I had fun putting together a practical life and sensorial activity for Easter. It also includes a rainbow theme. I’m calling it an Easter egg rainbow.
This activity could work especially well even before St. Patrick’s Day when Easter is in March or early April.
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Easter Egg Rainbow Activity
This activity was very easy to prepare once I had the materials. I used an inexpensive glass chicken and decorative eggs from Michaels craft store (could use miniature colored eggs from Amazon), 6 colors of plastic egg halves to hold the sorted eggs, a strawberry huller from Montessori Services, a medium-size tray from Montessori Services, and free printable color box 3 from Montessori Album. I used a small hemmed work rug from Montessori Services for the layout.
Note: Instead of using miniature eggs, you could have a variety of miniature objects in the colors you select.
I used 5 of each color (from 1 package) of decorative eggs, so this could be used as a counting activity, too. Using the strawberry huller to transfer the eggs from the chicken to each of the plastic egg halves is a great practical life activity for concentration and fine-motor coordination.
The color sorting or grading activity can easily be adapted according to the age and skill level of the child or children using the activity. In the photo, I cut the color box 3 printable into strips and laid them on the rug from darkest to lightest as an introduction to color grading for young preschoolers. Older preschoolers, kindergarteners, and even first graders could enjoy grading the cut-apart color tablets from darkest to lightest below the plastic egg halves.
Easter Egg Rainbow Tray
I placed the egg halves and color-grading strips from left to right according to rainbow colors to create the rainbow effect.
Easter Egg Rainbow Layout
If you’re looking for St. Patrick’s Day activities, you can find lots of Montessori-inspired activities here: Homeschool St. Patrick’s Day, Montessori-Inspired St. Patrick’s Day Activities, Free St. Patrick’s Day Printables and Montessori-Inspired St. Patrick’s Day Math Activities, 40+ St. Patrick’s Day Sensory Tubs, St. Patrick’s Day Playdough Activities, Montessori Color Mixing Activities – Rainbows of Color, Free St. Patrick’s Day Printables and Montessori-Inspired St. Patrick’s Day Phonics Activities, Free St. Patrick’s Day Songs and Rhymes for Circle Time, St. Patrick’s Day Cutting Tray with Strings of Beads, Free St. Patrick’s Day Printables and Montessori-Inspired St. Patrick’s Day Activities, Free St. Patrick’s Day Hat Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Phonics Instant Download), Free St. Patrick’s Day Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download), Kids’ St. Patrick’s Day Activities Pinterest Board
You’ll find more rainbow activities here: Montessori-Inspired Rainbow Activities, Montessori Color Mixing Activities – Rainbows of Color, Water-Bead Sensory Bottles for Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers, Easter Egg Rainbow Practical Life and Sensorial Activity, Montessori-Inspired Rainbow Activities with Spielgaben {Free Printables}, Free Rainbow Printables and Montessori-Inspired Rainbow Activities, Montessori-Inspired Mess-Free Finger Painting and Color Mixing, Free Eat-a-Rainbow Printables and Montessori-Inspired Activities, Free Fruit Rainbow Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download, Free Eat-a-Rainbow Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download), Rainbow Unit Study Pinterest Board
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All my Easter posts (updated 2024):
- Montessori-Inspired Easter Egg Sound Set for Preschoolers
- Montessori-Inspired Easter Activities
- Free Spring Printables and Montessori-Inspired Spring Math Activities
- Homeschool Lent and Easter
- Free Easter Egg Printables and Montessori-Inspired Easter Egg Activities
- Easter Egg Rainbow Practical Life and Sensorial Activity
- Easter Tree Sorting, Math, and Decorating Activity
- Montessori-Inspired Easter Egg Sound Shakers for Babies and Toddlers
- Montessori-Inspired Snacktime Subtraction Activity
- 20+ Easter Phonics Activities
- Free Easter Songs and Rhymes for Circle Time
- Montessori-Inspired Easter Activities with Spielgaben {Free Printables}
- Recycle Plastic Eggs with an Open and Close Basket
- Free Art Appreciation Resources for a Mystery of Easter Tray
- Sweet Easter Egg Kindness Project with the Kindness Elves
- Montessori-Inspired Fun with Easter Eggs and Oviparous Animals
- How to Use Resurrection Eggs the Montessori Way
- Free Oviparous Animal Printables and Montessori-Inspired Oviparous Animal Activities
- Free Egg Do-a-Dot Phonics Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
- Free Rabbit Printables and Montessori-Inspired Rabbit Activities
- Free Rabbit and Kitten Do-a-Dot Printables (Montessori-Inspired Phonics Instant Download)
- Free Rabbit Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download),
- Baby Animal Themed, Editable Name and Word Tracing Pack
- Kids’ Easter Activities Pinterest Board
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What a gorgeous activity and a great extension to The Colour Box3! Thank you for sharing it!
This is beautiful! I’m so glad you shared this in the Thoughtful Spot!
Looking forward to more great ideas from you, Deb!
Dianna
Thanks for the great party and activity!
Thank you for stopping by the Thoughtful Spot Weekly Blog Hop this week. We hope to see you drop by our neck of the woods next week!
You’ve always got great stuff here, Deb. And I’m thrilled that you share it at the After School Linky!