So, Easter is all over

Only the not so popular chocolates remain

A long summer term lies ahead

Before the holidays again begin

Before you pack away your plastic eggs

You may want to keep an eye on the blog

For ideas and inspiration

For play and learning

Using plastic eggs

The Plastic Egg Project

Started with a phonics activity using CVC words

We have also tried Toppling Towers

Now I want to show you a very simple game

Called Letter Match

I wrote on each egg with permanent marker

A capital letter on one half

A little letter on the other half

The game is to match each capital letter

With the corresponding little or lower case letter

This is a great ‘eggtivity’ for learning letter names

Learning letter sounds

Becoming familiar with the shapes of letters

You can extend the activity to ask children to practise

The formation of the letters they find

This is a good game for thinking about the vocabulary we use

When we talk about letters, handwriting and reading

This game can be linked to Jolly Phonics actions

To make the game more physical

You could have the eggs laid out around the room

So children can search and find and match

You could use different coloured eggs for vowels and consonants

There are many many ways to extend and adapt this game

I am looking forward to revisiting this one lots

During our Summer of Play

It is great for Esther and William

As the physical act of putting the eggs together

Develops their fine motor skills

I wondered how much Esther and William would enjoy this task

I am pleased to report that they loved it

We talked and laughed

Sang Jolly Phonics songs

And I was very proud of my little preschoolers

Very proud indeed

With thanks to Hobby Craft for supplying the plastic eggs free of charge