Lost In Pizzaland: Easter Week: Friday!

Easter Week!

Friday

Crafts:

Nesting Hen: Yellow, brown, orange construction paper, 6"paper plate, 2 small black pom-poms, 2 or 3 yellow cotton balls or yellow pom poms, brown tempera paint, scissors, glue, fine-tipped black marker

Paint the plate brown and let it dry.
Cut a big yellow circle. Fold lightly in half and unfold. On one half of the circle cut the circle in half. Then take the cut parts and fold them over each other to make a cone and glue them together.
Make a tail and two wings from construction paper, fringe the ends and glue it to the cone.
Glue on the pom-pom eyes and an orange construction paper beak.
Cut up pieces of brown paper to make the nest and glue the strips on the plate.
Glue the cotton balls (baby chicks) or pom poms in the center of the nest. Add an orange beak to each chick; then use a fine-tipped black marker to dot on little eyes.
Set the hen on the nest so that it covers the chicks.

Bunny Mask: White, pink construction paper, black marker

Cut out a heart large enough to cover your face, using white construction paper.
Cut out two eyes out the of the mask, so you child can see out it.
Make a small round circle out of pink paper, for the nose, and glue it on.
Draw on whiskers with a black marker.
Draw on a mouth.
Cut out ears out of white construction paper. Draw little pink centers of the ears and glue them on.
Glue or staple ears onto face.
Fasten a paper band across the back so the mask will fit your child's head.

Stained Glass Cross: Recycled plastic CD case, DecoArt glass stains(black leading, blue, green, pink, purple), ribbon 23" length, pony beads(assorted colors), Tacky glue, white copy paper, tape, scissors, ruler

Wash and dry CD case. Make your own cross or find a picture you like and place a piece of white paper over the picture and draw the pattern onto the paper.
Tape pattern on back of one side of CD case.
Use black leading to trace outline and lines on pattern on CD case. Let dry.
Use blue, green, pink, and purple paint to fill in areas on pattern. Let dry. Remove pattern from CD case.
Measure and cut three 5" ribbon lengths. Tie knot on end of 5" ribbon lengths. Thread pony beads onto each ribbon length. Glue ribbon lengths along bottom edge of CD case.
For hanger, measure and cut 8"ribbon length. Glue ribbon ends on either side of CD case. Let dry.
Hang stained glass in window.

Paper Bag Bunny Basket:

At the open end of a flattened white paper lunch bag, draw some bunny ears along the outside edges.
Fluff open the bag.
Cut away the spaces between the ears on the sides as well as on the front and back. Staple the ears together at the top to from a pair of handles.
Flatten the bag again. On the front side draw a large bunny face.
Then unfold the bag and the basket is ready to use!

Activities:

Playacting

Have your child pretend they are the Easter bunny.
Act out decorating and delivering the eggs to other children.

An Easter Story: Crayons, white paper, pen

Have your child draw an Easter scene.
Then have them tell you a story using their drawing.
You can write down their story if you want.

Snacks:

Jelly beans
Bunny Marshmallows

Education:

Letters/Words

Word of the Day: Practice this week's words with your child

How many words can they remember?
Do they remember their other words?

Numbers

Addition Cards: Index cards, sticker dots, black marker

On an index card place one dot and write the number 1 on the card. Make two of them.
Do this for numbers 2-9. Make two of them.
For the number 0, don't put any dot and just write the number 0. Make two of them.
Make a + sign and a = sign.
On an index card place 10 dots and write the number 10 on the card. Only make one.
Do this for number 11-20 too. Make only one.
Now have your child draw two cards from the 1-9 card pile. Then add a + sign between the two numbers and an = sign after the second card. Then have them add the two cards together. Have them count the dots to help them.
How are they are doing?

Music/Rhyme:

Bunny Hop

Tune("If You're Happy and You Know It Clap Your Hands!"

If you feel like a bunny go hop-hop (hop twice)

If you feel like a bunny go hop-hop (repeat action)

If you feel like a bunny, and you think it's rather funny,

If you feel like a bunny go hop-hop(repeat action)

If your ears are kind of droopy go flap-flap(child places hands by his ears and flaps them up and down)

If your ears are kind of droopy go flap-flap(repeat action)

If your ears are kind of droopy and you're feeling rather loopy,

If your ears are kind of droopy go flap-flap(repeat action)

If your nose is feeling stuffy shake your head(shake head from side to side)

If your nose is feeling stuffy shake your head(repeat action)

If your nose is feeling stuffy and your fur is rather fluffy,

If your nose if feeling stuffy shake your head(repeat action)

If you like to chase your tail, turn around(turn around in a circle)

If you like to chase your tail, turn around(repeat action)

If you tail likes to wiggle and it makes your Mommy giggle,

If you like to chase your tail, turn around(repeat action)

If your feet are getting sleepy, touch your toes(bend over and touch toes)

If your feet are getting sleepy, touch your toes(repeat action)

If your toes like to wiggle and it makes your Mommy giggle,

If your feet are getting sleepy, touch your toes(repeat action)

If you feel like a bunny go hop-hop(child hops twice)

If you feel like a bunny, and your Mommy calls your honey,

If your feel like a bunny go hop-hop(repeat action)

Books:

Honey Bunny by Mary Englebreit
Easter Egg Surprise by Kate Gleeson
Peter Cottontail and The Easter Egg Hunt by J. R. Brent Ritchie and Rebecca McKillip

Some ideas came from the following books: