Work on letter recognition with this fun Alphabet Egg Hunt. This activity also encourages strengthening those fine motor skills, matching skills, and gets those little ones moving around by turning it into a scavenger hunt. And who doesn't love a good scavenger hunt?!
Bring our your stash of plastic Easter eggs and set up a simple Easter Alphabet Activity!
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Last week I set up a fun and simple Shape Scavenger Hunt for my 2 year old, but ironically my 4 year old got to it first! So I decided to set up another Scavenger Hunt for her!
ABC Easter Eggs
To prep this activity, you'll need:
- ABC Letter Manipulatives
- Letter Matching Sheet
- 26 Plastic Easter Eggs
I used plastic letter manipulatives I had purchased from the Dollar Store some time ago for this activity.
To create the letter matching sheet, I simply placed the letters in alphabetical order on our printer/ copier {like I did to create our Button Bingo game}.
An alternative way to make the matching sheet would be to simply write the letters and/or use stickers. If you choose to write the letters for the matching sheet, you could work on uppercase/lowercase matching, instead.
Next, I put each letter in a plastic Easter egg.
Fun preschool alphabet activity
I meant to hide the eggs around the house, but Little Sis decided she was done with "quiet time" a little too soon! So instead of being hidden, they eggs were all mixed up on our kitchen table; she didn't seem to mind though!
Manipulating the Easter eggs proved to be a great way to practice fine motor skills!
Some of the eggs were definitely trickier to open then others-- requiring a bit more strength to squeeze open than some others!
Once Little Sis cracked open the egg, I said the name of the letter, and we worked on singing through the alphabet to find the letter on the matching sheet.
All the letters have been found!
She's definitely come a long way in her ability to recognize certain letters! I'd like to think it is because of the many other letter recognition activities we have done! ; )
- ABC Rainbow Puzzle Busy Bag
- Alphabet Treasure Hunt
- ABC Carrot Patch Sensory Bin
- Easy, DIY Alphabet Wall
And here's some more Fine Motor Activities from the other Co-hosts!
- Easter Egg Match Game from Craftulate
- 50+ FREE Easter Coloring Pages from Powerful Mothering
- Easter Eggs & Toothpicks Fine Motor Sculptures from Stir the Wonder
- Free Printable Easter Egg Garland for Scissor Skills and More from Lalymom
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