Spring is here, which means Easter is not too far behind. Here’s a super cute Feed the Bunny activity for preschool that you can use during your spring or Easter theme in your classroom.
Looking for more preschool spring activities? Check out this post!
FEED THE BUNNY ACTIVITY
Knowing the names and sounds of the letters is one of the first steps students need to master in order to read independently. This is called phonemic awareness. The more chances our little ones have to work with letter sounds, the better!
Feed the Bunny is the perfect way for students to practice letters & sounds during the springtime!
First, you’re going to want to prepare the bunny box. The directions for making the bunny box are included in the free download (which is at the bottom of this post).
If you don’t have a square box to make the bunny, no worries! You could use a brown lunch bag, bowl, or nothing at all…just print out the bunny face and pretend to feed it. It’s still a fun activity!
Next, cut out the carrots and have your students feed them to the bunny. Each carrot has a letter and a picture. You can use this activity in a few different ways, depending on your students’ skill level:
- ask your students to feed the bunny a certain letter
- ask your students to feed the bunny a certain letter sound
- cut the carrots in half and have your students match the letter to the correct picture before feeding the pieces to the bunny
- have your students mark off the letter they feed the bunny on their check-off sheet
SENSORY BIN IDEAS
You can increase the engagement of this activity by adding the carrots to a sensory bin! One idea is to use a sensory filler that looks like soil, such as black beans, dirt, kinetic sand, or coffee grounds.
If you don’t have any of those on hand, no worries! Some other great sensory bin fillers include colorful rice, Easter basket grass, shredded paper, pom poms, or colorful pasta.
This activity (along with all of our freebies!) can be downloaded from the Free Activity Library. If you’re already a member of our email community, you can click HERE to head to the Free Activity Library, enter your password (it’s on your most current email from me), and download your copy!
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EASTER BOOKS FOR PRESCHOOL & PRE-K
You might want to extend this activity by reading a few Easter books to go along with it! We chose Chester’s Colorful Easter Eggs, but there are so many great Easter books to choose from!
Click here to see our favorite Easter books for little ones!
What are some of your favorite ways to practice letters & sounds during springtime? I’d love to hear them! Comment below or find me on Instagram (@littleslovelearningblog).
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EASTER FREEBIES
Want more great Easter freebies? Check out these ideas from some of my amazing teacher friends! Click on the links below to download each freebie:
from left to right
Bunny Craft: Mrs. Black’s Bees
Funny Bunny Word Sort: Literacy with the Littles
Easter Letter Recognition: Sweet for Kindergarten
Feed the Bunny: Littles Love Learning
Easter Bunny Search and Find Scene: Rainbows and Reading
Easter Pattern Recognition: Sandbox Academy
Color Sort: Creating Harmony in Life
Alphabet Eggs: It’s KinderTime
Easter Spin and Cover: Busy Hands and Minds
Happy Learning!
