Valentine’s Day is a little ways away still, but here is a fun way to give a STEM Valentine’s Day card to your students or children — crack a code! My STEM Challenge class loved trying to figure the codes out. My preschooler enjoyed matching the symbols to the letters (although she could not read the final result) to practice her letters. These STEM Valentines are not too difficult, but they hold plenty of fun as they introduce the concept of codes to a class.
STEM Valentines
I’ve made four different cards. You can print four to a page, cut them out, and pass them to the class to enjoy.
Coding is an important part of understanding mathematics and technology. As such, it is an integral part of STEM. In computing, coding is the input of a sequence of signals that are then transferred into instructions for a computer. When one understands how computing works, one can begin to break problems down into the various steps needed to solve it.
Obviously, my simple Coding STEM Valentines won’t teach kids computer programming. But, by introducing them to the concept that a symbol represents something else, it is a nice start to understand this basic concept for even the youngest STEM learners! See more about why coding is a part of STEM and why you should teach coding.
These four cards should be a lot of fun come Valentine’s Day! You can get instant access to these cards by clicking on the image below and signing up for my mailing list. You can’t get them anywhere else!
I’d love to try these with my kids. Great post.
Can you please send me the free printable for the valentines coding.
Thanks
Hi Katie, Click the cover image of the free printable, sign up for the list, and then you can have instant access! I hope that helps! Enjoy. –Rebecca
Hi. I tried clicking on the cover photo but it doesn’t go anywhere
Hi Cheryl and Katie, make sure you don’t have popups blocked!
Thanks for your interest! I hope you enjoy these valentines!
–Rebecca
This post should be taken down. The product is not available.
HI Nicole, I’m sorry you are having trouble. As noted above, click on the product image. Once you sign up with your name and email, the product is available as a pdf. Click on the image as the instruction state for instant access. I’ve also added it to the VIP library (for those who are signed up for the mailing list). I don’t know why it was not there before today as this free product has been available for years to my subscribers.