Books
Building CVC Words
I hid three letters inside each egg. She opened them one at a time, and had to figure out which word (from the pictures) she could build!
After sounding them out, she read each word and looked at their letters to determine which ones rhymed! Multiple activities in one!
Invisible Numbers + Number Recognition
Sweet E used watercolors to paint an egg (on which I had written a large number with white crayon). Then she read the number and wrote it on her white board.
One-to-One Correspondence
For this simple activity, Sweet E popped open the eggs, counted the pom poms, and drew a line to the corresponding number that matches the color of the egg they were found in.
Stickers + Bunny Shapes
We did this activity last year, but it was so simple and fun, we did it again. I drew several shapes, and added bunny ears and eyes on each. Then Sweet E stuck on some foam shape stickers where they belonged. She loved this. Here she is laughing because when she placed that star it looked like a mouth!
Without any prompting from me, she decided to do the stickers in number order with one triangle, two circles, etc.
Coloring Page
Roll an Easter Egg
I had seen this idea on Pinterest and decided to make my own version using an egg template and some photo cubes. Sweet E rolled the dice, then drew the pattern shown using the color shown.
She loved this so much, she did it a second time!
And a third!
So fun! And by doing it on a dry erase pocket, she was able to return to this activity again on other days. And she did!
Painting
Egg template free from First Palette. As a family, we did several of these and hung them on the wall along the stairway.
Feed the Bunny Letter Sounds
This is a great activity we did last year too, but is still a big hit with Sweet E. The free bunny printable comes from Let's Play Learn Grow. But I used the free carrots from Teachers Pay Teachers. I made a little vegetable patch out of dried black beans and a piece of tupperware. For the box with a hole in it, I just reused our mailbox from a previous activity. I had made it for our Community Helpers Theme, but it's getting a ton of use!
Sweet E picked a carrot, read the letter, said the sound it makes, and fed it to the bunny, whom I voiced of course. She loves this!
She came back to this activity on other days too!
Egg Ten Frames + Scavenger Hunt
Free printable ten frames came from Teachers Pay Teachers. I taped these up around the main level of our house, and she went in search of them.
She'd count up the eggs, and then write it on this handy number tracing page I found for free at Teachers Pay Teachers. Love that dry erase pocket!
All finished!
Symmetry
We made symmetrical Easter eggs! I drew the top half of each, and invited her to draw the bottom half symmetrically. She quickly caught on!
She even wanted more, so I quickly made up a couple more on a dry erase board. She loved this drawing activity!
