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Here is a fun and easy way to prepare an Easter Bunny small world play area for your preschool children during Easter. Let children practice their fine motor skills as they place the Easter bunnies, plastic eggs, silk flowers, and chicks inside the play dough. Enourage children to share their stories with you and their friends.
Preschool Skills: Fine motor skills and oral language
What you need:
Easter Bunnies printable
Green play dough (play dough recipe)
Small silk flowers
Small chenille chicks
Small plastic eggs
What you do:
Print Easter Bunnies printable and laminate for extra strength. Cut out each Easter bunny.
Glue a craft stick to the back of each Easter bunny.
Recite the following rhyme together with children. At the end of the rhyme, tap a tambourine and let children hop in place while counting.
My Easter Bunny
Adapted by Jolanda Garcia, KidsSoup Inc.
My Easter Bunny has two big ears, (Hold up middle and index finger.)
And a cute little nose. (Pinch other three fingers together to make nose.)
He/She likes to hide Easter eggs, (Look around the room.)
And hop wherever he/she goes. (Move hand with raised middle and index finger up and down.)
Place Easter bunny figures, plastic eggs, silk flowers, and chenille chicks on a tray together with a large ball of green play dough. Place a plastic mat on the table.
Encourage children to flatten the green play dough. Then, add flowers, chicks, plastic eggs, and the Easter bunny figures to the play dough to create an Easter bunny story. Invite children to share their stories with their friends or create a story with a friend.