Less than $5 Elementary School Easter Activities (by date, oldest first)

Turn Easter Peeps into a fun play dough! Includes recipe and investigation report. More information can be found in my blog post here!

Easter Color by CVC Word puzzles covering short a, e, i, o, and u word families. Each color by word puzzle features 4 to 7 CVC words for a vowel family in two difficulty levels for 10 puzzles total. I've included both a picture clue set and a word clue set. In the picture clue set, students look at the picture of the word and then find the corresponding word to color. In the word clue set, students have the CVC word to look at and find the matching word to color in the puzzle. No prep! Just print and go.

Words Included:

Short a - ham, mad, hat, bat

Short e - ten, gem, net, leg, den, pen

Short i - dip, wig, rib, dig, lip, pit

Short o - dog, box, cog, mop, rod, hop

Short u - gum, cut, cup, cub, bun, bug, sub

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Check out my Easter Color by CVC Word - Christian Version for finished "color by" pictures that are better suited for Christian schools, Christian homeschoolers, Sunday schools, and Faith Formation classes.

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Check out my other CVC activites:

*all of my CVC activities use the same words and images for cohesive learning*

CVC Blending Cards - 85 Words with and without pictures

CVC Word Family Rearrange Puzzles -

85 Words

St. Patrick's Day Color by CVC Word

Easter Color by CVC Word - Christian Version

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*This version uses the same words as my Easter Color by CVC Word but has Christian/Religious pictures that are better suited for Christian schools, Christian homeschoolers, Sunday schools, and Faith Formation classes. Finished "color by" pictures include a cross, a Bible, a lamb, and more.*

Easter Color by CVC Word puzzles covering short a, e, i, o, and u word families. Each color by word puzzle features 4 to 6 CVC words for a vowel family in two difficulty levels for 10 puzzles total. I've included both a picture clue set and a word clue set. In the picture clue set, students look at the picture of the word and then find the corresponding word to color. In the word clue set, students have the CVC word to look at and find the matching word to color in the puzzle. No prep! Just print and go.

Words Included:

Short a - ham, mad, hat, bat

Short e - ten, gem, den, pen

Short i - dip, wig, rib, dig, lip, pit

Short o - dog, box, cog, mop, rod, hop

Short u - gum, cut, cup, bun, bug

Want to save on this and other Color by CVC Word puzzles? Build a custom bundle by choosing from any of our 40+ units and you'll save 20% off the list price! You can choose from a 4 Unit Bundle, a 6 Unit Bundle, or a 10 Unit Bundle.

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Check out my other CVC activites:

*all of my CVC activities use the same words and images for cohesive learning*

CVC Blending Cards - 85 Words with and without pictures

CVC Word Family Rearrange Puzzles -

85 Words

St. Patrick's Day Color by CVC Word

Easter Color by CVC Word

More coming soon...

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Practice sorting, learn colors, and celebrate Easter with these Easter Bunny themed color sorting mats and worksheets! Students will sort bunnies in orange, yellow, blue, black, green, brown, gray, red, pink, and purple. These are great for sorting centers or for a fun class activity! This unit comes with two different bunny designs, for two full sets of sorting mats. Comes with both a sorting mat version to be laminated and placed in a sorting center and a worksheet version for students to cut, paste, and color. Choose which style fits your classroom!

Included:

-Half-page, full-color sorting mat for each color in both designs

-Sorting cards for each color in both designs, split into two-color sets. Comes with instructions for both sorting centers and worksheets

-Half-page and full-page versions of the sorting worksheets in both designs for individual student work

When I use these with my kids, I print and laminate all of the full-color sorting mats and sorting cards so that they can use all the sets at once, but the sets are versatile and can be used in any way that fits your classroom or homeschool!

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Looking for other Easter PreK activities?

Easter Tracing & Prewriting Activities

Spring Holidays - Trace, Color, & Build

Spring Holiday Vocabulary Word Wall Cards

Label the Parts - Spring Labeling Center

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Make your students feel like royalty with these Easter crowns! There are 4 crowns to choose from AND free BONUS Easter cards included in this product. You can turn this into an Easter activity by using the black & white versions and letting your students color the crowns on their own!

✨Take a peek at the preview to get a closer look.

WHAT IS INCLUDED?

• 5-page PDF file
• 4 crown templates, each with fun sayings and cute Easter clipart
• Bonus Easter cards

HOW IT WORKS

1. Easily print the resource from your computer.

2. Your students can cut out the crowns.

3. Use tape or staples to make the circular shape of the crown.

4. Distribute the Easter cards.

5. Students can fill out the cards for their friends and family!

WHO IS IT FOR?

• Elementary School Teachers: You'll love this as a resource for your students on Easter!
• Homeschooling Parents: Your child can have their choice of crowns and make Easter cards for everyone in the family!

FEATURES

• Each page is 8.5" x 11", but you can adjust this in your printer settings.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

In addition to printing out this resource, you'll need scissors, tape, and a pencil.

Practice fine motor skills while creating fun Easter dot art with these dot painting pages. This Easter themed art activity is perfect for preschoolers and early elementary students to practice hand eye coordination while making an Easter craft.

Dot Art Pages Available

• Basket
• Carrot
• Chick
• Chocolate Bunny
• Egg (2)
• Flower
• Hat
• Jellybeans
• Lamb
• Peep
• Rabbit

When to Use

• Art Center
• Fine Motor Center
• Craft Activity
• Early Finishers
• Quiet Time Activity

More Dot Art Activities

Alphabet Dot Painting

Shapes Dot Painting

Addition Dot Painting

Have fun counting to 10 with these Easter Build It! Mats. Each mat features a different autumn theme for students to build a tower to count to 10.

What is Included:

There are a total of 6 build it mats with a variety of Easter themes.

How to Use:

Students will need one mat and a set of stackable counting cubes or blocks. Students will look at one of numbers on the Easter objects and then stack the blocks up to that number. For example, if the number chosen is 5, then the student will stack 5 blocks on top of that number.

When to Use:

• Morning Tubs or Baskets
• Math Center
• Small Group Activity

Skills Assessed:

These build it mats not only allow students to build fine motor skills, but they also assess students' ability to count to 10.

These Easter alphabet clip cards are the perfect way for preschoolers and kindergartners to practice letter recognition and matching capital and lowercase letters. Students can also practice building fine motor skills by using clips to mark each letter.

What is Included:

There are 4 clip cards for each letter of the alphabet. Activities include matching the capital letter to a matching capital letter, matching a lowercase letter to the matching lowercase letter and matching capital letters with the correct lowercase letters.

How to Use:

Students will take one clip card, look at the letter on the Easter egg card and then clip the letter that matches. The teach may choose to use small manipulatives, like mini erasers, bingo chips or counters to mark each correct response. The cards can also be laminated for students to use dry erase markers to mark correct answers.

Where to Use:

• Literacy Center
• Morning Tubs or Baskets

Skills Assessed

• Recognizing and identifying capital and lowercase letters
• Matching a capital or lowercase letter to their letter counterpart

These Easter letter clip cards are a low prep option for teachers to give to students to complete. The cards simply need to be printed and cut apart before being placed inside a learning station.

These Easter counting cards for numbers 1-20 are perfect for practicing counting up to 20. They will go great with an Easter theme. Students practice counting within tens frames and can practice number word recognition for numbers 1-10.

There are two sets of cards that provide two levels of differentiated practice. One set of cards have the number and the tens frames blank so students must correctly count to the number by placing manipulatives in the tens frames. The other set has the tens frames already marked with fire so students who need a little extra guidance can simply over lay their counters to complete the card.

Where is the Rabbit? This Easter alphabet game is great for students who are practicing letter sounds or letter recognition. This game can be used in a pocket chart or on a table top for a Preschool, Pre-k or Kindergarten classroom.

Ways to Use

• small group game
• whole class game
• circle time game
• student led literacy center
• one on one instruction to target specific letters for struggling students

How to Play

Where's the Rabbit? is a game for centers or whole group instruction where the rabbit is hidden behind an egg. A poem is chanted where the student(s) must say the letter they think the rabbit is behind. Once guessed, the letter is removed. If the rabbit is behind the egg, then it must be hidden again to play further. If the rabbit is not behind the egg, then the poem is chanted again and a new letter is guessed. This game has letters in both capital and lowercase forms.

Sets Included

• Where's the Rabbit?
• Where's the Chick?

More Alphabet Centers and Activities

Hands On Alphabet Mats

Alphabet Cards and Puzzles

These Easter themed letter and number cards and puzzles are a great activity for preschool and kindergarten students. Students can practice letter and number recognition by matching capital and lowercase letters and matching numbers and number words up to 20.

What is Included:

• Alphabet cards for capital and lowercase letters
• Number cards for numbers 1-20 and number words (coming soon)
• 2 piece alphabet puzzles that match capital and lowercase letters
• 2 piece number puzzles

Students will love the hands on activities in this resource. There are a variety of different games and activities that students can complete independently or with a partner.

Ways to Use the Cards:

• Matching Game: Match capital and lowercase letters or numbers to the number words.
• Fishing Game: Attach a paper clip to the card and use a magnetic fishing pole to "catch" the letters or numbers.
• Salt/Sand Tray: Use these cards as a model to show students what to write in the sand.
• Letter or Number Hunts: Have students find the letters or numbers that you have hidden around the room.
• ABC Order or Number Order: Have students place letters or numbers in the correct order.
• Pocket Chart Game: Place the cards into a pocket chart and hide a picture behind one of the cards. Have students guess which card the hidden picture is behind.

With a wide variety of uses, these cards will allow students to be engaged with learning their letters and numbers, as well as learning number words and practice counting.

How to Use the Puzzles

• Task Box Activities
• Math Centers
• Morning Baskets or Tubs

All of the cards and puzzles in this resource can be stored in task boxes. This allows teachers to have an easy to set up activity that students can easily clean and put away themselves.

Skills Assessed:

• Number Recognition
• Number Words to 20
• Number Order
• Letter Recognition
• Matching Capital and Lowercase Letters
• Letter Order

Each part of this resource is low prep. They all just need to be printed out and cut apart before use. The teacher may choose to laminate the pieces for durability.

This product is included in the following bundle:

Holiday Alphabet Cards and Puzzles Bundle

These Easter egg sight word cards make a fun Easter literacy center or Easter sight word game for students to enjoy while practicing sight words from the Fry sight word list. This set focuses on the words in the Fry 1-100 list.

These sight word cards have a variety of uses in the classroom from games, to instructional tools, to center props.

Ways to Use

• Flash Cards
• Memory Game
• Sand or Salt Tray Cards
• Writing Center Reference Cards
• Place in Alphabetical Order
• Write the room cards

Each word is printed on its own Easter egg card for students to use to practice reading, writing and spelling each sight word.

Skills Assessed:

• Reading sight words
• Writing sight words

This product is in the following bundle:

Fry 1-300 Sight Word Cards for Easter

This product contains all of Fry's first 100 sight words:

a, about, all, an, and, are, as, at, be, been, but, by, called, can, come, could, day, did, do, down, each, find, first, for, from, get, go, had, has, have, he, her, him, his, how, I, if, in, into, is, it, like, long, look, made, make, many, may, more, my, no, not, now, number, of, oil, on, one, or, other, out, part, people, said, see, she, sit, so, some, than, that, the, their, them, then, there, these, they, this, time, to, two, up, use, was, water, way, we, were, what, when, which, who, will, with, words, would, write, you, your

These Easter egg sight word cards make a fun Easter literacy center or Easter sight word game for students to enjoy while practicing sight words from the Fry sight word list. This set focuses on the words in the Fry 201-300 list.

These sight word cards have a variety of uses in the classroom from games, to instructional tools, to center props.

Ways to Use

• Flash Cards
• Memory Game
• Sand or Salt Tray Cards
• Writing Center Reference Cards
• Place in Alphabetical Order
• Write the room cards

Each word is printed on its own Easter egg card for students to use to practice reading, writing and spelling each sight word.

Skills Assessed:

• Reading sight words
• Writing sight words

This product is in the following bundle:

Fry 1-300 Sight Word Cards for Easter

These Easter egg sight word cards make a fun Easter literacy center or Easter sight word game for students to enjoy while practicing sight words from the Fry sight word list. This set focuses on the words in the Fry 101-200 list.

These sight word cards have a variety of uses in the classroom from games, to instructional tools, to center props.

Ways to Use

• Flash Cards
• Memory Game
• Sand or Salt Tray Cards
• Writing Center Reference Cards
• Place in Alphabetical Order
• Write the room cards

Each word is printed on its own Easter egg card for students to use to practice reading, writing and spelling each sight word.

Skills Assessed:

• Reading sight words
• Writing sight words

This product is in the following bundle:

Fry 1-300 Sight Word Cards for Easter

These Easter egg sight word cards make a fun Easter literacy center or Easter sight word game for students to enjoy while practicing sight words from the first grade sight word list.

These sight word cards have a variety of uses in the classroom from games, to instructional tools, to center props.

Ways to Use

• Flash Cards
• Memory Game
• Sand or Salt Tray Cards
• Writing Center Reference Cards
• Place in Alphabetical Order
• Write the room cards

Each word is printed on its own Easter egg card for students to use to practice reading, writing and spelling each sight word.

Skills Assessed:

• Reading sight words
• Writing sight words

This product contains all 41 First Grade Sight Words:

after, again, an, any, as, ask, by, could, every, fly, from, give, going, had, has, her, him, his, how, just, know, let, live, may, of, old, once, open, over, put, round, some, stop, take, thank, them, then, think, walk, were, when

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All 220 Sight Word Cards for Easter

This trick word set includes all Level K trick words all printed on colorful Easter egg cards. These are great for practicing sight words for a Spring or Easter themed literacy center! Directions for Flash Cards: Print on card stock, cut apart and laminate for durability. Directions for Matching Game: Print the cards out twice on card stock, cut apart and laminate for durability. Other ideas: Place a set of cards in ABC order.

These Easter egg sight word cards make a fun Easter literacy center or Easter sight word game for students to enjoy while practicing sight words from the preprimer or pre-k sight word list.

These sight word cards have a variety of uses in the classroom from games, to instructional tools, to center props.

Ways to Use

• Flash Cards
• Memory Game
• Sand or Salt Tray Cards
• Writing Center Reference Cards
• Place in Alphabetical Order
• Write the room cards

Each word is printed on its own Easter egg card for students to use to practice reading, writing and spelling each sight word.

Skills Assessed:

• Reading sight words
• Writing sight words

This packet contains all 40 Pre Primer Sight Words:

a, and, away, big, blue, can, come, down, find, for, funny, go, help, here, I, in, is, it, jump, little, look, make, me, my, not, one, play, red, run, said, see, the, three, to, two, up, we, where, yellow, you

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All 220 Sight Word Cards for Easter

These Easter sight word spelling cards make a fun Easter literacy center for students to enjoy while practicing spelling sight words from the preprimer or kindergarten word list.

What is Included:

• There is one sight word card for each sight word on the preprimer sight word list.
• Letter tiles to use while spelling the words.

Each sight word card features an Easter egg with the sight word printed on it. Students will use the boxes to the right of the word to spell the sight word on the egg.

Ways to Use

• Literacy Center
• Small Group Activity

When using these cards inside a literacy center, the letter tiles can be used to spell the words, or teachers can provide letter stamps, letter clips, scrabble tiles or other types of letter manipulates for students to use to spell each sight word.

Skills Assessed:

• Spelling Sight Words

This packet contains all 40 Preprimer Sight Words:

a, and, away, big, blue, can, come, down, find, for, funny, go, help, here, I, in, is, it, jump, little, look, make, me, my, not, one, play, red, run, said, see, the, three, to, two, up, we, where, yellow, you

These Easter egg sight word cards make a fun Easter literacy center or Easter sight word game for students to enjoy while practicing sight words from the third grade sight word list.

These sight word cards have a variety of uses in the classroom from games, to instructional tools, to center props.

Ways to Use

• Flash Cards
• Memory Game
• Sand or Salt Tray Cards
• Writing Center Reference Cards
• Place in Alphabetical Order
• Write the room cards

Each word is printed on its own Easter egg card for students to use to practice reading, writing and spelling each sight word.

Skills Assessed:

• Reading sight words
• Writing sight words

This product contains all 41 third grade sight words:

about, better, bring, carry, clean, cut, done, draw, drink, eight, fall, far, full, got, grow, hold, hot, hurt, if, keep, kind, laugh, light, long, much, myself, never, only, own, pick, seven, shall, show, six, small, start, ten, today, together, try, warm

This product is in the following bundle:

All 220 Sight Word Cards for Easter

These Easter egg sight word cards make a fun Easter literacy center or Easter sight word game for students to enjoy while practicing sight words from the second grade sight word list.

These sight word cards have a variety of uses in the classroom from games, to instructional tools, to center props.

Ways to Use

• Flash Cards
• Memory Game
• Sand or Salt Tray Cards
• Writing Center Reference Cards
• Place in Alphabetical Order
• Write the room cards

Each word is printed on its own Easter egg card for students to use to practice reading, writing and spelling each sight word.

Skills Assessed:

• Reading sight words
• Writing sight words

This product contains all 46 Second Grade Sight Words:

always, around, because, been, before, best, both, buy, call, cold, does, don’t, fast, first, five, found, gave, goes, green, its, made, many, off, or, pull, read, right, sing, sit, sleep, tell, their, these, those, upon, us, use, very, wash, which, why, wish, work, would, write, your

This product is in the following bundle:

All 220 Sight Word Cards for Easter