Overview
The children will make Valentines with pipe cleaners and straws as they recognize and name the uppercase letter V and the lowercase letter v.

Literacy Activities
V Valentine

• Write the uppercase letter V and lowercase letter v on a whiteboard, name the letters, and have the children say the letter name as they write the V and v in the air with their fingers. 
• Give the children a valentine heart and several pipe cleaners or straws.
• Demonstrate how to bend the pipe cleaners or straws into a V shape.
• Let the children decorate their valentine heart by attaching the V-shaped pipe cleaners or straws to it.
• Have the children use markers or crayons to write the letter V in various sizes and colors in the empty spaces on the V valentine.

More Practice
Identify the target letter in a text

• Read the Victor Loves Victoria target text to the children.
• Have the children circle the letter V in the text.
• Read the text again slowly, following along with your finger, and have the children hold up their fingers in the shape of the letter V each time they see the letter V in the text.