Easter Learning Unit - Week 3!

Easter Learning Unit - Week 3!

Learning Activities

Easter Egg Match

Beginning Sounds, matching

I created a document with the letters V, H, F, R, Q, N and L with pictures of a violin, house, fan, robot, basketball, queen, nail and lion. I cut them into oval - egg shapes and cut them in half.  Addie chose a letter and matched it with the object that had the same beginning sound!

Gluing the egg matches to the paper!

Easter Egg Match - Rhyming Words

Rhyming, matching

I did the same thing as above only this time I focused on rhyming.  Addie had to rhyme and match house/mouse, bee/key, nail/pail and pan/fan.

Gluing a rhyming pair to the paper

Easter Egg Dice Game!

Math, counting, one-to-one correspondence, writing numbers

Addie and I played this Easter Egg game together.  We took turns rolling a die and writing the dots on each half of the egg.  Then Addie added/counted the dots and wrote the sum for each Egg! 

Here is the link to this document from The Happy Teacher - I modified the activity for Addie. 

 

Easter Crafts

Cone Easter Bunny!

*Using a pink birthday hat is recommended!*

Glue googly eyes, pom-pom nose, teeth and ears to the hat.

Draw a mouth

 

Hand print Easter Lilies

Trace hand onto white card stock

Cut yellow pipe cleaners into 4 or 5 inch pieces and bend at the top

Stick 2 pipe cleaners into the end of a green straw and secure with clear tape.

Wrap the hand print around the end of the straw and secure with tape

Cut a leaf out of green construction paper and punch a hole in the middle

Slide the leaf up the straw and secure with tape below the leaf. 

 (You can do 1 or 2 leaves for each flower)

Glitter Styrofoam Eggs

Push a dowel, into the bottom of the egg so you can hold the egg while painting and covering with glitter.

Paint a Styrofoam egg with white glue - I used craft glue

Cover the egg with glitter -shaking off any excess - let dry

Fill in the hole left by the dowel - with glue and glitter.

Spray the egg with hairspray - let dry

Envelope Easter Bunny

Cut ears from white paper and the inside of the ears with pink construction paper

Cut strips from black paper for the whiskers

Assemble the ears and glue to the top of the envelope - the front side.

Seal the envelope and glue a pink pom-pom for a nose

Glue on the whiskers

Draw eyes and a mouth

Easter Learning Unit - Week 2

Easter Learning Unit - Week 2

 

Learning Activities

 

Easter Countdown

Counting, number recognition

Addie was driving me crazy asking me multiple times a day how many more days until Easter.  I decided to make a Easter Countdown for her.  I traced bunnies on pieces of construction paper.  Next, I counted how many days there was until Easter and wrote them on the bunnies - ending with 1.  Next, I traced more bunnies onto white card stock and cut them out.  Addie and I decorated each bunny.  She glues a bunny on the chart each day.  She then tells me how many days are left!  It has been great for learning her teen numbers!!

Counting and Number Egg Match
Number recognition, counting,

I wrote the number 1-12 on plastic Easter eggs.  I drew dots from 1-12 of the bottom halves of the plastic Easter eggs.  I made sure the two halves colors didn't match.  I spread the halves on the floor and Addie matched the number with the corresponding dots!

Addie counting the dots and matching the egg!

 

Upper and Lowercase Broken Easter Egg Match

Letter recognition, writing upper and lowercase letters

I cut 26 Easter eggs out of construction paper.  I "broke" the eggs in half by cutting each one with a  jagged line.  Addie wrote the letters A-Z in uppercase letters on the top half of the eggs and again in lowercase letters on the bottom half of the eggs.  Next, I mixed the letter A-O up and placed the letter eggs on the table.  Addie found the letter pairs and "fixed" the broken eggs by gluing each pair back together in ABC order.  She finished A-O in one sitting.  She will do P-Z tomorrow!

 

                                 Gluing a pair together             Tracking the egg order by saying her ABC's

Gluing another egg pair together

 

Easter Egg Scissors Practice

Cutting with scissors

I drew a large Easter egg onto white paper.  I drew a jagged line in the middle.  Addie cut the egg out first and then "broke" the egg by cutting on the jagged line.

Easter Crafts

Paper Cup Easter Chicks

Glue googly eyes onto a yellow, paper cup

Cut a beak from orange craft foam and glue it onto the cup

Glue white or yellow feathers onto the back, inside of the cup

Cut orange pipe cleaners into 1 1/2 inch to 2 inch pieces.  You will need 4 pipe cleaner pieces for each chick.  Twist one piece around another pipe cleaner and bend and shape to make each foot.  Glue into place on the bottom of the cup

 

Paper Plate Chick

 

Glue googly eyes onto a yellow paper plate.

Cut an orange triangle out of construction paper for the beak. 

Glue feathers to the back sides of the plate.

Cut 2 legs from orange construction paper and fold the legs accordion style.

Cut feet from orange construction paper and glue to the bottom of the legs.

Glue the legs to back bottom of the plate 

 

Easter Bunny Windsock

Cut a sheet of white card stock in half. ( I used standard letter paper size)

Cut 2 ears from white paper

Cut the inside of the ears from pink paper and glue to the white ears.

Cut chenille stems into 4" pieces - you will need 4 pieces.

Cut pink strips of paper - or use pink streamers

Before stapling or taping the cylinder together, glue the ears and streamers to the backside of the white paper. 

 Roll white card stock into a cylinder and staple or tape together.

Glue pink button on for the nose.

Glue on the chenille stems for the whiskers. 

Draw eyes and mouth.

Glue pink pom pom on the backside for the tail. 

Attach ribbon or string for hanging.

 

Handprint Easter Chick

 

 Paint child's hand yellow and press onto white paper.

When dry, draw eyes, beak and feet. 

 

Easter Learning Unit - Week 1

Easter Learning Unit - Week 1

 

 Easter Crafts

 

Cardboard Tube Easter Bunnies

Paint a cardboard tube pink - let dry

Cut ears from white card stock, and the inner part of the ears from pink construction paper

Fold the ears at the bottom and glue the ears to the top of the cardboard tube

Glue on googly eyes, cotton ball nose, 4 black pipe cleaners and 2 front teeth (cut from craft foam)


Footprint Easter Bunnies

Paint feet white and press onto pink construction paper - let dry

Cut around the feet in ear shapes

Cut out a circle shape for the head

Press thumb into ink pad and press onto the head for the bunny's nose

Draw on eyes, mouth and whiskers

 

Hand Print Easter Chicks

Cut an oval shape out of yellow construction paper.

Cut out feet and beak from orange construction paper. 

Trace hands on yellow construction paper and cut out.

Glue hands to the oval body of the chick.

Glue on feet, beak and googly eyes.

Glue a feather on each wing for a finishing touch!

 

 

Hand Print Easter Bunny

Paint palm and 4 fingers white - do not paint the thumb.

Press the hand onto colored paper and let dry.

Once dry, paint pointer finger pink and press onto the middle of the ears.

Use the tip of the pointer finger to make the pink nose.

Glue on googly eyes and draw whiskers and mouth with a black marker.
 

Is It An Egg?  Or Is It a Bunny? 

Cut 2 identical oval shapes out of printed paper and white paper.  Cut the printed oval in half to make the ears for the bunny.  Draw a face on the white oval.  Use brad fasteners to attach the ears to the top of the white oval.

Tana and Addie with their eggs/bunnies

 

Easter Learning Activities
 

Egg Name Writing

Letters, name writing, color recognition, gluing and counting



I cut out enough paper "Easter Eggs" from different colored construction paper for each child's name.  I decorated each egg leaving a space in the middle for letter writing.  Each child wrote their name - assigning each letter to a different egg.  Next, they glued the eggs, in order, onto a half sheet of construction paper.  For additional practice and review Tana and Chase identified the color of each egg in their name and counted the eggs and the chick stickers around their eggs. 

 

Egg Shape Match 

Math - Shape identification

Matching and color identification

** I did a similar activity with Addie.  We focused on number recognition and one-to-one correspondence in counting.  I will post Addie's Egg Number Match next week.**

First, I separated each egg.  Next, I drew a  shape onto the top half of one egg.  Then, the matching shape onto the bottom half of another egg.  I made sure to not match my eggs by color, since I wanted to focus on shape identification and matching as the primary learning activity.  I continued this with all of my eggs.  I did circle, square, rectangle, triangle, star and heart - since this a new activity for my 2 year old children.

Tana matching her eggs

For the activity, I separated all of the matching eggs and spread the halves out on the floor in front of each child.  Then they worked on matching the correct shapes on the eggs together, while identifying the shapes.  Once all of the eggs were back together, we reviewed our colors by looking at each egg!

Easter Egg and Bunny Color Match

Color identification

Chase and his matching project

I cut out bunnies and colored their tummies, ears and paws matching colors.  Next, I cut out paper Easter eggs to match the bunnies.  I drew 3 lines on a piece of construction paper.  Then, I had the 2 year old children match the bunnies and eggs by gluing the bunnies on the piece of construction paper. 

Tana matching her purple bunny and purple Easter egg

 

Easter Bunny Upper and Lowercase Letter Match

Letter identification

This activity is similar to the one above, but I am focusing on letter identification with Addie.  I only cut out Easter Bunnies for her activity.  I wrote matching upper and lowercase letters on her bunnies.  She had to match the letters and glue each letter on the construction paper.

 

Broken Egg Shape Matching

Shape identification and matching

The color orange and purple
**Next week I will post a Broken Egg Letter Match activity. **

I cut out 5 egg shapes from purple and orange construction paper.  I then "cracked" each egg by cutting the eggs in half.  Next, I drew matching shapes on the top and bottom half of each egg.  Then I placed the "broken" eggs in front of Tana.  She sorted through the eggs, matching the shapes one at a time.  Each time she fixed a "broken" egg, she glued the egg halves onto a piece of construction paper.  I made sure she identified each shape.  We also reviewed the colors purple and orange!!!

Tana fixing the "broken" eggs

 

 

Peeking Bunny

Addie, (Sad) Tana, and Ty

This cute Peeking Bunny is very simple to make and adorable too!
Trace hands onto green construction paper and cut out - you will need 3 hands.  Glue googly eyes to a paper plate.  Cut out pink ears and glue to the paper plate.  Arrange and glue green hands to the bottom of the plate.  Materials Needed:  paper plate, googly eyes, pink construction paper, green construction paper, pencil scissors, glue

Hatching Chick!

Addie's Hatching Chick

I found this cute chick project on making learning fun.com 
It is super easy to make.  Paint a small paper plate yellow.  When dry cut in half and scallop the edges.  Paint a large paper plate yellow.  Let dry.  Glue on googly eyes and an orange triangle beak.  Add a few yellow feathers to the top.  Cut another large paper plate in half and cut it to look like a cracked egg.  Glue all of the pieces together!  Materials Needed:  2 large paper plates, 1 small paper plate, scissors, paintbrush, yellow paint, glue, googly eyes, yellow feathers, orange construction paper

Easter Grass Chick!

This project is from the 2009 April/May issue of The Mailbox Magazine. 
Easter Grass Chick!
Spread glue on a small paper plate - either a white or yellow plate will do.  Press yellow Easter grass over the glue.  Cut a beak out orange paper and glue it on over the grass.  Glue on googly eyes and two craft feather wings to complete the project!
Materials Needed:  small paper plate, yellow Easter grass, googly eyes, orange paper, glue, feathers, scissors

Sock Bunny!

This project is from Family Fun Magazine.  I am not sure what year/issue it is from, but here is the link from the website!!  http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/sock-hop-841022/

Project:  Sock Bunny!  Use a colorful sock (I just happened to have some pink socks that were missing their partners!)  Fill the sock with dried beans or rice, filling it up just past the heel.  Close the sock with a tightly looped rubber band.  Tie a ribbon around the sock just below the heel, to create the head and neck.  Use scissors to cut the sock's cuff into two ears, rounding the edges tot give the ears the right shape.  Cut a nose and teeth from felt.  Attach the nose and teeth with craft glue.  I used googly eyes for eyes, but you can use felt.  Attach a pom-pom or cotton ball tail with glue.  Addie wanted a pink tail for her bunny!!

Materials Needed:  sock, ribbon, rubber band, white and pink felt, craft glue, googly eyes (or black felt), scissors, pom-pom (or cotton ball), dried beans or rice

Styrofoam ball bunny!

Project:  Styrofoam Ball Bunny - Directions:  Connect two Styrofoam balls (I used 2 different sizes) with a toothpick.  Cut out ears out of white foam.  Use the end of a toothpick to make a slit in the top of the top Styrofoam ball.  Push the ears into the slit - secure with glue.  Use pink, sticky, foam pieces for the inside of the ears, the nose,  and the belly.  Use white, sticky, foam pieces for the feet.  Attach googly eyes.  Use permanent marker to draw mouth and whiskers.

Materials Needed:  2 Styrofoam balls, white foam, pink foam, toothpick, glue, googly eyes, black permanent marker