Simply hide an object beneath one of the egg halves, then have them work to find it! They can guess randomly, or you can give them clues like “The number is larger than 4 but smaller than 12.” Help preschoolers work on number recognition with this sweet activity. Play hide-and-seek to learn numbers Little Bins for Little Hands Learn more: Egg sink or float activity at No Time for Flash Cards 15. Some ideas for fillers include LEGO bricks, feathers, coins, rocks, and dry pasta. Determine if eggs will sink or float No Time for Flash Cardsįill plastic eggs with different items, then have students hypothesize whether they will sink or float. Learn more: Scrambled sight word egg hunt at This Reading Mama 14. This is an activity that your students can do over and over again with different combinations of letters. Put the letters to make sight words into eggs, hide them around your classroom, and have students search for the eggs and then make each sight word inside. Use “scrambled eggs” to practice spelling words This Reading Mama Learn more: Parts of speech sort at For the Love of First Grade 13. You can hide them for a seek-and-find game or just have kids pick the eggs from a basket and sort them one by one. Work on nouns, verbs, adjectives, and more with this easy-prep plastic egg idea. Sort eggs by parts of speech For the Love of First Grade Learn more: Contraction egg activity at Most Average Mama 12. This kind of hands-on learning can make a real difference. Students match and make a visual connection between them. Write out the expanded and contracted forms of words and phrases on the tops and bottoms of eggs. Learn more: Egg match activity at Planning Playtime 11. You can use letter stickers or just write the letters on the eggs with a Sharpie if you’re in a pinch. This is the perfect activity for pre-readers since it will help them identify upper- and lower-case letter pairs. Match uppercase and lowercase letters Planning Playtime Learning compound words? Try matching up plastic egg halves to make new ones! 10. Learn more: Word sorting with plastic eggs at Collaboration Cuties 9. For this one, write synonyms and antonyms on egg halves for kids to pair up. There are so many cool matching Easter egg activities to try. Crack open word sorts Collaboration Cuties Learn more: Plastic egg word families at Natural Beach Living 8. Try using these when they’re writing poems! With just a turn or twist of the egg halves, students can make different words. Then write a common ending on the other half. Write several letters vertically on one half of an egg. Twist eggs to practice word families Natural Beach Living Learn more: Plastic egg cupcakes at Chica Circle 7. Use paint pens to let your students decorate their “cupcake,” then add a pom-pom and wrapper as the finishing touches. If you have a toy kitchen in your classroom, this is the perfect plastic Easter egg activity for you. Learn more: Alphabet egg hunt at A Little Pinch of Perfect 6. ( Find more cool ways to use alphabet beads here.) Kids find the eggs and fill up their alphabet sheet, one by one. Grab your alphabet beads and pop one into each egg. Hunt for alphabet eggs A Little Pinch of Perfect Learn more: Plastic Easter Egg Floating Fish at The Pinterested Parent 5. These floating egg fish are tons of fun, whether kids play with them in a sensory bin in the classroom or at home in the tub. Float fish in the tub The Pinterested Parent Learn more: Sink or float egg activity at There’s Just One Mommy 4. Let them try to guess what will make the eggs sink in a bin of water, then check their predictions. Give them some plastic eggs and items to fill them, like coins, marbles, pom-poms, etc. Kids learn best through hands-on experiments. Try to sink an egg There’s Just One Mommy Learn more: Racing rocket eggs at Inspiration Laboratories 3.
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