Plus: De-stressing foods for children, healthy recipes, Ecuador
| THE KID VERSION OF VALENTINE'S DAY is usually focused on friendship and kindness. You know what else children love to focus on? Chocolate! These sweet photos, recipes, and fun facts will help teach kids about history, math, and geography for an extra-delicious celebration. —Rachel Buchholz | |
 | | YANG JIANZHENG / VCG VIA GETTY IMAGES | | | Making art out of chocolate instead of, you know, just eating it might sound weird to kids. Guess some people really do suffer for their art! Check out these yummy photos of chocolate sculptures from around the world (including this sweet menagerie in China, above). | | | |
 | | DAVID MCLAIN | | | |  | | JOE ROCCO | | Kids know chocolate is delicious. But they might not know that Aztec ruler Moctezuma II (above) supposedly drank 50 cups of a chocolaty beverage each day. Have kids check out this illustrated history of chocolate for more fun facts—including a wild prediction from Thomas Jefferson. | | | | | | |
| HELP KIDS DE-STRESS … WITH CHOCOLATE | |
 | | WOJCIECH KOZIELCZYK / GETTY IMAGES | | | Many nutrition experts agree that dark chocolate can help reduce the stress hormone cortisol, and the treat's flavanol compounds likely have heart-healthy benefits. But bittersweet dark chocolate isn't always a child's go-to snack. These ideas will help sweeten things up, plus introduce other stress-reducing foods. | | | |
 | | RODRIGO BUENDIA, AFP / GETTY IMAGES | | | Before your child's chocolate becomes a rectangular bar (above, a chocolate factory in Quito, Ecuador), it begins as a cacao fruit pod grown in places like Ecuador. The South American country is famous for its single-origin chocolate from local farms. Learn more about following the chocolate trail in Ecuador. | | | |
 | | JOSE B. RUIZ / NATURE PICTURE LIBRARY | | | These European bee-eaters have no idea Valentine's Day is coming up. But their heart-shaped pose might inspire kids to search out similar shapes in nature. Get them started with this photo gallery of other heart shapes from the wild. | | | |
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