# 20 Easter Learning Activities
> 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.
- URL: https://www.funlittles.com/easter-activities-for-intentional-learning/
- Ages: 3–8 yrs · Difficulty: easy · Mess: low
- Time: prep none, activity varies
- Works for: one-on-one, small group, whole class
- Skills: counting, one-to-one-correspondence, patterns, addition, phonics, letter-recognition, spelling, colors, listening, science
- Cautions: egg, ingestion-risk

## Safety
- 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.

## Ideas
- **Jelly Bean Color Game**: A unique and fun jelly bean counting game, with a free printable.
- **Easter Felt Activities**: A creative way to learn one-to-one correspondence with felt eggs.
- **Easter Egg Matching**: A simple and fun number and pattern matching activity.
- **Easter Egg Math**: Plastic eggs used to sharpen math, listening, counting and recalling skills.
- **Hands-On Egg Math**: A few ideas for using plastic eggs in a hands-on math activity.
- **Easter in Centers**: A plethora of hands-on learning ideas with plastic eggs. They work great as Easter-themed school centers.
- **Easter Egg Addition**: Plastic eggs for addition practice. It can even become a scavenger hunt with clues.
- **Crafty Counting**: Getting crafty while counting.
- **Egg Pattern Matching**: A patterning activity with plastic eggs.
- **Egg Phonics for Beginning Readers**: A phonics game with plastic eggs, plus free printables to go with it.
- **5 Ways to Play and Learn with Plastic Eggs**: A great list of literacy activities with plastic eggs, including word family eggs.
- **Easter Egg Early Learning Fun**: An easy and fun letter-learning activity involving animals.
- **Alphabet Egg Puzzles**: A fun game of egg-shaped letter puzzles.
- **Egg Sound Hunt**: A game with eggs that combines movement, listening and phonics.
- **Spell Your Name with Egg Cartons**: An easy name activity with egg cartons that gets kids excited about spelling their names.
- **Easter Egg Letters**: An alphabet egg letter game, plus tips and tricks for teaching young children from a very experienced early childhood educator.
- **Spelling Puzzle Game**: A puzzle game for learning to spell.
- **Nesting Egg Color Match**: Teach younger kids colors: get nesting eggs and have them match the colors.
- **10 Egg Science Experiments**: Ten easy science experiments with eggs.
- **Volcano Easter Egg Experiment**: An art and science combination experiment with stunning results.
- **Egg in a Bottle**: The classic egg-in-a-bottle experiment plus a reverse twist on it. Great for older kids.

## 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.
- 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.
- Many of the plastic egg ideas work great as Easter-themed centers for school.
- A kindergarten teacher planned to use the egg-shaped puzzles game during her class's special pre-Easter activity week. (from readers)

## The original post by TurkeyMom (2013)

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.

 **[Learning4kids](http://www.learning4kids.net/2012/03/12/easter-felt-activities/)** has a creative way to learn one-to-one correspondence.

[](http://www.learning4kids.net/2012/03/12/easter-felt-activities) [**Room Mom 101**](http://room-mom101.blogspot.com/2010/03/easter-egg-matching-activity.html) has a simple and fun number and patterns matching activity [**Teach Preschool**](http://www.teachpreschool.org/2012/03/easter-egg-math/) has a fantastic way to use those plastic eggs while sharpening math skills, listening skills, counting skills and recalling skills. Isn't that great?

[](http://www.teachpreschool.org/2012/03/easter-egg-math/) **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](http://learningideasgradesk-8.blogspot.com/2012/04/easter-egg-addition-developing-math.html)** 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.

 **[Mom to 2 posh lil divas](http://www.momto2poshlildivas.com/2012/04/play-to-learn-5-fun-ways-to-play-learn.html)** has a great list of literacy activities you can do with plastic eggs. You don't want to miss this one.

[](http://www.momto2poshlildivas.com/2012/04/play-to-learn-5-fun-ways-to-play-learn.html) **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.


[**Carrots are Orange**](http://carrotsareorange.com/egg-sound-hunt/) 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**](http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2012/03/alphabet-easter-egg-letters.html) 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**](http://www.momto2poshlildivas.com/2012/10/75-fun-ways-to-practice-and-learn.html) has a puzzle game for learning to spell. To teach younger kids about colors, get nesting eggs and have them match the colors.



### Easter Science Activities

**Science Spark**s share 10 easy to do science experiments with eggs [**Housing a Forest**](http://www.housingaforest.com/volcano-easter-egg-experiment/) did a art- science combination experiment with stunning results.

[](http://www.housingaforest.com/volcano-easter-egg-experiment) **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

- Math Activities
- Science Activities
- Early Literacy Activities

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

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