Valentine’s Day is a huge holiday, but there’s a rich religious history and interesting legends behind it.

My husband and I don’t really celebrate Valentine’s Day. We’ve never been without kids. I don’t like to eat out. We don’t like crowds. We often just stay home, quiet, and maybe make a special family meal and set out some pretty spring decorations.

I try to make holidays special for the kids and often do theme homeschool activities. We’ve gone to homeschool Valentine parties so they can exchange traditional cards like school kids.

Now that they’re older, we read books about the legend and history and feast day and just have fun, eat yummy food, and await springtime.

Legends of St. Valentine

• History.com
• Catholic.org
• Catholic Education
• Catholic Herald
• An Irish Connection

How We Celebrate St. Valentine’s Day:

• Favorite Valentine Books
• Valentine Conversation Hearts Math
• Preschool Activities
• Montessori Trays
• Montessori and Sensory Bins
• Sensory Bin
• Special Meals
• Parent Kid or Family Dates
• Game Night
• Movie Night

Valentine Resources:

• Notebooking Pages
• The Kennedy Adventures
• February Saints Books
• Printable Valentines
• Bible Printables
• The Homeschool Mom
• Living Montessori Now
• Hip Homeschool Moms
• The Pioneer Woman
• I Choose Joy
• The Homeschool Scientist
• Heart and Soul Homeschooling
• Bethany Ishee
• Homeschool Helper Online
• Homegrown Learners
• Proverbial Homemaker
• The Natural Homeschool
• Homeschool Share
• DLTK
• Hands on as We Grow
• PreK Pages
• A Slice of Smith Life

How do you celebrate Valentine’s day as a family?