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20 Easter Learning Activities

Mar 3, 20137,876 views
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Ages3–8 yrs
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A roundup of Easter-themed math, literacy and science activities from fellow bloggers. Most use plastic eggs to practice counting, patterns, phonics, spelling and colors. Great as Easter centers at school or learning play at home.

⚠️ Safety first

  • Jelly beans and small items tucked into plastic eggs are choking hazards. Supervise closely, and keep them away from children who still mouth objects.
  • The science ideas use real eggs: an adult supervises, and everyone washes hands after handling raw eggs.
  • Check each linked experiment's own safety instructions before running it. The post calls the egg-in-a-bottle experiment great for older kids.

21 ideas

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Jelly Bean Color Game

A unique and fun jelly bean counting game, with a free printable.

Idea from Crisscross Applesauce

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Easter Felt Activities

A creative way to learn one-to-one correspondence with felt eggs.

by Learning4kids

Easter Egg Matching

A simple and fun number and pattern matching activity.

by Room Mom 101

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Easter Egg Math

Plastic eggs used to sharpen math, listening, counting and recalling skills.

by Teach Preschool

Hands-On Egg Math

A few ideas for using plastic eggs in a hands-on math activity.

Idea from Creative Preschool Resources

Easter in Centers

A plethora of hands-on learning ideas with plastic eggs. They work great as Easter-themed school centers.

Idea from Discoveries of a Teacher

Easter Egg Addition

Plastic eggs for addition practice. It can even become a scavenger hunt with clues.

by Learning Ideas - Grades K-8

Crafty Counting

Getting crafty while counting.

Idea from Kids Activities Blog

Egg Pattern Matching

A patterning activity with plastic eggs.

Idea from Play Create Explore

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Egg Phonics for Beginning Readers

A phonics game with plastic eggs, plus free printables to go with it.

Idea from Creekside Learning

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5 Ways to Play and Learn with Plastic Eggs

A great list of literacy activities with plastic eggs, including word family eggs.

by Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas

Easter Egg Early Learning Fun

An easy and fun letter-learning activity involving animals.

Idea from Living Life Intentionally

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Alphabet Egg Puzzles

A fun game of egg-shaped letter puzzles.

Idea from Teach Mama

Egg Sound Hunt

A game with eggs that combines movement, listening and phonics.

by Carrots are Orange

Spell Your Name with Egg Cartons

An easy name activity with egg cartons that gets kids excited about spelling their names.

Idea from The Activity Mom

Easter Egg Letters

An alphabet egg letter game, plus tips and tricks for teaching young children from a very experienced early childhood educator.

by No Time for Flash Cards

Spelling Puzzle Game

A puzzle game for learning to spell.

by Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas

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Nesting Egg Color Match

Teach younger kids colors: get nesting eggs and have them match the colors.

Idea from Fun Littles

10 Egg Science Experiments

Ten easy science experiments with eggs.

Idea from Science Sparks

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Volcano Easter Egg Experiment

An art and science combination experiment with stunning results.

by Housing a Forest

Egg in a Bottle

The classic egg-in-a-bottle experiment plus a reverse twist on it. Great for older kids.

Idea from Steve Spangler Science

Tips

  • Designing themed learning activities for younger kids is a great way to sustain interest in the same concept. It gets them to look at the same learning activity in a fun and interesting way.from the author
  • Just a few egg shapes for Easter or a few bright hearts for Valentine's go a long way in my house when we set up learning activities for my kids.from the author
  • Many of the plastic egg ideas work great as Easter-themed centers for school.from the author
  • A kindergarten teacher planned to use the egg-shaped puzzles game during her class's special pre-Easter activity week.from readers

Make it your own

  • Use the same themed approach with bright hearts for Valentine's Day.
  • Turn the egg addition practice into a scavenger hunt with clues, so it covers literacy and math.

The story behind it

By TurkeyMom · March 2013
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Crisscross Applesauce (don't you love the name?) has a very unique and fun idea for jelly bean counting. She also offers a free printable for the fun game.
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20 Easter Learning Activities: the original post

I have seen that designing themed learning activities for younger kids is a great way to sustain interest in the same concept. It gets them look at the same learning activity in a fun and interesting way. Just a few egg shapes for Easter or a few bright hearts for Valentine’s go a long way in my house when we set up learning activities for my kids. Today I have rounded some of the best Easter Activities for kids with a high dose of intentional learning.

Easter Math Activities

Crisscross Applesauce (don’t you love the name?) has a very unique ad fun idea for jelly bean counting. She also offers a free printable for the fun game. While you are there check out her St. Patrick’s day themed math game as well.

Easter Game .jpg Learning4kids has a creative way to learn one-to-one correspondence.

easter felt activities Room Mom 101 has a simple and fun number and patterns matching activity Teach Preschool has a fantastic way to use those plastic eggs while sharpening math skills, listening skills, counting skills and recalling skills. Isn’t that great?

easter activities for kids Creative Preschool Resources has a few ideas to use those plastic eggs in a hands-on math activity Discoveries of Teacher has a plethora ideas for hands on learning activities using plastic eggs**.** They will work great as Easter themed centers for school. Learningideas used plastic eggs for some addition practice. This activity is versatile that you can even turn it into a scavenger hunt with clues. Literacy and math! Kidsactivitiesblog got crafty while counting. Play Create Explore did a patterning activity with eggs.

Easter Literacy Activities

Creeksidelearning came with a wonderful phonics game using plastic eggs and also generously offers free printables that goes with the game.

easter literacy creekside learning Mom to 2 posh lil divas has a great list of literacy activities you can do with plastic eggs. You don’t want to miss this one.

easter words Living Life Intentionally’s post will be a hit at my house simply because it involves animals. Check out this easy and fun letter learning activity. Teach Mama engaged in a fun game of egg shaped puzzles with her kids.

abceggs 001 Carrots are Orange combined movement, listening and phonics in this fun game using eggs. The Activity Mom’s easy to do name activity with cartons is a sure way to get kids excited about spelling their names. No Time for Flash Cards has the same word search game. But this is a must read for all the tips and tricks for teaching a young child the blogger who is also a very experienced early childhood educator shares with the readers. Mom 2 posh lil Divas has a puzzle game for learning to spell. To teach younger kids about colors, get nesting eggs and have them match the colors.

easter learning colors activities

Easter Science Activities

Science Sparks share 10 easy to do science experiments with eggs Housing a Forest did a art- science combination experiment with stunning results.

easter learning Steve Spangler Science not only has the classic egg in a bottle experiment but also a reverse twist on it. Great for older kids.

Thanks for reading

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We have more Easter themed learning activities and Easter crafts, Easter art posts coming up on the blog.

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What readers say

💬 2 comments 🍎 tried with 1 classes or groups

🍎 In the classroom

Kindergarten teacher adding egg puzzles

A kindergarten teacher loved the egg-shaped puzzles game and plans to use it during her class's special pre-Easter activity week.

“Loved the egg-shaped puzzles game. Will definitely incorporate it into our special pre-Easter activity week for my class.”
Angela, Apr 2014

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  1. Angela · Apr 2014

    Loved the egg-shaped puzzles game. Will definitely incorporate it into our special pre-Easter activity week for my class. Just recently I've been looking for activities to do with my kids (I'm a kindergarten teacher) and came across another interesting one called 'Fingerprint Easter Eggs' where kindergarten kids can colour acual eggs with their favorite hues. Found it here: Any other suggestion for an activity, which doesn't particularly have anything to do with eggs for this Easter?

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