Week 2
Have some fun this spring with Easter activities, games and crafts!
It is week 2 and this week you can:
- Paint your own Easter eggs
- Explore nature in the spring
- Write a magical woodland story about the changing seasons
- Find all the spring lambs in the brain workout activity
Create
Easter eggs
For Christians, eggs represent new life. Easter eggs are used as a symbol for the resurrection of Jesus. Lots of people enjoy eating chocolate eggs and taking part in Easter egg hunts at this time of year.
Activity:
Paint a hard boiled egg to create your own Easter decorations.
You can use different designs, pens and even glitter and paper to make it shine.
Make sure you have an adult to help you.
More craft ideas!
Create a journey stick
Bitesize: Parents' Toolkit
Make a forest mandala
Bitesize: Parents' Toolkit
How to make a DIY animal vase with your child
Bitesize: Parents' Toolkit
Stay active!
Stay active in the holidays! Dance with the Supermovers team as you do your spellings and days of the week!
Capital Letters & Full Stops
BBC Teach: Supermovers
KS1 English: The Spelling Bee with Bertie Bee
BBC Teach: Supermovers
Days of the Week
BBC Teach: Supermovers
Brain Workout
In the springtime, you can see lots of lambs playing in the fields. Use your counting skills and see how many lambs you can find!
Counting lambs activity
Use your maths skills in this activity!
Go explore
It might get warmer and sunnier during the holidays and there's plenty you can do to get out of the house. Look at links below for some ideas.
Remember to ask an adult's permission to explore.
How to turn a walk in the park into a colourful craft activity
Bitesize: Parents' Toolkit
Change Champs: Let’s explore the outdoors
Bitesize: The Regenerators
Easy family activities to feel closer to nature
Bitesize: The Regenerators
Challenge: Writing a story
When the seasons change, we notice lots of things happening in nature.
Write a story about the end of Winter and the start of Spring.
Story starter:
Spring hasn't shown up in the forest and it is stuck in Winter. The woodland animals must got and find out why!
Think about:
- What does the forest look like in Winter and Spring? What are the main differences?
- Who are your characters? Which animals are you likely to find in a woodland?
- What happens to your characters? Do they go on an epic adventure to find Spring?
Glorious green plants vocabulary
KS1: English
Weather vocabulary
KS1: English
Amazing animals vocabulary
KS1: English
Discover more
What are the seasons?
Bitesize KS21: The World Around Us - Seasons and weather
The spring equinox
BBC Newsround
The Christian Story of Easter
BBC Teach
Play: Play it!
Play it! - Music - Bring the Noise
Bitesize KS1: Music - Play it!