We’ve been playing around with these chalk board paint covered Easter eggs the last few weeks. One of my daughters favorite activities lately is to hide all the eggs and play “Easter egg hunt.” She’s practicing for the real deal coming up in the next few weeks.
Building on her enthusiasm for hiding and finding the eggs, I decided to have her practice her letter writing. I created a chart of a few Easter themed words that are easy for beginner readers such as egg, bunny, Easter, hop, spring.
This game is super fun for early readers as it involves hide and seek and sounding out words. Find out how to play the game with your toddler by following along below!
- Chalk board painted eggs
- Easter basket
- Pencil and paper
How to play:
Using a pencil and paper, write out a few spring themed words like bunny, egg, hop and Easter.
Next, write each letter of the first word onto the chalk board egg with chalk.
Once there is an egg for each letter of the word, hide the eggs somewhere in the home. It’s important to work on one word at a time. Essentially, you will be hiding the eggs for one word each round.
Have your little one find all of the eggs.
Once each of the eggs is collected, help them sort out the words. You can also have them look at the word written on the piece of paper to sort them out themselves.
Help your little one sound out the word spelled with the eggs. Repeat steps 1 through 4 with a new word each round.
Have fun spelling and hunting for Easter eggs with your little learner. 🙂
I love finding new ways to combine learning with fun, so if you have any other fun ideas please share in the comments below!