Join me on a literary adventure as we go through this Easter preschool lesson plan based on “Bear Finds Eggs” by Karma Wilson.
If you haven’t had the opportunity to read this wonderful book, check out this read-aloud with your child!
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Sensory
For this activity, you get the benefit of spring cleaning and activity planning for this sensory bottle.
I have a confession. Some people might consider me a hoarder, and if you’re like me (and be honest) you have a place where random junk piles up. Mine is called the junk drawer. All sorts of odds and ends get through into this drawer intending to be used again…don’t ask me how long some of this has been in there.
Well, this is it! That junk is finally getting used. We will call it spring cleaning.
For this sensory bottle, I dyed some rice green, found random items in my drawer, and threw them into a jar.
Write down what you put in your sensory bottle. Some things you can include in your sensory jars are
- Magnetic letters
- Beads
- Crayons
- Wiggle eyes
- Paper clips
- Shells
ANY small item will work.
*PLEASE USE CAUTION*. When small items are involved, there is a choking hazard present. Please supervise your child and tightly seal the bottle.
Challenge your child to look for each item in your sensory bottle. You can create a checklist and see how many items your child can find!
Math
For this activity, I created a template link to a Canva page for matching Mama Birds to their Eggs.
This activity is super simple, using the colors on the birds and the eggs, match the Mama Bird to her egg.
Make sure you pay close attention; some birds and eggs are both blue but have a different secondary color!
For families with children who become overstimulated by patterns and colors, this activity is editable in Canva. You can change the colors of the birds and eggs to fit your child better. You can also delete eggs with overstimulating patterns and duplicate another better egg.
Art
While surfing through Pinterest…yes, I have a Pinterest obsession, I found this wonderful idea! I loved the texture of this painting with noodles by Agnes at Learning from Play.
Music
For this lesson, I wanted to include something to help improve gross motor skills and listening skills.
One easy way to do this is to play an action song! One of my favorites happens to be bunny-themed!
Language
Finally, it wouldn’t be Easter if we didn’t have an egg hunt! Save those plastic eggs because you are going to need them!
For this activity, you will put magnetic letters (or letters written on paper) inside plastic Easter eggs.
When your child finds the egg, open the egg and discover the letter inside!
Think up as many words as you can that start with that letter and make sure you stress the sound that letter makes!
Please let me know what you think about this Easter preschool lesson plan! Did you and your child enjoy this themed activity? Let me know in the comments! Just a quick reminder, all children develop at their own unique pace. If you are concerned about developmental delays, it is best to seek advice from your child’s doctor. These activities are designed to be done with a parent. Please supervise your child while these activities are being done!