Kia ora whānau and tamariki,
Easter is right around the corner and we aware that for some families going out and buying eggs might not be an option, so here's a way to get your little helpers involved and have them personalise their very own easter egg hunt!
Below I have attached a colour-in basket and eggs that possibly the night before- your children can spend some quiet/ down time coloring in. The next morning they can be cut out for their very own easter egg hunt. An idea may be to stick their basket to the wall at their height and have a second picture of the eggs they coloured available for them to look at while they go in search. Have them return each time to stick the egg in the basket.
This isn't an independent activity either, parents don't feel as though this is something your children need to do on their own, activities like this can help expand on what our national curriculum Te Whariki calls,
Contribution, in that, "Working together for the common good
develops a spirit of sharing, togetherness and
reciprocity," (2017) it as well encourages children to learn to contribute their own strengths and ideas as well as to work along side others. You may also find this as an opportunity for strengthening and encouraging your child communications, verbal or not. Let them follow through with their ideas of where eggs could be even if they're not correct, just valuing their want to communicate ideas can help them with their own verbal competence and lead them toward become effective and strong communicators, (Te Whariki, 2017).
Click for basket template :)
Click here for eggs template :)
Having your own Easter Egg hunt? Upload pictures to your blog or send as your pictures to westglade12@gmail.com . We are hoping to do a Flashback Friday each week to share what our families have been up to.
Thank you and stay safe,
Zoe
