Plastic Easter Eggs are quintessential piece of Easter. They can be used in decorations, an Easter egg hunt, in Easter baskets, etc. They can also be used in the classroom and in incredibly creative and fun ways! I enjoy bringing themes into my classroom, especially for holidays. It helps get the kids excited and keeps learning fun. Here are ways that Plastic Easter Eggs can be incorporated into learning in the classroom through Sensory, Art & Crafts, Gross Motor Activities, STEM, Literacy and Math.
Sensory
Kinetic Sand, Dinosaurs and Eggs from Mom Inspired Life
Easter Egg Washing Sensory Play from Little Bins for Little Hands
Easter Sensory Play Table from Learning 4 Kids
Plastic Egg Boats With Play Dough from The OT Toolbox
Easter Egg Color Matching from Little Bins for Little Hands
Here Comes Peter Cottontail! Bunny Sensory Bin from Modern Preschool
Sensory Play With Easter Eggs, Water Beads, & Light from Train Up A Child
Sound Eggs from Inspiration Laboratories
Art & Crafts
Drip Painting Easter Egg Art from Preschool Inspirations
3D Easter Egg Canvas Art from Fun-A-Day!
Plastic Easter Egg Flowers from Make and Takes
Egg Roll Process Art from Princess, Pies, & Preschool Pizzazz
Painting With Plastic Easter Eggs from Buggy and Buddy
Plastic Egg Cupcakes from Club Chica Circle
Gross Motor Activities
Easter Egg Action Cards from Play Dough to Plato
Fun Energy Burning Easter Egg Hunt For Kids from Eats Amazing
Wobbly Easter Egg Spoon Balancing from And Next Comes L
Easter Egg Parachute Game from Teach Preschool
Exercise Eggs – Find and Move Scavenger Hunt from No Time For Flash Cards
STEM
Magnetic Science With Plastic Eggs from Modern Preschool
Magnetic Eggs from Frugal Fun For Boys and Girls
STEM Challenge Easter Egg Towers from The Resourceful Mama
Sink or Float from No Time For Flash Cards
Plastic Egg Tower: Open Ended Engineering For Kids from The Educators’ Spin On It
Word Work With Plastic Eggs from The Kindergarten Smorgasboard
Literacy
Sight Word Match from The Happy Teacher
Compound Word Match from Lesson Plan Diva
CVC Easter Eggs from In My World
Break An Egg: Sight Word Scramble from Mrs Wheeler First
Word Family Eggs from Playdough to Plato
Letter Matching from The Happy Teacher
Name Recognition Eggs from Sparkling Buds
Practice Contractions With Plastic Eggs from Games 4 Gains
Math & Numbers
Teaching Kids To Count ON: Addition Eggs Freebie from Heidi Songs
Egg Coin Count from E is for Explore
What Time Is It? Time Matching Game from Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas
Easter Egg Toss Math Game from Mom Inspired Life
Counting Coins from Teaching With Nancy
Number Recognition Game Egg Activity from Little Bins for Little Hands
Make 10 from The Happy Teacher
EGG-CELLENT Addition from The Kindergarten Smorgasboard
And one more…
Plastic Eggs Math & Literacy Centers Ideas from The Kindergarten Smorgasboard
There are so many ways to incorporate fun with learning. Kids may get more excited about the activity they are presented with when it has a theme that is relevant in their lives. Plastic Easter Eggs are one thing that kids typically always enjoy. Not to mention they are cheap!
