Easter Egg Colour Sort

I have seen this Easter Egg Colour Sort all over the internet. It is a very simple concept and makes a great puzzle and learning tool for young children teaching them: colours, sorting and working on those fine motor skills.

Materials:
12 Plastic Eggs
Coordinating Paint Colours
Paint Brush
Egg Carton

Simply paint the spaces in the egg carton to match the colour of the eggs and let the kids play:) My son and I have been working on matching colours, its a great game to start the mornings off leading up to Easter:)

Easter Puppets

With only a week until Easter I have decided to spend my time developing Easter related learning materials. Today I started with Easter Puppets. My husband was at the hardware store today and so I asked him to pick up a few paint swatches in Easter colours.

Materials:
Bunny Template
Paint swatches with three colours per sheet
Googly Eyes
Black Marker
Glue Stick or Glue Gun
Scissors
6 Popsicle Sticks

Using a simple rabbit template, I traced and cut out different coloured bunnies from the multi-colour swatches. I glued on some eyes and a popsicle stick on the back. I also used a black marker to draw a nose and mouth. My little C now has great Easter puppets to play with throughout the week and use to practice learning his colours.

I had a few swatches with six colours each instead of the larger three, so I decided to make mini versions of the larger rabbit to use for a simple colour sorting activity and to use when little C makes Easter cards for our family members. Easter fun has begun:)

Teaching The Tots Blog Start Up

I named this blog, "Teaching the Tots" because I enjoy and take great pride in teaching my nearly two year old son and preparing learning materials for boy number two on the way. This blog is meant to record and share the strategies I use in teaching my sons through play and educational materials. I am  constantly learning about life in every possible way from my little boy. Hence, the least I can do is share my knowledge with him and help him develop into a confident and excited learner by making learning fun everyday! 

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