion on different styles of music.
Resources for this lesson
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Bookmark the resource to it to use it anytime in the classroom.
Valentine’s Day Ukulele Play Along
Click to see a preview of the animation:
Using ukulele in the classroom?
Have you ever heard the song before? If not, ‘Lava’ is a short animated song-story about two volcanoes who fall in love.
Then, all you need to do is use the Ukulele Curriculum System to help your classes to build the skills they’ll need for this play-along (they’ll need to be able to do the Hawaiian Strum lesson #30) then put the resource on your class screen to have your students play along with it.
You’ll find your free Fun Music ukulele play-along video to “Lava” on YouTube HERE »
Background of Valentine’s Day
Valentines Day has its roots in ancient Rome and early Christian traditions. It is believed to have originated as a celebration of Saint Valentine, a priest who secretly performed marriages for couples when Emperor Claudius II outlawed them.
Over time, the day became associated with love and romance, especially during the Middle Ages, when poets like Geoffrey Chaucer wrote about courtly love. By the 18th century, people in England began exchanging handwritten notes and small tokens of affection, a tradition that spread around the world.
Today, Valentines Day is celebrated on February 14 as a day to express love, appreciation, and kindness to those we care about.
Valentine’s Day in the music classroom
Valentines Day is a wonderful holiday to celebrate in the classroom because it promotes the ideas of love, kindness, and appreciation for one another.
These values tie in beautifully with the universal language of music, which often serves as a way for people to express their deepest emotions, including love and connection.
Whether it’s through heartfelt lyrics, melodies that stir emotions, or rhythms that bring people together, music is a powerful tool for showing care and building relationships.
In the music classroom, we can explore how songs communicate feelings of love and friendship, and we can even create our own musical messages to celebrate the special people in our lives. This makes Valentines Day a perfect opportunity to highlight the emotional power of music while building a sense of community and joy.
Teaching a Valentine’s Day Music Lesson
Valentine’s Day is a brilliant theme to work with in the music classroom — and there are so many ways to run with it. You might teach students a love-themed song like “You Are My Sunshine” or “Skidamarink” and add in some movement or rhythm instruments. Or you could have students create their own “Musical Valentines” by composing short melodies or rhythms to represent a message or feeling for someone special.
These free activities are just the start for Valentine’s day …
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Conclusion
Valentine’s Day is one of those great opportunities to bring a little extra warmth and fun into the music classroom — and hopefully these three lessons have given you something easy to work with this week.
If you loved these and want more seasonal content like this built right into your planning for the whole year, don’t forget to check out the Fun Music Company curriculum program — it’s designed to take the hard work out of exactly these kinds of moments.
We’d love to hear how it goes! Leave a comment below and let us know which lesson your students enjoyed most. And if there are other special days or occasions you’d like us to create music lessons for, we’d love to know — it helps us build the resources that actually matter to you.
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