Welcome To Teaching Heart's
Easter Bunny Patch!
Thanks for hopping on
over. I hope you will find many
Easter Eggs filled with ideas for a bunny or an Easter
Unit. So grab a basket
and start looking below for activity sheets, lessons,
poems, ideas, and much more to make
spring learning fun in your classroom!
Updated - March 2005
Some of my Favorite Bunny &
Easter Activities:
 Bunnyprint poem
Put the following poem
on the bottom of a piece of white paper: Have student dip
their hands
in fingerpaint and press a handprint on the paper.
Five little Easter
bunnies sitting in a row;
They are made of my very own fingerprints, you know.
Five little Easter bunnies are hopping to say,
Love and kisses from your Teaching is a Work of Heart
this happy Easter day.
 Write All About It
Zachary woke up Easter
morning to find he had turned into a _____________.
Dear Easter Bunny, Below you will find directions to my
house...
On Easter morning, Kaitlyn looked into her basket and
discovered.....
The Enormous Egg
The Easter Egg Disaster
The Bunny Who Hated Eggs
The Easter Egg Thief
The Magic Egg
How the Easter Bunny Gets Easter Eggs
Why Easter Eggs Are Colored
If I Were the Easter Bunny
Children write about how they celebrate Easter.
 Easter
,Gail Gibbons & The
Easter Story,Brian
Wildsmith
Questions to Ask After and During Reading
*Did the people change their minds about Jesus from Palm
Sunday to Good Friday? In what ways?
*What do you think you would have done if you were with
Jesus during this final week?
*What do you notice about the use of color in this book?
*Why is a cross so important to many people today?
*Why do you think we use such things as flowers and eggs
on Easter Sunday?
Write the following on
chart paper
Palm Sunday
Holy Thursday
Good Friday
Easter Sunday
Give your student paper and have them fold it twice to
make 4 boxes.
In each box, have your students make an illustration for
each day and write a sentence or two to explain the
illustration.
 Eggshell Mosaic
A great way to use up the
remains of the Easter eggs. Children will love breaking
up the eggshells. Colored eggshells
construction paper crayon, pen or marker
glue On a piece of paper have child draw a simple
design (e.g. flower, egg, balloon, bunny). Spread glue in
design area. Sprinkle bits of broken eggshells onto glue.
Allow to dry then hang to enjoy.
 A Favorite Math Center
Take several small plastic eggs and place math questions
in the eggs. Place the eggs in a basket. To complete the
center the student takes an egg from the basket. Write
the question on paper, illustrates the question, and
solves the problem.
Example Questions May
Be:
Cottontail hopped 8
miles. It is 17 miles to Farmer Joe's farm. How much
farther does Cottontail need to hop to get to the farm?
Jenn found 7 eggs in
the grass. There are 20 eggs hidden. If Sue found seven,
how many are still hidden?...
Graphing Carrots
Graph how you like to eat your carrots. Do you like them
Crunchy, Cooked, or Not At All?
Below you will see some ideas that are found on our CDROM
# 3.
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here to learn more about this product!
Here is a bunny
book project. In this book there are seven pages
for the student to color. The student must also
write in a color word to match
the picture. The first few pages of the book go
as follows:
Page 1: My
Bunny Book
By:_________________
Chocolate, Chocolate Bunny, what do you see?
(Includes a picture of a bunny for student to
color)
Page 2: I see a
______ egg looking at me.
Red egg, red egg, what do you see?
(includes an Easter Egg for student to color)
Page 3: I see
an ________ carrot looking at me.
Orange carrot, orange carrot, what do you see?
(includes a carrot for the student to color)...
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The CD contains
many activity sheets for math with an Easter
Theme. Here is one that is free for you to print
and use! Click the link below to learn more!
Bunny Order -
student uses bunny manipulatives for this
activity (1-3)
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A Center
Activity Called:
Eggs in the Baskets
Teacher: Here
is a fun math center for you to make. Glue
the baskets to a large piece of poster
board.
Then laminate and cut out the eggs. Place
Velcro on the eggs and the inside of the
basket.
Have the students place the eggs in the correct
basket.
Student: Solve
the problems on the eggs. Each solution
matches a number on a basket.
Place the correct egg in the basket.
Complete the center sheet when all the eggs are
in the basket.
NOTE: On the CD
you will find all the materials you need to
create this center. A center sheet is also
included. Since centers are
independent activities in my classroom, I always
have a center sheet to match the activities I
give. When the student turns in the
center sheet, I can quickly see that they
completed the center and how they are doing with
the concept. Then I can help if needed or assume
that the student is ready to move on.
Picture Coming
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Easy to Read
Pocket Chart - Includes strips to print and use.
See Picture
Below!
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Following
Directions Activities:
These include a
Easter Picture and directions. If you teach Pre-K
to first you might want to read the directions to
your class and have them work on the picture step
by step. This is a great listening activity.
Grades 2-3 should have the students read the
steps and complete the pictures!
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STUDENT:
Color the picture and then fill in the blanks to
create a story about your picture.
A story
might read:
This
is _______________________________. She is
a ________________ bunny. She loves to
________________________. Her garden is
filled with vegetables. A favorite
vegetable found in her garden is
_____________________. Carrots are good for
her ______________ and help keep her
healthy. I think that carrots are
______________________. My favorite
vegetable is __________________. If I were
a rabbit I would eat ________________________
(There
are a total of 4 writing activities like this
found on the CD)
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As a special treat for you students, share one of
these videos with them!
My favorite bunny
poems, songs, and fingerplays
Little
Bunny Foo-Foo
Little Bunny Foo-Foo, (hold up two fingers)
Hopping through the forest, (bounce you hand up
and down)
Picking up the field mice, (make a grabbing
motion)
And bopping them on the head, (hold your fist,
and hit your fist with your palm)
[spoken]Down came the fairy godmother, (symbol
rain coming down)
[spoken]And SHE SAID:
Little Bunny Foo-Foo, (hold up one finger
"no-no" motion)
I don't want to see you, (same as above)
Picking up the field mice, (make a grabbing
motion)
And bopping them on the head, (hold your fist,
and hit your fist with your palm)
[spoken]I'll give you three more chances, and
then I will turn you into a goon!!!
(sing again
last line 2 more chances, then 1 more chance,
then sing the following:)
Little Bunny
Foo-Foo, (hold up two fingers)
Hopping through the forest, (bounce you hand up
and down)
Picking up the field mice, (make a grabbing
motion)
And bopping them on the head, (hold your fist,
and hit your fist with your palm)
[spoken]Down came the fairy godmother, (symbol
rain coming down)
[spoken]And SHE SAID:
Little Bunny Foo-Foo, (hold up one finger
"no-no" motion)
I didn't want to see you, (same as above)
Picking up the field mice, (make a grabbing
motion)
And bopping them on the head, (hold your fist,
and hit your fist with your palm)
[spoken] I gave you three chances, now I will
turn you into a goon!!!
[spoken] And poof, she turned him into a goon
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The
Bunny Fingerplay
Here is a bunny (make a
bunny with hand)
With ears so funny (wiggle ears)
And this is his/her hole in the ground (make a
hole with other hand)
When a noise she hears (listen intently)
She pricks up her ears (straighten ears)
And jumps in her hole in the ground (make bunny
jump into hole)
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Bunny,
Bunny
Bunny, white bunny (Place
pointer fingers beside head)
With ears so tall.
And your two pink eyes
And a mouth so small. (Make O with mouth)
Wiggle goes one ear. (Wiggle one finger)
Wiggle goes the other. (Wiggle other finger)
Hop, hop, hop, hop Home to your mother! (Hop away
in four hops)
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The
Bunny Wiggle
Bunny rabbits wiggle,
So much they make me giggle. *giggle*
They wiggle their ears,
They wiggle their nose,
The tail on their rear,
Wiggles too, I suppose.
And just when I say, "Stop wiggling,
stop!"
They wiggle all over, and take a big hop!
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Oh,
No!
The little bunny is sick,
He thinks he has the flu.
He can't get out of bed,
And there's still so much to do!
He's going to need some helpers,
But he's not sure just who,
Could you help the little bunny?
Would you know what to do... Like...
Doing all your schoolwork,
Wriggling you ears and nose,
Eating all your carrots,
And hopping on your toes?
GUESS WHAT!
The little bunny is better,
He didn't have the flu.
He just ate too many jelly beans,
And chocolate bunnies, too!
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Happy Easter Songs
A fun CD to play at your Spring Party!
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Easter Yummy
Tummy Treats For Kiddos!
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Isn't he cute? He is
made from a hard boiled egg!!!
I got this recipe from the Pillsbury Classic
Cookbook sent monthly.
Visit www.pillsbury.com Click here to see
the full recipe from the April 2005 issue.
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The Bunny Cake:
An Easter Tradition in My House.One
cake is the head. The other cake makes the bow
and two ears. Decorate with Vanilla Icing and
then top with white and pink coconut. Green
coconut is used for the background!
Click
here for some more cute
ideas!!
Click
Here to see my favorite
recipe on this page!
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My Favorite
Easter and Bunny Books!
My favorite Easter
poems, songs, and fingerplays
Easter
Bunny Chant
Funny little bunny
Sat on a stump
Flicked his floppy little ears
And then he gave a jump!
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Easter
Fingerplay
Five little Easter eggs,
lovely colors wore
Mother ate the blue one, then there were four
Four little Easter eggs, two and two you see
Daddy ate the red one, then there were three
Three little Easter eggs, before I knew
Sister ate the yellow one, then there were two
Two little Easter egg, Oh what fun
Brother ate the purple one, then there was one
One little Easter egg, see me run
I ate the last one, and then there were none
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Some
Things That Easter Brings
Easter duck and Easter chick,
Easter eggs with chocolate thick,
Easter hats for one and all,
Easter bunny makes a call!
Happy Easter always brings
Such a lot of pleasant things!
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Easter
Eggs
tune: Jingle Bells
could be used for flannel board too
Easter eggs,
Easter eggs
Eggs of orange and blue.
Here' are lots of colored eggs
All for me and you.
Chocolate eggs
colored brown,
Jelly beans bright green
Aren't these the most beautiful eggs
That you have ever seen?
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Five
Little Easter Eggs
Five little
Easter eggs lovely colors wore,
(Hold up five
fingers)
Mother ate the
blue one, then there were four.
(Bend down one
finger)
Four little
Easter eggs, two and two you see,
Daddy ate the
red one, then there were three
(Bend down one
finger)
Three little
Easter eggs, before I knew,
Sister ate the
yellow one, then there were two.
(Bend down one
finger)
Two little
Easter eggs, oh, what fun!
Brother ate the
purple one, then there was one.
(Bend down one
finger)
One little
Easter egg, see me run!
I ate the last
one, and then there were none.
(Bend down last
finger)
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Easter Bunny
(Tune: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star)
Easter Bunny, soft and white
Hopping quickly out of sight,
Thank you for the eggs you bring,
At Eastertime we welcome spring,
Easter Bunny, soft and white,
Hopping quickly out of sight.
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Some Ideas From the Teaching
Heart Mailring Group!
We ask each child to bring
1 dozen plastic eggs filled with stickers, candy,
little trinkets...we mark each egg with a number
1-12, then we ask the parents to hide them in the
Kindergarten playground.
The rules are they need to find 12 eggs with the
sequencing numbers,(don't have to be the ones
they brought) ... if they find for instance 2
numbers 4, they pick one and leave the other for
another kid to find.
The first ones to get their complete set, get a
prize. The other ones get to keep their 12 filled
eggs.
We always have extra ones in case some kids
forget to bring theirs.
The children love it, it reinforces their number
recognition, and best of all, the teacher is free
to sit and rest and enjoy the show!
More to come!
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Sites With Great Ideas!
Links To Fun
Crafts
Links To Free
Printables
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