the new game...

I originally cut these masterpieces out (insert sarcasm) while supper was going one night, so Stella could create a little scene, for fun.  While she was playing, I heard her make up a little story (very proud) of how a little girl lost her Easter basket outside...so now, I think I'll call these little felt funboards: story starters! 

make it easy:  create your own scene

make it hard:  the sky is the limit!  I learned to ask lots of open ended questions..there is not a wrong answer! :)  Some of the questions I asked Stella while her creative juices were flowing were: "Where do you think the little girl is?"  "What's the bunny going to do with those eggs?" 

It's like my mentor always told me:  Always keep them thinking...ask them questions that you don't already know the answer to...only they do!

word families

I love doing a simple activity that only requires a few materials already in the house :)  I always did this with my students around Easter and they loved it.  All you do is choose a word family... -at, -ed, -ock, and the list goes on...write the ending sound, of your choice on the right side of the egg... then on the left side of the egg, write the beginning sound.  As you turn the egg, you have your word family, and rhyming words, of course! :)

I chose the beginning sounds and word family that Stella already knew how to sound out, to set her up for success.   I helped her blend the sounds together, to make a word. She was really excited with this, but when she was done...we put it away :) 

    make it easy:  make up a song using the words...rhyming is always fun and it's like playing a game :)

make it hard: write the words as you read, make a sentence with the words, draw a picture representing your sentence.

Happy Egg Learning :)

Resurrection Eggs

I saw these resurrection eggs on pinterest here, if you want to get the complete details on what to put in each egg.  The idea for 12 days before Easter, you open an egg and inside is a clue or story prop that leads up to the Resurrection.  I love this idea.