Easter Activities for Year Nursery and Reception

Easter activities for Nursery and Reception

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Egg Cress Heads Crack the eggsstory so they have half an Watch empty shell.

Carefully draw on silly and create a cartoon strip faces. shells with wet cotton or storyFill board of the events wool and sprinkle on cress seeds.

Keep damp and watch the eggs hair grow!

Watch the story and create a cartoon strip or story board of the events

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Make a tally of how long it takes your eggs Watch hair to the grow story or mark the days off on the calendar. yourstrip child to take a and createEncourage a cartoon photo every day and to discuss or story board of look the back events what happens over time.

Watch the story and create a cartoon strip or story board of the events

Go hunting for other seeds in your house- look and talk Watch aboutthe the story inside of tomatoes and other fruits. Can you count the seeds or see strip the patterns inside when you and create a cartoon them board open? of the events or cut story

Make your own Easter chick 1. Draw around your hands or print the shape with paint.

2. Draw an egg shape and colour or paint it.

3. Cut out the egg and hands.

4. Draw legs or paint them with your feet!

You will need: •Paint or coloured pens •Paper or card •Glue 5. Draw eyes and a Cut and add beakthem andout colour eyes and a beak them.

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7. Stick everything together and you have your own Easter chick!

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Watch the Easter story video and draw pictures to show the order of events.

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and create of a cartoon Signs Spring

Go on a nature walk and look out for signs of Spring.

What can you see, hear, smell?

What changes do you notice?

Collectthe somestory of the things you find in a Watch basket or eggabox e.g. daisies, and create cartoon strip petals, leaves, feathers etc. or story board of the events

Use the objects you’ve collected to create a Spring collage.

and create aJigsaws cartoon Easter

Print or draw an Easter picture.

Watch the story Colour and decorate your picture. and a a cartoon strip Mix the Cutcreate it into few pieces. or storyup board of the events pieces and then try and match them back together again.

Print Easter puzzle templates here

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Who can walk the furthest without dropping their egg? Count your steps!

Who can balance their egg the longest whilst Standing on 1 leg? Count the seconds or time it on a phone.

Can you balance the egg on the back of your hand?

Can you start sat down and stand up without dropping your egg off the spoon?

You will need: • Eggs v • Spoon • Stopwatch/phone/timer

Can you bunny hop to the finish line? Who came first, second, third…?