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Easter Eggs Craft is one of the easiest crafts for kids.

After the excitement of the Easter egg hunt, do not throw those eggs away! They can be made into awesome tools for learning.  When I saw these word family eggs at Living and Learning I fell in love. But knew that it was a little past my son’s grasp of reading. So we changed it into interchangeable word eggs. Huge hit !

You will need some sticky back foam letters, filler Easter eggs and an emergent reader

1. Start by making some words you know they know. The reason I do that is to foster confidence. If they know they figured these first words out, they are more apt to accept the challenge of new words.
2. Next, pop the ends off more eggs and add single letters.
3. Play. My 4 year old adored this. He called himself a “Word Detective” and tried and read every pair.
   
4. The challenge wasn’t as tough as either of us thought, so I made another end sound (all) to add to the bunch.
5. Snap together and read.
   

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Allison McDonald is the founder of No Time For Flash Cards and former preschool teacher. She creates fun kids crafts in the Seattle area with her 4 year old son and infant daughter (who mostly just watches).

Related posts:

1. Recycling Strawberry Baskets for Easter
2. Memorial Day Banner Craft and Book
3. Reading For Book Reports vs Reading for Fun
4. Easter Around the World
5. March is for Reading

Tags: learning basic words, Plastic easter eggs, Reading, Recycle

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