Easter Basket Letter Match Activity for Preschoolers

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If you are looking for an alphabet activity for your preschoolers to do on Easter week, this fun and pretty hands-on Easter Basket Letter Match activity will allow your preschoolers to work on letter recognition and matching uppercase and lowercase letters. This will help them develop the pre-reading skills necessary to learn how to read when they go to Kindergarten.

This is a great activity to strengthen the children’s concentration, letter knowledge, one-to-one correspondence, and creating sets skills.

Importance of Recognizing Letters

If a child doesn’t identify and name the letters and their sounds, it will not be possible to create the necessary base for him/her to start reading.

When a child can recognize and name the letters of the alphabet, that child can distinguish between uppercase and lowercase letters. After that, that child will start to be able to say the letter sounds, then put sounds together to make syllables, later words, and finally put words together to form phrases.

Getting The Activity Ready

This free printable can be used in many ways, such as small group activities, writing center options, take-home games, and Quiet area options.

It comes with five pages with baskets, one for each uppercase letter of the alphabet, and three pages with eggs, one for each lowercase letter. To prepare it, you will only need the following materials:

Free Easter Basket Letter Match printable (found at the end of this post).
printer
White cardstock
Laminator and Laminating pouches
Scissors
Small basket or Zip-lock bag

To prepare for the Easter Basket Letter Match activity, fill out the form below to download and print out the free printables. Print each page using white cardstock, then cut out and laminate the baskets and eggs to make them last longer. Place them in a small basket or a Ziploc bag to protect them.

This activity can be played individually or with a partner. To begin, your preschoolers gather the baskets and eggs and identify the letter on them as they match the uppercase letter in each basket with the lowercase letter in each egg.

If your kids are starting to learn the names of the letters, allow them to begin with just a few baskets and letters. Then you can have two or three more every time they play. When your kiddos know all the letter names, have them say each letter’s sound as they match baskets and eggs.

Other Ideas

You can use this activity as a folder game. You just have to cut out the basket and paste it into a manila folder. Then, cut out the eggs and place them in an envelope or a Zip-lock bag to keep them safe.

You can have the children match the letter with magnetic letters, which is another option for them to use.

Prepare centers using this one and my other Easter activities. You can find them below.

Enhancing Their Learning With Books

Don’t forget to add quality storybooks to the library and other centers’ baskets and read them to your preschoolers during circle time and story time. Here are some of my favorite Easter books. You can find them at your local library, a used bookstore, or on Amazon. For your convenience, I added my affiliate links to each title. Click on your favorites, bringing you to the Amazon website in seconds.

The Berenstain Bears and the Easter Story by Mike Berenstain. This book helps young readers understand the real meaning behind Easter.

A Very Happy Easter by Tim Thornborough. This book is a great way to make story time interactive and explain Easter to young children in a way that connects emotionally and builds empathy.

5-Minute Easter Stories by Disney Books. This book brings stories about spring-time fun or Easter Egg hunts. Every story is a delight, perfect before bedtime, storytime, or anytime!

The Story of the Easter Bunny by Katherine Tegen. With gorgeous and peaceful art, this fresh, innovative story describes how one little rabbit became a legend.

Turkey’s Eggcellent Easter by Wendi Silvano is a cute book about a turkey trying to win the extra-special Easter egg hunt! It is a fun book that will encourage your children’s imagination.

Good News! It’s Easter! By Glenys Nellist. The Easter season is an exciting time of growth and reflection as nature, and our human hearts anticipate the hope of new beginnings. This author introduces children to the gift of salvation through playful natural illustrations.

It’s Not Easy Being a Bunny by Marilyn Sadler encourages children to read independently, using simple words and illustrations. It’s perfect for practicing readers ages 3-7 and lucky parents, too!

Pete the Cat: Five Little Bunnies by James Dean. Sing along with Pete the Cat in his fun adaptation of “Five Little Monkeys.” Fans of Pete the Cat will love rocking out to this classic tune with a groovy Easter twist in this hardcover picture book.

Pin It For Later

If you are in a rush and don’t have time to read the post and download the printable but want to save it for later, pin this to your literacy or Easter board on Pinterest for later.

I hope you find this Easter Basket Letter Match will help entertain your kiddos and make your job a little easier during this Easter month. Don’t forget to get your printable! Just click on the bottom below to download it and start using it.

Be happy, safe, and creative. I wish you well.

Love,

P.S. Please let me know if this activity works for you, and if you would like to see an article or a printable about how to make something specific, and I will try my best to create it for you.