The Egg Hunt
Cut six eggs each out of four different
colors of paper. Hide the eggs throughout the school. Divide students
into four teams. Give each team a written clue or directions to help
them find their first egg. On the back of the first egg, write a clue
or directions to the second, and so forth. The winning team is the first
to find all six eggs and return to the classroom.
Mystery Egg
If possible, obtain plastic Easter eggs. (Even
half a dozen is sufficient.) Fill each egg with a different substance--sand,
coins, paper, candy, rocks, grass, etc. Students must try to guess what
is inside each egg by asking questions. (i.e. Is it soft or hard? Does it
taste good? Is it something usually found outside? and so forth.) A
variation is to tell one student what is inside the egg. That student
must then answer questions.
Scrambled Eggs
Cut egg halves out of paper. On the back
of each half, write a word or draw a picture. On the next half, write
or draw its opposite (i.e. hot/cold, big/little, over/under, etc.). Label
the first half A and the second B. When students arrive, give each one
two mismatched egg halves (one A half and one B half). Students must find
their other half by asking other students questions in English. When
the students make a match, the student holding the A half keeps the match.
The winner is the first student to give away his B half and find the
match for his A half. (This activity may also be done with rhyming words,
numbers/number words, pictures/vocabulary words, etc.)
Synonym Baskets
Copy basket pattern onto brown construction
paper. Beneath the basket, print an adjective.
Copy egg shapes onto colored paper, cut out, and laminate.
Put basket sheets, egg shapes, wipe-off markers, and a children's thesaurus
in a learning center cubicle. Students can select a word, write as many synonyms
as they can think of on eggs, then place eggs in basket. Students may then
compare the synonyms they found to those which appear in the
thesaurus.
Encourage children to keep a record of how many synonyms they found for each
word. Consider giving each child a plastic Easter egg filled with goodies
when he or she completes all of the word baskets in the center.
Mother Hen
Note: This game is best played outside. If you must play inside, make
sure nothing breakable is in the playing area.
Students should form a straight line. Choose
one student from the line to be the mother hen. The mother hen will stand
fifteen to twenty feet in front of the line, with his or her back to the
remaining students. Mother Hen then throws a ball over his or he shoulders
to the rest of the class. Students scramble to catch it. When one of them
has caught it, they form a line again, and all students place their
hands behind their backs to make it look like they have the ball. After everyone
is back in position, they begin to call, "cheep, cheep, cheep." Mother Hen
must guess who has the ball. He or she may ask five yes/no questions (Does
a girl have it? Does someone wearing blue jeans have it, etc.) before
making a guess. If Mother Hen guesses correctly he or she gets another turn
(max. three turns). If Mother Hen guesses incorrectly, the person holding
the ball becomes the next Mother Hen.
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