I took the cute folded ear, the peeking bunny, and added some eggs with speech words. I also added a glyph. I used this activity with K-5th groups, and how often does that happen?!?
Directions:
The questions are:
What is your favorite thing to do on Easter? (go to church, go on an egg hunt, see the Easter bunny, get an Easter basket)
What do you like to eat on Easter? (chocolate egg, jelly beans, Peeps, carrots)
What flowers do you like to see on Easter? (I'm in Texas, so bluebonnets are a big thing). (lily, bluebonnets, daisy, buttercups)
What is your favorite Easter color? (purple, yellow, pink, green)
What is your favorite kind of egg? (hard-boiled, plastic, confetti, chocolate)
What is your favorite pattern on Easter eggs? (polka dot, flower, stripes, swirls)
I also put the color-coded glyph on my chalkboard:
Make a pattern. I used my Cricut to cut out some shapes from the Plantin Schoolbook Cartridge, and then I traced the ovals, circles and hearts onto paper and made copies:
As the students work on coloring and cutting out, practice their speech/language with them.
With coloring, I found it easier to give my groups a selection of the colors I used - purple, green, yellow and pink - rather than giving them the entire crayon box. It eliminated searching for the right color and trying to use a color NOT on the glyph. Also, on my model, I colored over the first word, Easter, and it didn't show up very well. I just kept it as an example of what NOT to do!
Cutting out took some time. Next time, this project will cover two days. Day 1 will be a book and coloring. An Easter book I like and used with K-2 this year was Hopper's Easter Surprise by Kathrin Seigenthaler and Marcus Pfister. Day 2 will be cutting out and assembling.
To assemble, glue the inner ears onto the outer ears and then glue the ears to the back of the head. Glue the cheeks and nose together. Use a marker to draw eyes, whiskers and freckles. Glue the chin onto the back of the construction paper. Cut the paw oval in half and glue paws to the paper.
Glue Easter grass to the paper. The students LOVED this part because they got to "scribble" with their glue sticks. I bought a 2 oz. package of grass, and it was MORE than enough. I used Elmer's glue on the back of the eggs, and the students glued those on.
The Good: Great project for K-5; older students caught onto directions quickly, and the younger students enjoyed the assembly; great communication for home so parents can see what their child is working on in speech; good activity for language and carryover of artic.
The Bad: This was not quite as functional for students just starting who are in isolation. They had to quit working on the project and work with me for a bit on sounds, which caused some time crunches in completing everything.
Summary: I will definitely keep this in my rotation of Easter activities.
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