Easter: Day Three

Easter Eggs

Books:
The Easter Egg--Jan Brett
The Golden Egg--A.J. Wood
The Golden Egg Book--Margaret Wise Brown
I Need an Easter Egg!--Harriet Ziefert

Songs:

Five Little Easter Eggs
Five little Easter eggs lovely colors wore,(Hold up five fingers)
Mother ate the blue one, then there were four.(Bend down one finger)
Four little Easter eggs, two and two you
see,
Daddy ate the red one, then there were three
(Bend down one finger)
Three little Easter eggs, before I knew,
Sister ate the yellow one, then there were two.
(Bend down one finger)
Two little Easter eggs, oh, what fun!
Brother ate the purple one, then there was one.
(Bend down one finger)
One little Easter egg, see me run!
Mommy ate the last one, and then there were none.(Bend down last finger)

I WISH I WERE A TEENY TINY EGG
Tune: "If You're Happy and You Know It"
Oh, I wish I were a teeny tiny egg.
Oh, I wish I were a teeny tiny egg.
I would roll and roll around, Rolling all around the ground.
Oh, I wish I were a teeny tiny egg.

Liz Ryerson

COLORED EGGS
Tune: "Jingle Bells"

Colored eggs, colored eggs,
See them all around.
Red eggs, blue eggs, yellow eggs,
See them on the ground.
Colored eggs, colored eggs,
Green and purple, too.
Let's go hunt for colored eggs,
Eggs for me and you.

Elizabeth Scofield

Art/Activities:

Easter Egg Tree Craft

Egg Bingo Dauber Art
Egg Patterns: Fold a piece of white paper in half and cut out a half-oval. Open to reveal a symmetrical egg shape. Use crayons or construction paper to create an original design on your egg.

Easter Egg M&Ms

Egg Dying Hints and Tips

Easter Egg Crafts

Easter Egg Basket--identify colors and count eggs. (A similar idea here.)

Easter Basket Rubbing

EGGSHELL ART
Save, wash, and dry white and colored eggshells. Crush the shells and place the pieces in small containers. Cut construction paper into seasonal shapes, such as flowers, eggs, or bunnies. Set out the shapes along with glue and cotton swab applicators. Then invite your children to decorate the shapes by gluing on the eggshell pieces any way they wish.

Fun with Easter Eggs. You can use an egg-dying kit or purchase plastic eggs. Hide them around the house (or yard), give your child a basket, and help him find the hidden eggs. When all the eggs are found, help him sort the various colors and open any eggs that contain special treats.


Easter Egg Sort: Put a dozen plastic eggs in a clean egg carton. Fill each color egg with small items of the same color for a sorting activity.

Egg Painting: In advance, place large metal nuts/washers inside plastic easter eggs then tape the eggs shut with duct tape. For the project, place sheets of paper in the sensory table. Using spoons, children dip the eggs into bowls of tempera paint and then scoop them out onto the paper in the table. They can then move magnetic wands above the eggs to make them roll on the paper creating colorful designs.

Pre-Math/Science: Provide children with small boxes and other containers along with plastic eggs. Ask, "If you were Mr. Rabbit today, how many plastic eggs do you think you could haul away in all those containers?" (It's interesting to see how the children experiment with this as some may fill containers by laying the eggs on their sides, some may stand them on end, some may place the eggs in layers, etc.)

Egg Counting Games:
Count with your children while putting eggs into the cups of an egg carton and taking them out again.
Set out small, medium, and large eggs. Invite the children to sort the eggs into three baskets by size.
Fill pairs of eggs with small objects, such as pennies, dried beans, paper clips, and jingle bells. Seal the eggs closed. Let the children shake the eggs to discover the pairs with matching sounds.


Snacks:

	Make egg salad to serve in lettuce cups or in sandwiches.
	Let your children help make deviled eggs.
	Offer scrambled eggs with toast triangles.