Fun Easter Activities for the Classroom

Author: Terese Evans
If you need Easter activities for the classroom, you will find that you have many different activities that you could choose. You may like to have the children create Easter crafts but there are also many other educational Easter activities that are suitable for the classroom. Many of these involve math, reading and writing so the learning doesn\'t have to stop while the kids have some Easter fun!
Easter Riddle Match
The children can be involved in preparing this Easter activity for the classroom. They can start by finding about 10-15 Easter riddles. Once they have found the riddles, each riddle is written on a separate card and each answer is written on a separate card. These cards can then be used to play a Memory style game with 2 – 4 players. The cards are spread out face down on a table. Each player has a trun at choosing two cards and turning them over. If the cards make a match, the player gets to keep the riddle they have made and have another turn. The winner will be the player who has the most pairs when all of the cards have been matched.


Easter Egg Jumble
This is an Easter activity for the classroom that helps kids to practice math. To make this puzzle cut out several large egg shapes. On each egg write the numbers and signs from a mathematical equation putting them in a random order. The children have to unjumble the numbers and signs to create a true equation. You can use this to practice simple addition equations or more complex equations involving multiplication or division. If 3, 7, x, =, 9 and 2 are on an egg, these would be unjumbled to make 3 x 9 = 27.
Easter Sentence Jumble
To create this Easter activity for the classroom you will start with a few Easter sentences. The teacher can write these or each member of the class can create one sentence. The sentences could be about the Easter bunny, Easter eggs or something that children might do at Easter. To play Sentence Jumble you run the words together and then break the letters up into groups of three, four or five letters. The children have to identify the sentence from the jumbled letters and write it correctly. The sentence will look like this.
thec hild renh unte dforth eea stereg gsth atth eeas terbu nnyh adhi dden
Easter Word Find
One of the simplest Easter activities for the classroom is an Easter puzzle Word Find. Write the words ‘Easter Bunny\' for the children to see, then challenge them to find as many words as possible that use the letters in Easter Bunny. They could start with words like tree, beat, sun etc. The winner will be the one who makes the most words. You can also use words like ‘chocolate\' or ‘Easter eggs\' for this Easter puzzle.
Easter Hangman
The spelling game of Hangman can also be given an Easter twist by using a bunny diagram instead of a Hangman diagram. Decide upon a bunny diagram with about 10 – 14 parts. Play the game in the usual way using Easter words like, chocolate, candy, flowers, basket, chicks, bonnet, parade, decorate, April, search, Sunday, tulips or jellybeans.
As you can see many different Easter activities for the classroom that you can use at school or at home to entertain and educate children this Easter. This Easter you can do more than just craft activities. Instead have a go at some Easter word puzzles and Easter math puzzles.
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For your free Easter printables and games visit www.kids-easter-activities.com. Teresa Evans has created a collection of printable kids Easter activities for kids that are ideal as Easter activities for the classroom.