Easter Word Wall Cards for Preschoolers
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The use of word wall cards is one of the literacy tools that are very useful and also a required component in many preschool programs. It can help your children learn the alphabet, letter sounds, and words related to the theme you are using that week or month.
When you use them as a tool to support what you are trying to teach, your word wall can be a lot of fun and an effective way to complement your preschooler’s learning process.
For me, every theme that is used in a preschool classroom will not be complete without your word wall. This tool has helped me tremendously over the 40+ years that I’ve been in Education. I even used it when I taught Elementary, Middle, and High School using the Hold Language approach.
Easter Word Wall Cards
I created this FREE Easter Word Wall Cards printable, which includes two sets of 6 pages each (6 in English and 6 in Spanish). Each set contains 24 cards, 12 with the entire word in black, and 12 with the first letter of each word in red, to make it stand out and make it easier for children to identify the first letter of each word.
Benefits of the Easter Word Wall Cards
These cards will help your preschoolers to develop important skills such as:
- Language development – talking about the pictures in the cards.
- One-to-one correspondence – matching magnetic letters with the letters on the words.
- Pre-writing/fine motor development – copying the words with magnetic letters, tracing them with dry-erase markers, and copying them with crayons or pencils.
- Phonological awareness – sounding out the beginning letter or the syllables in the words.
- Pre-reading – when they observe the picture and say its name (word).
I will suggest displaying these cards so children can see them. I like to place them in different places like the Reading, Writing, and Quiet Areas, and use them during center time as a large group activity as well. That way children will have plenty of opportunities to see the words and learn them or memorize them.
How to Prepare the Cards
As usual, I try to create activities that don’t require a lot of materials. Anybody in Education knows how tied our budget normally is. Because of that, you will only need these Easter Word Wall cards (found at the end of this post), a printer, white cardstock, scissors, a laminator machine, and laminator pouches.
To make it last longer, choose the version you want (Spanish or English) and print out the pages with the cards using white cardstock. Then cut out and laminate each of the cards to protect them. Remember you print more than one set if you want to place these cards in some centers, besides the word wall.
Where to Place the Cards
Take one set and place the cards on your word wall under the same alphabet letter of the beginning letter of each word. That way your students will recognize the correct letters.
You can also place one set in the Writing Area to invite your preschoolers to practice their pre-writing skills by matching the words with magnetic letters, foam or wooden letters, tracing them, or copying them.
Please encourage your students but don’t force them to do any of these activities. You want the experience to be a positive one.
How to Use the Easter Words
As I mentioned in my other posts about word wall cards, I recommend not introducing too many new words with each theme and only using words that are more relevant and easy to understand. Remember to introduce the word you want to use first using the correct picture, as well as the beginning sound. If you ask a child to name the word (or the picture) and that child uses the wrong word, that is the word that will get imprinted in the minds of the other children, and it will be more difficult to correct the mistake than to learn the right word, from the beginning, because preschoolers learn the first sound they hear.
Use the word wall daily to practice words in a fun way by chanting, and clapping the syllables. Once you introduce all the words, you can also play a matching game, having your children match the written word with the picture. This activity will not only help them recognize printed words but also will help them develop one-to-one correspondence and creating sets skills.
When you are presenting a word, never forget to hold up the picture and tell the students what it is. Repeat the name of the picture several times emphasizing the first sound. Call on a volunteer to place the card under the correct letter on the word wall, or do it yourself.
As the children interact with the word wall cards in the different centers, encourage them to repeat the beginning sound of the card they are using. Do this as often as possible during the day as well.
Other Activities
I like to combine several related activities to avoid and keep the children interested and engaged. To accomplish that, I would like to give you some suggestions for other activities that you can do in combination with your Easter Word Wall Cards. These activities are:
- Play the Easter Memory Game
- Do the Easter Number Activity
- Read Easter-related books.
- Dance to Easter music.
- Have the children do Easter-related artwork such as painting, coloring, or doing a collage using Easter colors.
- Have an Easter dress-up day and have a parade for their classmates.
Cooking with Your Preschoolers
This type of activity not only creates a great bond between child and parent, but also it is a great opportunity to develop Math skills and it is super fun.
There are a lot of Easter recipes that you can introduce your child to, easy enough for a preschooler to understand, but I always like to take advantage of the ones that I know will interest children of that age. Here are some great ones that you can use:
Bird’s Nest Cupcakes by Cooking Classy
Cupcakes are always a good and easy way to introduce your children to a cooking experience. These super cute cupcakes are the perfect Easter treat! They are really easy to make and the mini chicks are Mini Cadbury Eggs. What can be easier than that?
Easter KitKat Cake by eviltwin.kitchen
This decadent cake has a very rich chocolate flavor, and it’s incredibly moist and tender, covered in a thick layer of chocolate frosting and KitKat chocolates. It is a mouth-watering delicious treat that looks more difficult to make than it is, and the preschoolers will have a blast placing the KitKats and mini eggs to decorate the cake.
Egg Nest cupcake by tamingtwins.com
Incredibly cute and delicious, these cupcakes will encourage your preschoolers to work hard on them, to be able to eat them afterward. Like the previous ones, they are not difficult to make and they look so delicious, that I’m sure your children will try their best to make them extra special.
Carrot Patch Cupcake by lifemadesimplebakes.com
Super simple, fun, and easy to make, these other cupcakes are made with Pillsbury™ cake mix and frosting, and the “carrots” are made with strawberries. They look like an Easter delicious patch, ready to eat. Kids will love them.
Donut Bunny by sarahmakesstuff
Oh my goodness! What a treat! You can make these donuts complicated by making the donuts from scratch, or in a very simple way by using premade donuts decorated to look like bunnies. Super simple and adorable. I vote for the second choice, but hey, it is always what’s best for your particular group of preschoolers right?
Easter egg Macarons by whatshouldimakefor
Now, this is something I don’t see every day, and they look beautiful and delicious. I know it will be practically impossible for your children to decorate these eggs like the ones in the picture, and so what? The important part is what they are going to be learning and have fun doing it.
Easter Bunny Oreo Truffles by oneordinaryday.wordpress.com
With great taste and easy to make, these bunny truffles can be made with any Oreo flavor you want. Yes, Oreo cookies! Let your children have fun using different combinations and maybe, later on, you can make a graph with their favorites, to see which combination is the most popular. A Math activity all around!
Bunny Bottom Pancakes by thislittlepigstayedhome
These adorable pancakes use different sizes of pancakes, banana slices, chocolate chips, and whipped cream. They will be a huge hit on Easter morning! I bet that even the worst-eating children will dig in when they see these beauties.
Pin It For Later
I know preschool life could be super hectic, so, if you are in a rush and don’t have time to read the post and download the printable, just pin it to your Math or Easter board on Pinterest. That way you will have it for later.
Remember to use the opportunity that this holiday gives you to talk to your children about the origin of the Easter celebration, and how other cultures celebrate Easter week. It is a perfect opportunity to expand your children’s world knowledge.
By the way, don’t forget to grab your free Easter Word Wall Cards printables! Just choose the one you like, in English or Spanish, or both, and start using them every day in your classroom, during the entire month of March.
And, if you are interested in expanding your collection and giving your children a variety and different opportunities to learn and develop their skills, check out the rest of my Easter and St. Patrick’s Day activities with free printables and the end of this post.
I hope you and your preschoolers enjoy these coming holidays and that March becomes a fun and memorable month for all of you.
Be happy, safe, and creative. I wish you well.
Love,
P.S. If you would like to see an article about how to make something specific, please let me know and I will try my best to write it for you. My goal is to help you in any way I can and I don’t like anything better than to post something that you might find useful.
