Do you do an Easter theme in your early childhood classroom? If you’re allowed, you can put some Easter theme activities in your lesson plans to help your pre-k, preschool and kindergarten students develop many different early learning math and literacy skills.
As your little learners participate in activities around a common theme, they will begin to develop important oral language, literacy, and vocabulary skills.
Preschool Easter Theme Literacy Activities
Your kids are going to love these fun Easter literacy center activities and games that will help them build vocabulary and develop critical emergent literacy skills like rhyming, syllables, beginning sounds and more.
Preschool Easter Beginning Sounds Activity
Are your students learning to identify beginning sounds? Beginning sounds are an important part of developing phonological awareness skills. In this Easter activity, students will identify the beginning sound of each picture and attach a clothespin with the correct letter to the corresponding picture. The clothespins are great for developing fine motor skills too! There is also a black and white recording sheet included with this activity. The beginning sounds activity is available in the Easter Literacy packet.
Easter Rhyming Activity
Are your students learning how to rhyme? Rhyming is an important part of developing phonological awareness. This is a fun game that can be played in large or small group and is available in both black and white and color. This activity is available in the Preschool Easter Literacy Packet.
Easter Printable Emergent Reader
Are you looking for printable emergent readers for your Easter preschool theme? The predictable words in this book are designed to support your beginning readers. Use this book to reinforce concepts of print such as words are separated by spaces, left to right and top to bottom, written words match spoken words, common sight words, and more. This easy to assemble printable reader is offered in both black and white and color in the Preschool Easter Literacy Packet.
Easter Pocket Chart Sentences
Are your students learning concepts of print? The predictable text in this pocket chart set will help your students learn concepts of print such as left to right directionality, return sweep, one-to-one correspondence, and more. The printable pocket chart sentences are available in the Preschool Easter Literacy Packet.
Easter Word Cards
Are you looking for vocabulary word cards for your Easter unit? The printable word chart and vocabulary cards are available in both black and white and color. Place the printable word cards in a pocket chart or on a word wall. These cards can be used to help develop vocabulary and can be found in the Easter Literacy Activities for Preschoolers.
Easter Read and Write Around the Room
Your kids will love searching for letters or words around the room using these thematic cards. The Easter Literacy Packet also includes a black and white recording sheet.
Easter Books
You’re also going to need some good, age-appropriate books to read aloud to your kids for your Easter theme! Don’t worry, I’ve got your back, you can find a huge list of Easter books for preschoolers HERE.
