Easter Circle Time Activities For Preschool (2024)

This is a simple game that I use and reuse with different themes all year long. Here is how you play: Start by placing all the students on one side of the circle time area and sit across from them, facing them. Next, tell them all that today, you will pretend to be little bunnies, and when they are called over, they must hop all the way to you.

Now sing this song ( to the tune of One Elephant)

One little bunny went out to play
in the grass on a spring day
they had such enormous fun
that they called for _____ bunny to come.

Count how many bunnies you have in your group, then continue with 2, 3, 4… little bunnies.

The _____ can be filled in with whatever you want. You can keep it simple and call out student names, give each child a number or letter like I do with One Little Letter, or give them colored easter bunnies and call out the color. I’ll use the printable below saying ” that they called for the number 10 bunny to come” because we are working hard to recognize numbers. Feel free to print it for free here.

This little song will be a big hit at circle time on Easter week! You don’t need to learn too much because it’s a song you already know, with a few adjustments for Easter. I’ve written out the lyrics to the Easter version first, then again with the suggested movements.

Ears, whiskers, fluffy tail, fluffy tail,
Ears, whiskers, fluffy tail, fluffy taillllllll,
A big straw basket full of Easter eggs,
Ears, whiskers, fluffy tail, fluffy tail!

Ears(put your hands on your head like ears),
whiskers ( move your hands to look like you are wiping whiskers)
fluffy tail ( point to your bottom), fluffy tail ( point to your bottom)
Ears(put your hands on your head like ears),
whiskers( move your hands to look like you are wiping whiskers),
fluffy tail( point to your bottom), fluffy taillllllll ( this time add a wiggle as you draw out the final tail)
A big heavy basket full of Easter eggs( mime having a big, heavy basket on your arm)
Ears, whiskers, fluffy tail, fluffy tail! ( repeat all the previous movements).

I often read Steven Kroll’s The Biggest Easter Basket Ever before this activity and say we must find the biggest egg to help fill their giant Easter baskets! Then, show the students your basket of eggs and tell them you need help getting them from smallest to largest. I am calling this activity the biggest egg, but don’t in classes where competition is high. Instead, say we must put the eggs in order so the Easter Bunny can get them to the right baskets.

Pull the eggs out of the basket one at a time. Ask for student volunteers to come up, and as they do, as a group, decide where to put the egg in the order. “Where should Tiffany put the purple egg? Next to the green one?” Keep going. You can use as few as 3 eggs or all in the printable. Remember, the key to great preschool is good differentiation! Throughout the lesson, make sure to use a lot of math vocabulary. This lesson is the perfect time to work on positional words.

Get your egg printable here!

On Fridays, my class does a Mystery Number activity with mini erasers. The kiddos usually work in pairs to count and then check how many mini-erasers are in a small container I have given them. Then they tell me the answer, and we see if the number is the same number hidden in our mystery number pouch.

On Easter week, we will skip the little containers and have big sparkly easter eggs filled with easter mini erasers. It’s a simple adjustment but they are going to love it! Here is how I do it:

Tell your students you have a number hidden in an envelope or pouch. They aren’t going to guess the number; they will figure it out by counting. Hand out the eggs, tell them they must open them up, and count what’s inside to discover the mystery number. When they know the number, they must sit with bunny ears on their head so I know they are done counting. This lets me check on any kiddos struggling. Then we all check the number in the pouch to see if it matches… it always does!

I usually do this in pairs, but I will do it solo for the special Easter version and keep the number simple. Pairing is usually my very intentional peer scaffolding. This week, I will have them do this, and then they will get to take the egg home.

I love using directed drawing at circles with mini whiteboards. If you aren’t familiar with this type of activity check out an in-depth description of directed drawing here.

For this prek easter activity, I would start with a question of the day like ” What shape are Easter eggs?” This would be a quick question to answer, but offer me a great segue to the activity. “Yes, Easter eggs are oval, but can they be decorated with other shapes? Let’s try!”

Hand out the whiteboards, or if you want, you can do this with paper… I like whiteboards and dry-erase because they create less frustration and allow children to change the mid-design. Tell the students they must draw the shapes you call out to decorate their egg. Then you say, “Add one heart to your easter egg, add two lines, add three triangles…” Adjust this to your students!

I hope these Easter circle time activities are helpful Easter week activities for your preschoolers!

Check out more wonderful Easter crafts for toddlers and preschoolers here!