Eggs

I don't think I ever posted our E cook and do activities, and unfortunately I don't even have pictures! I blame it on pregnancy slacking, though I'm over that condition now and hope to move on with the rest of the alphabet.

For E cooking, we made eggs. Nothing fancy, just scrambled. (I thought of other ideas--enchiladas, eclairs, but they all seemed a bit much for a two-year-old). Emma practiced cracking eggs, though she was a bit vigorous and I had to fish some shells out of the bowl.

For our E activity, we had a practice Easter egg hunt to prepare for the real thing. But unfortunately we never got to do the real thing, because it was raining buckets on Easter and I was too busy cooking the ham to hide the eggs inside.

Alas, I hope to make up for my slackerdom during F week.

The Easter Egg Farm by Mary Jane Auch

Have you noticed a trend for E week yet? This book was a fun story about a hen who lays unique eggs. Instead of being white like the other hens' eggs, her eggs are already decorated, and of course, perfect for Easter. There were a lot of Es, but there was also a LOT of text, which made it hard for little eyes to scan for Es. This book would probably be more appropriate for an older child.

Egg Decorating

For our E craft, I bought some foam eggs for Emma to decorate. It was her first time using markers, and she had an absolute ball. I only gave her 3 eggs to start, but she was having so much fun that I gave her the rest of the pack--it kept her busy for almost an hour! I now have 12 decorated foam eggs; I'm thinking of punching holes into the top and making a garland out of them. This was a fun, easy project and is easy to gear to any age. If Emma were older, I might have bought foam shapes for her to glue on, ribbon, glitter, etc. This was a great E project and is helping us look forward to Easter!

Two Eggs, Please by Sarah Weeks

This book told the story of a busy diner one night in New York City. Patron after animal patron comes in to order two eggs, though each one orders their eggs differently. The pictures are fun, the text is short and repetitive, and there are plenty of opportunites to look for Es (though they're often found in the same word--eggs!)

Peter Rabbit's Easter

The Easter bunny brought this book for Emma's Easter basket last year, and it is a fabulous E book. Based on the works of Beatrix Potter, it's a board book featuring Peter Rabbit and his siblings on an Easter egg hunt. There are pop-ups and flaps to lift up and find the hidden Easter eggs. As you can imagine, a book about Easter and eggs has plenty of E words to find. The text is simple and in an easy-to-read font. Emma and I have read it countless times already, and we'll probably keep reading it until the actual holiday rolls around!