It’s spring time, and Easter is just around the corner. Time to set up these fun and engaging preschool Easter activities for your little learners! These Easter task cards are a fantastic way to help preschoolers build important math, literacy, and fine motor skills while enjoying the egg-citement of the season!
Plus, with the right materials and some organization tips, these activities can be low-prep, high-engagement, and reusable year after year.
Essential Skills Covered in these Preschool Easter Activities
This huge Preschool Easter activities packet is designed to support a wide range of foundational pre-k skills, including:
Number Formation: Students practice writing numbers with laminated cards and dry-erase markers.
Letter Formation: Alphabet cards encourage correct letter formation with visual guides.
Counting: Hands-on counting activities with Easter-themed pictures
Pre-writing Tracing Activities: Tracing Easter eggs and Easter pictures helps with pencil grip and pre-writing skills
Visual Discrimination: Building Easter egg color combinations is so much fun!
Matching Capital and Lowercase Letters: Low prep letter-matching puzzles can be used in small groups or in a pocket chart for large group literacy
Identifying Shapes: 2D Shape recognition is reinforced through clip cards.
Organizing Easter Task Cards with Iris Photo Storage Tubs
One of the best ways to keep your preschool Easter activities organized is by using Iris photo storage tubs. These containers are the perfect size for task cards and small manipulatives. Label each tub with the printable task labels I’ve included in the packet. Not only does this save you time when setting up activities, but it also helps students build independence as they choose and clean up their tasks.
Laminate and Use Dry Erase Markers for Practice
Laminating your preschool Easter task cards is a game-changer! Once laminated, these cards are ready for endless rounds of number recognition, letter formation, and beginning sound practice. Pair the cards with dry-erase markers, and your students can practice again and again without wasting paper. Plus, dry-erase markers make it easy for kids to correct mistakes and build confidence in their writing skills.
Teacher Tip: I place a star sticker on all my dry erase markers. I tell my kids when an activity requires “star markers” so they know to ONLY use the dry erase marker on those. Grab your FREE Star Marker Labels HERE.
Incorporating Fine Motor Fun in Your Preschool Easter Activities
Fine motor practice is so important for preschoolers, and these Easter-themed task cards offer lots of opportunities to build those skills.
Playdough Egg Making- Students can roll, pinch, and shape the dough to form each colorful Easter egg on the task card.
Tracing Activities: Laminate the Easter eggs and Easter pictures, and have students trace them using their dry erase marker.
Pom Pom Transferring: Have students pick up “baby chicks” (i.e. colorful pom poms) with tweezers and transfer them onto the correct card to match the color.
Engaging Group Activities for Maximum Fun
In addition to individual task boxes, many of these preschool Easter activities work perfectly in large group settings.
Pocket Chart Games: Use the capital and lowercase letter-matching cards. Place the capital letters on a pocket chart, and give each child a lowercase letter card. Take turns having each child name their letter and place it on the chart. The pocket chart is also perfect to use with the beginning sound matching task cards.
Easter Egg Hunts with a Twist: Hide task cards in large plastic eggs and have students solve a problem or complete a task upon finding each egg.
Partner Games: Pair students to work collaboratively on matching or sorting activities, building social skills along with academic ones.
Make Learning fun with Preschool Easter Activities
Easter is a season filled with joy, wonder, and curiosity. By incorporating festive colors and themes into your learning activities, you create an environment where children are excited to participate. Use pastel colors, bunny and egg themes, and seasonal manipulatives to add a playful touch. When learning feels like play, engagement soars.
Why Seasonal Task Boxes Like These Work
Preschoolers thrive on routine and repetition, but they also love novelty. Seasonal task boxes strike the perfect balance by providing familiar learning formats with fun, timely themes. This keeps students motivated and engaged while allowing for the reinforcement of critical skills.
Tips for Success with Your Preschool Easter Task Boxes
Rotate Your Preschool Easter Activities: Keep things fresh by rotating task boxes every few days.
Model Expectations: Show students how to use each task box before letting them work independently.
Offer Choices: Letting children choose their task box increases motivation and engagement.
Clean and Store with Care: Laminate materials for longevity and clean dry-erase surfaces regularly.
Don’t let the season pass by without making the most of it. With organized storage, reusable materials, and plenty of hands-on fun, your preschool Easter activity task boxes will be a hit year after year!
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