Easter Egg Name activity is a great name recognition activity for preschoolers and even toddlers to do this Easter! It is also a great fine motor activity!
Learning Your Name
Learning your name is a key skill for preschoolers to master before they start kindergarten! Not only is it practical but it is a great way to build confidence before they start school! The good news is that most preschoolers instinctively want to learn their own name so all you need to do is provide them with fun opportunities for them to master it! You will be surprised at how quickly they will pick it up.
I like to start with the beginning letter of their name. Get them familiar with that letter first. Whenever you notice it on a walk or in a book, point it out to them. Very soon they will be pointing it out to you. Learning the rest of the letter of their name will follow. Be sure to highlight not only the letter name but also the letter sound. In fact the letter sound is far more important for them to remember than the letter name!
Check out this post of fun and easy Name Recognition Activities for Preschoolers.
- Grab your plastic Easter eggs, hot glue gun and craft sticks. Attach the craft sticks to the bottom of the Easter egg using the hot glue. Hold it in place for several minutes to ensure that it stays and to allow the glue to dry.
- Repeat the previous step for every letter in your child’s name.
- Take a black sharpie and write each letter of your child’s name on each egg.
- Grab a cardboard box and write out the letters of your child’s name.
- Take a pair of scissors or box cutters and cut a slit just above each letter. Make the slit large enough for them to be able to put the craft stick through without issue.
Practicing Their Name with Easter eggs
Invite your child to match each egg with the correct letter on the box by “planting” the eggs!. Before starting, ask them to identify all the letters in their name, have them tell you the sound as well as the name of the letter.
Next, have them match the eggs on the craft sticks with the correct letter on the box. While they are matching have them tell you the letter and sounds again! And then repeat!
Extending this Activity
Another way to use your eggs on sticks is to have your preschooler “plant” them in the cardboard box. Then you can transfer the box into a sensory bin filled with rice. Open the eggs up for them and invite them to scoop rice into each open egg. Another extension is to hand them foam letters and have them match the foam letters to the correct open eggs on sticks.
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Supplies for Easter Egg Name Activity
- Plastic Easter Eggs
- Hot glue gun
- Craft sticks
- Cardboard box
- Scissors or box cutter
- Black Sharpie
Play2Learn Toddler & Preschool Programs for Curious Toddlers
There is no limit to your toddler’s energy and curiosity. That energy and curiosity although a joy can be challenging at times. Their interest in just about everything around them is what makes them great learners. One and two year olds can soak up so much just from their senses!
But as a teacher or parent that thirst for learning can be exhausting. That is why I created this toddler and preschooler program. To help you get the most out of this time with your curious toddler without having to come up with creative ways to play and interact with them.
Play2Learn for Toddlers includes 20 Units for toddlers. Each 2-week toddler unit has 20 super easy to set up and engaging activities for toddlers 18 months to 3 years.
Play2Learn Preschool which includes 20 Units for preschoolers. Each 2-week preschoolers unit has 20 unique and easy to set up and engaging activities for preschoolers 3 years to 5 years. That’s over 800 learning activities for your toddler and preschooler at your fingertips! So many ideas you and your child will never be bored again!
These toddler and preschool lesson plans and activities will definitely keep you and your toddler and preschooler busy playing and learning!
Click here for more information: Play2Learn
Book: Exciting Sensory Bins for Curious Kids
Did you know I wrote a book of sensory bins? Click here for more information Exciting Sensory Bin for Curious Kids. Or grab your copy at Amazon.
Boring afternoons are made exciting with awesome animal-based bins, like Salty Shark Bay or Yarn Farm. Pretend play bins like Birthday Cake Sensory Play or Bubble Tea Party encourage creativity and imagination. And your kids will have so much fun they won’t even know they’re getting smarter with STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) activities like Sink or Float Soup, Magnetic Letter Hunt or Ice Cream Scoop and Count.
Designed for toddlers 18 months and up.
Book: Super STEAM Activity Book for Kids
Learning all about science, technology, engineering, art, and math sets kids up for scholastic success―and it can be so much fun! Watch kids enjoy building STEAM skills as they color friendly fish, help water find its way to tree roots, solve math problems with mazes, and more.
Find out more and grab your copy here.
Designed for preschoolers 3 years old and up.
Book: Big Book of Riddles for Kids
Riddle me this: What’s an exciting way to practice critical thinking while having a blast? The Big Riddle Book for Kids, of course! From hilarious puns to tough brain teasers, kids can build problem-solving skills with hundreds of riddles tha. t show them how to think outside the box.
- 350 riddles for kids—Have hours of fun with riddles, puns and jokes, and math and logic puzzles that’ll get their wheels turning!
- Level up their skills—Riddles get trickier as kids progress through the book, challenging them as they get better at solving puzzles!
- Double-check their work—Kids can check their answers in the back of the book with a handy answer key.
Help children expand their minds while having fun with this puzzle book for kids!
Designed for kids ages 6 years old and up.
TV Show: Curious Crafting
I’m so excited to share my crafting TV show Curious Crafting which launched in July 2022 on TVOkids and TVOkids YouTube! Season 2 aired in August 2023! My show was also nominated in 2023 for Best Live Action Preschool Series by the Youth Media Alliance Awards of Excellence.
Curious Crafting Season 1 is also now airing in Australia on ABC! Watch it here!
Set in the ultimate crafting space, Curious Crafting is a short form pre-school age series about the joy of making crafts. I lead a rotating cast of adorable little preschoolers (including my own) making magic out of common household objects.
In each episode we transform recycled items into magical crafts like a milk carton school bus, paper bag puppet or cotton pad turtle. The crafters learn and laugh their way through each activity while demonstrating what their young imaginations can create.
Curious Crafting shares the adventure and joy of making art with takeaway lessons for creating crafts at home.
This show designed for toddlers and preschoolers 2.5 years old and up.
