Fun Easter Activities for Preschoolers!

It's going to be Easter again soon! Here are some Easter activities to keep our preschoolers busy while having fun! Download them here.

Meanwhile, C had loads of fun baking this morning! We made Snickerdoodles with a twist! Instead of coating them with cinnamon sugar, we used beautiful rainbow sprinkles and chocolate rice! Shaped like round eggs, they are perfect fun for this Easter!

Here's the recipe, super easy and fun for kids!

Rainbow Snickerdoodles

Ingredients:

5 oz of unsalted butter, softened at room temperature
6 tbsp of sugar
1 egg, room temperature
1/2 tsp vanilla essence

1 3/4 cup cake flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp cream of tartar

Rainbow Sprinkles
Chocolate Rice

Step 1. Cream the butter with the sugar.

Step 2. Add egg to the creamed butter and sugar.
Then add vanilla.

Step 3. Add the sifted flour, salt, baking soda and
cream of tartar to the egg and butter mixture.
Stir until flour is incorporated.

Step 4. Scoop out cookie mixture from Step 3 with a tablespoon.
Roll into a ball and coat with the rainbow sprinkles.

Step 5. Place coated cookie balls onto baking sheet.
Press down to flatten before baking at
175 deg C for 12-14 minutes.

Step 6. Remove from oven. Chill and enjoy!

Method:

Step 1. Cream butter and sugar together.

Step 2. Add egg and mix well. Mix in vanilla.

Step 3. Pour in sifted flour, salt, baking soda and cream of tartar. Stir until incorporated.

Step 4. Use a tablespoon and scoop out balls of cookie dough. Roll and coat with the rainbow or chocolate sprinkles.

Step 5. Flatten the coated balls on cookie sheet. Bake in preheated oven at 175 deg C for 12-14 minutes.

Step 6. Remove from oven, cool and enjoy!

Happy Easter everyone!

Update: Download New Easter themed Worksheets - Easter Fun!

Meanwhile, hop over to our other egg-citing activities:

- An Eggciting Morning!

- Feed the Bunny Math

Number Bonds, Odd / Even Numbers and Counting Activity!

Number Bonds

Now that C is confident in doing simple addition, we came up with a number bonds chart to show how different numbers can add up to give the same result. For example, there are 4 ways to derive 4:

1+3 = 4

2+2 = 4

3+1 = 4

4+0 = 4

C working on the number bonds activity
to derive 10.

The number bonds chart can be downloaded here. It shows the different ways to derive numbers from 2 to 10.  You can also find a DOUBLES chart and a number bonds activity within the download.

Counting Dots

C matching the number of dots to the correct number.

Counting dots is a great way to teach kids to count items correctly. It provides a good way for our kids to observe and focus on counting each dot/item just once. Playing games that utilize dice is a fantastic way to teach a child to count to 6. Meanwhile, here's a counting dot puzzle that helps preschoolers count to 12. You can print and cut out as puzzle pieces. Lamination is highly recommended for durability.

Odd / Even

C deciphering odd and even numbers.

Dots are also a great way to provide our preschoolers a visual about odd / even numbers. For a start, the explanation to C is that even numbers like 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 have dots that have an equal / balanced number of dots on two sides (if an imaginary line is drawn right down the middle), while odd numbers like 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 are unbalanced. 

Here's the Odd / Even Puzzle printable. Print, laminate and cut out as puzzle pieces!

So there, hope you and your preschoolers have fun while learning and do check back for more easy learning activities!