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in STEM Activities· Valentine's Day STEM Activities

Heart Pattern Block STEM Challenge

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If you love Valentine’s Day and also math, then you’ll have a blast with the pattern block STEM challenge! It’s the perfect way to make geometry fun.

We were inspired by our Geometiles challenges and I decided to create a Valentine’s Day-themed geometry challenge for my kids. In this STEM activity, I asked my kids to make as many heart shapes as they could using pattern blocks.

Even though the challenge sounds easy, once you start working with the pieces you realize it’s harder than it sounds! My kids spent about an hour trying to make various heart shapes using standard pattern blocks.

If you love Valentine's Day and also math, then you'll have a blast with the pattern block hearts challenge! It's the perfect way to make geometry fun.

Add these math challenges to your list of fun math activities for kids!

More Fun Valentine’s STEM Activity Ideas

Heart Shape Geometry for Valentine’s Day

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This easy heart geometric design is fun for kids of all ages!

If you love Valentine's Day and also math, then you'll have a blast with the pattern block hearts challenge! It's the perfect way to make geometry fun.

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What you’ll need to make the heart pattern block design:

  • Pattern blocks
  • Play tray (we love this one)

How to Set up the Pattern Block Heart Shape Challenge

The challenge was simple.  I set the tub of pattern block hearts in front of my kids and asked them to make heart shapes.

If you love Valentine's Day and also math, then you'll have a blast with the pattern block hearts challenge! It's the perfect way to make geometry fun.

The kids tried a lot of different designs. I was surprised at how many ways there are to make hearts!

We stuck to 2D designs for this particular challenge, but you could easily use your pattern blocks to make 3D hearts as well.

If you love Valentine's Day and also math, then you'll have a blast with the pattern block hearts challenge! It's the perfect way to make geometry fun.

The more blocks you use while making hearts, the harder it is to keep the heart shape.

The girls had a lot of fun trying to see which blocks could mimic the rounded shape of a heart. They quickly discovered that some designs you think are going to work, but they don’t. And shapes you think won’t work, sometimes are the right piece you are looking for!

If you love Valentine's Day and also math, then you'll have a blast with the pattern block hearts challenge! It's the perfect way to make geometry fun.

I was happy to see my kids using the pattern blocks in this way.

This activity helps build spatial awareness, logic, critical thinking, and math skills all in one.

If you love Valentine's Day and also math, then you'll have a blast with the pattern block hearts challenge! It's the perfect way to make geometry fun.
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More Valentine’s Day Learning Activities

Try this simple and fun Valentine's Day engineering challenge with your kids. Can they build a LEGO heart? It sounds easy, but it's brain-stretching!

Build a LEGO Heart Challenge

Try this fun technology-themed STEM activity if your kids own a coding caterpillar! This coding caterpillar challenge is filled with Valentine's fun!

Coding Caterpillar Challenge

This Valentine's Day, make these bouncy balls using just borax, glue, and corn starch! Kids will be amazed at how easy it is to make a homemade bouncy ball!

Bouncy Ball Valentine’s Day STEM Activity

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Filed Under: STEM Activities, Valentine's Day STEM Activities Tagged With: geometry, preschool, valentines day

About Brenda Priddy

Brenda grew up thinking she hated science.

But when her 4-year- old daughter was more interested in reading science facts than fairy tales, Brenda realized she had to learn more about science to keep up with her daughter.

Through simple at-home science experiments, Brenda developed a passion for science and now acts as an advocate for STEM education for kids at her website STEAMsational.com.

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