Easter

Holidays

Easter

By Janet Giel-Romo, Ed.D.

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There are many religions. All religions have special days. They are called holidays.

What religious holidays can you think of?

1

Easter is a religious holiday for Christians. People who are Christian celebrate Easter. Not everyone celebrates Easter. Does everyone in the world celebrate Easter? What do you know about Easter?

2

Easter is on April 21 st . Easter is always on a Sunday.

How many days until Easter? What day of the week is Easter? What day of the week is today?

3

Kids like Easter. Kids get an Easter basket. It is a basket filled with candy and eggs.

What is in the basket? Do you get an Easter basket?

4

Special candy is made for Easter. Chocolate Easter bunnies are Easter candy.

Do you like chocolate? Have you ever eaten a chocolate bunny?

5

Some chocolate bunnies are hollow.

Some chocolate bunnies are solid.

What does ‘hollow’ mean? What does ‘solid chocolate’ mean?

6

Some chocolate Easter bunnies are wrapped in foil.

Some chocolate eggs are wrapped in foil.

What color is the foil? Is it hard to unwrap the candy that is wrapped in foil? Can you eat the foil?

7

Jelly beans are Easter candy! Jelly beans come in a lot of flavors.

What color of jelly bean do you like? What is a ‘flavor’? What flavor do you like to eat?

8

Peeps are Easter candy. They are made of marshmallows.

Do you like marshmallows? Do you like peeps?

9

Robin eggs are another Easter candy. They are dyed to look speckled.

What is a robin? What does ‘speckled eggs’ mean?

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There are many kinds of chocolate bunnies. Some are white chocolate.

Which bunny is made of white chocolate? Do you like white chocolate? Have you seen white chocolate candy in the store?

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There are many kinds of chocolate eggs. Some are big, some are small.

What is a robin? What does ‘speckled eggs’ mean?

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Some people make Easter bunny cookies. These cookies have blue frosting.

What kind of cookies do you like? What is your favorite dessert?

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Easter eggs are boiled.

They are hard boiled eggs.

What does ‘boil’ mean? Why do you think Easter eggs are boiled before they are dyed?

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Hard boiled eggs are dyed. You can dye the eggs many colors.

Have you dyed eggs before? Do you like to dye eggs for Easter? How long do you keep the egg in the dye?

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You can draw on the eggs to make designs. These eggs have polka dots on them!

Do you see pink eggs? Yellow? Black? Orange? Green? Do you like the polka dots on the eggs? How do you make polka dots on eggs?

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Easter egg hunts are fun. You look for Easter eggs.

Where are the eggs hidden? Where else can you hide eggs? What are the kids doing? Why?

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Easter is in the spring. The weather gets warmer in the spring. Flowers start to bloom.

What does ‘bloom’ mean?

These flowers are tulips.

What colors are the tulips? What other types of flowers can you think of? What season is it now?

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Baby bunnies are born in the spring. Bunnies are rabbits.

What do you know about rabbits? Why do you think candy eggs are an Easter candy?

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Baby chicks are born in the spring. Chicks are baby chickens.

Describe what a baby chic looks like.

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The chick’s mother is a hen. Female chickens are called hens.

Do hens lay eggs? What does ‘female’ mean?

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The chick’s father is a rooster. A rooster is a male chicken.

What does ‘male’ mean? What sound do roosters make?

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The hens lay eggs. Baby chicks grow in the eggs.

What is inside the eggs? Why is the hen sitting on the eggs? Why do you think candy eggs are an Easter candy?

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The chicks hatch when they are ready to come out of the egg.

What does ‘hatch’ mean? What kind of animal is a chick?

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Robins are birds. They lay eggs in the spring.

What is a robin? Are robin eggs speckled? Why do you think there is an Easter candy called robin eggs?

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A lot of Easter candy looks like bunnies and chicks that are born in the spring. There are also chocolate eggs because eggs hatch in the spring. Happy Easter! What is a robin? Are robin eggs speckled? Why do you think there is an Easter candy called robin eggs?

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You’ve Got This!!!

What animal is made into Easter Candy?

A.

B.

A.

Bunny Rabbit

Which one is a hard boiled egg?

A.

B.

B.

Hard boiled egg

Which one is Easter candy?

A.

B.

B.

Easter candy

Which candy is wrapped in foil?

A.

B.

B.

The candy chicks are wrapped in foil.

Which chicken is a hen?

A.

B.

A.

The hen is with the chick.

What kind of flowers are these?

A.

Roses

B.

Tulips

B. Tulips

What are they doing to the eggs?

A.

Dying them

B.

Breaking them

Dying them

A.

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