Easter Egg Word Family Activities for Kindergarten
If you are working on sight words, vocabulary, or word families with your children, these word family eggs are perfect during Easter time. Add this to your list of word family activities kindergarten children can work on and enjoy. It’s a great low-cost DIY lesson that is easy to put together and perfect for 4-8 year olds who are learning new words or working on phonics skills.
Kindergarten Easter Activities
Easter Egg Word Family Activities for Kindergarten
If you are new to word families and interested in learning more or getting a list of easy ones to start with, check out this No-Cost DIY Word Family Activities Book. I’ve shared a lot of information and fun ideas for word families.
How to Make the Word Family Eggs
Pull the Easter eggs apart so you have 2 halves. On one half, write a 2-letter word ending of your choice.
On the other half, write 4 or 5 different letters around the edge of the egg, making sure to use letters that will make a word when joined with the 2-letter word ending on the other egg.
Easter Activities with Eggs
Snap the egg back together and twist the egg around until you line up each letter with the word ending and have kids say each word they make.
A fun educational word family game for kids.
Easter Egg Word Families
What’s Needed
Directions
1. Pull the Easter eggs apart so you have 2 halves.
2. On one half, write a 2-letter word ending of your choice.
3. On the other half, write 4 or 5 different letters around the edge of the egg, making sure to use letters that will make a word when joined with the 2-letter word ending on the other egg.
4. Snap the egg back together and twist the egg around until you line up each letter with the word ending and have kids say each word they make.
5. Fun educational game for young kids.
Kindergarten Easter Egg Literacy Activities
Fun Easter Word Family Activities
Easter is a wonderful time to engage kindergarteners with themed literacy activities!
Here are some other delightful word family activities that combine holiday fun with essential reading skills:
Easter Egg Word Family Hunt
Hide plastic eggs containing word family cards (-at, -en, -op, etc.) around the classroom. When children find an egg, they read the word family and brainstorm words that belong to it (cat, hat, mat for -at family).
Bunny Hop Word Families
Create lily pad stepping stones with different word families. Students “bunny hop” from pad to pad, saying words from each family as they go. This adds movement to learning!
Word Family Baskets
Set up Easter baskets labeled with different word families. Provide picture cards or word cards that children sort into the correct baskets. For example, pictures of a hen, pen, and ten go in the -en basket.
Spring Flower Word Building
Create flower petals with word families in the center. Children add onset letters as petals (b, c, h around -at) to create blooming word flowers.
Chick Match-Up
Draw baby chicks with beginning sounds and eggs with word family endings. Students match chicks to eggs to create complete words.
These activities make phonics practice engaging while celebrating the season. They’re perfect for homeschooling activities, centers, small groups, or whole-class instruction!
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