Elementary Matters: no prep activities

Easter Resources: books, ideas, and resources to celebrate Easter in your primary classroom.

I can't believe Easter is almost here! It's barely April, and we still have tons of snow here in New Hampshire!

But it's ok to keep an Easter theme AFTER Easter, too. After all, they'll still be eating chocolate bunnies and jellybeans, right?

Here are a couple of books I've been reading lately:

How about a little Easter Music?

Do people still know the songs Easter Parade and Peter Cottontail? I sure do!

How about some Easter Printables? This set will keep my kiddos busy for most of next week! It's got math, reading comprehension, word work, and writing activities, all designed for second grade!

My kiddos aren't ready to let go of the Math Fact Easter Egg Game any time soon. It's a fun way to practice those all important basic addition and subtraction facts!

There are several ways to use these Easter Egg Fillers, but the most fun way I've found is to put them inside those plastic eggs. Once there's no more candy in those plastic eggs, bring them to school and let the children match past and present verbs or singular and plural nouns!

Or perhaps try this freebie with 2 digit addition practice:

Easter Egg Fillers Freebie!

Here's another freebie: click the image for this variety of writing paper for Easter stories!

Still looking for more Easter ideas? Check out my April Pinterest Page!

Here are a couple of Easter post that you might also find interesting:

What does a bunny have to do with Easter?

An Easter Warning and an Easter Tradition

A Bittersweet Easter

Halloween is one of my very favorite holidays! Why? Well, first of all, it's a chance to be something you're not. What kid (of all ages) doesn't like to play pretend?

Halloween Favorites and Freebies! This post has several book recommendations, resources, and even a couple of Halloween related freebies.

I also love Halloween because of all the great children's literature out there! Here are some favorites!

Who doesn't love Room on the Broom?

Dogzilla is a favorite in my classroom, along with its sister story, Kat Kong!

I'll be exploring the world of bats this week with my class, and Gail Gibbons is my favorite author for information books for second graders. She manages to put information in a way that little ones can understand it.

I have 2 copies do In a Dark, Dark Room, and both copies are barely holding together! That's a good sign it's a popular book!

I also have a few Halloween related joke books, and they are wildly popular! (And a good time to introduce homophones, since most jokes depend upon a double meaning!)

I usually read a kid's version of the classic: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow on Halloween day. If I have a class that can handle it, I'll turn off the lights, but I don't want to scare the dickens out of those sensitive ones!

Last, but certainly not least is my very favorite Halloween story, the Hallo-wiener! Who doesn't love a book where the underdog becomes the hero? (Pun intended!)