Spring Is Here! Literacy and Math Centers Using Plastic Easter Eggs

I love Spring!

I have found that kids love plastic easter eggs, so I use them often during this time of the year.

I find most of my props at the dollar store and Oriental Trading.  Here are some of my favorite egg activities:

Beginning Sound Egg Sort

It's easy to make!  Get 26 plastic eggs and with a black sharpie marker write an uppercase/lowercase letter on each one.  If you like, you can put the lowercase on one part and the uppercase on the other and you have a nice letter recognition activity.  Next find an object that begins with each letter sound.

Here is what I use:

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A   apple

B   baseball

C   coin

D  dolphin

E easter egg

F fly

G ghost

H heart

I igloo

J jack o lantern

K kite

L ladybug

M marble

N nickel

O octopus

P pumpkin

Q quarter

R rat

S snake

T tooth

U umbrella

V vulture

W wagon

X xylophone

Y yoyo

Z zebra

I try to use as many actual objects as I can. Mini erasers and the plastic toys you find at the dollar shop work well or you can use clipart.  I found the container at the dollar store.  This is a fun activity.  Perfect for home or school.  Place the objects in a bowl and have your child put each object in the correct egg. Another fun activity is mixing the eggs up and putting them in alphabetical order.  Or lay eggs out in ABC order and randomly remove 8 of them.  Find the missing eggs and put in the correct spot.  

Five Little Eggs Interactive Book

Children love this book!  I found the large plastic egg at the dollar store and filled each one with a fuzzy chick.  As you read the book, student will find the correct color egg and "hatch" the chick!  This is always a hit!

Egg, Egg, What Will You Be?

This book is part of my Extraordinary Egg Unit.  Skills: science - what hatches from eggs?, days of the week, sequencing, color recognition, and more!  On each day, an egg hatches - what will it be?  Hands On Learning Fun!

What are your favorite egg activities?  I'd love to hear from you!
Enjoy!
Pam

Friday Freebie: Spring Bingo

Hi all!
Today I'm sending all of my followers a really cute Spring Bingo Game featuring awesome graphics from Scrappin Doodles Creative clip art, web sets, printables, and more!

For the love of computer crafting. Be sure and check out her great website.

I love bingo and even more importantly KIDS LOVE bingo!

So enjoy this great holiday weekend and have fun playing my Spring Bingo.

If you are a follower and do not receive your bingo game, please email me at handsonlearningfun@live.com and I will add your email to my mailing list. Please let me know what name you are following under.

Thanks,

Pam

Thrifty Thursday: Spring Easter Paper Plate Crafts

I always keep paper plates handy, they are perfect for craft projects.

Here are some of my favorite Spring Easter Paper Plate Crafts:

Paper Plate Bunny

Cute Bunny Face

Cute Handprint Duck Activity

And of course, everyone needs a Easter Bonnet!!

This one is from: best kids booksite

and the one below: Kinderart

Tomorrow is Freebie Friday. I'm still missing a few emails so if you are a follower and do not receive my Freebie Friday - I will post when I send it, please email me and let me know the name you are following under and I will add your email to my list.

Enjoy!

Pam

Terrific Tuesday Free Easter Printables!

I love finding free printables online. Here are some of my favorite Easter printables from

MES - English Be sure and explore this website. You will find so many free printable flash cards and activities!

Easter Bingo Cards

Bunnyland Game with playing cards

I like to use mini erasers for markers, but you can use most anything.

Here is a Easter Book to color: CLICK HERE

There's more: Stickers, Sticker Charts, Bookmarks, Awards!

Here are some cute printable Easter Cards from 123 print.com

Check out a free downloadable song from Dream English

Last but not least, 9 cute Spring Cooking Activities. CLICK HERE

You still have time to enter my Ladybug Literacy Bag Giveaway. Winner will be announced tomorrow!
Have fun exploring MES-English!

Pam

Thrifty Thursday: Recycle Your Egg Cartons into Spring Crafts

I love using egg cartons for art projects. Here are a few of my favorite Spring Easter Egg Carton Crafts. The first one is the most complicated, but sooooo cute!

Bunnies and Chicks

By Robin Rivers

Here's what you need:

1 cardboard egg carton cut up into individual egg cups (leave the backs and the sides on so that you have a place to attach ribbon)

Cotton balls or pompoms in pink, white, yellow or whatever color

sounds fun (enough for two on each creature) plus little ones for

the bunny’s nose and tail.

Ribbon in Spring colors (I used 7 to 10 inches on each side of the cup to tie together. So, it’s a fair bit of ribbon. Thrifting is a great way to score this)

Google eyes (two per creature)

A hole punch

Craft Glue (a hot glue gun works best for attaching the eyes if you are making these for a toddler or preschooler since they are a choking hazard and you want them attached as solidly as possible. DON’T use the glue gun with a toddler or preschooler around.)

Craft paper for bunny ears and the chick’s beak.

Scissors

Egg Carton Caterpillar

By Enchanted Learning

Separate 4, 5, or 6 cups from an egg carton.
Using the point of a scissors, an adult should make 2 small holes at one end for the antennae.
Insert pipe cleaners for the antennae.
Add eyes, a mouth, and decorate.

Egg Carton Ladybug
By Enchanted Learning

Separate one cup from an egg carton.
Using markers or tempera paint, children can color or paint the egg carton cup red. Then, using black marker or paint, color in the head, and make spots on the body.
Using the point of a scissors, an adult should make 6 small holes (3 on each side) at the base of the cup (these will be for the legs). Make 2 small holes (for antennae) where the top of the head will be.

Insert a black pipe cleaner into each a side hole and out the other side for the legs. Use half a pipe cleaner for the antennae.
Glue on googly eyes or paint on white eyes.

Have fun!

Let me know how they turn out!
Pam