Math With Easter Eggs for Kids!

Combinations of numbers! 

We have a bunch of jelly beans left from our counting and estimating routine so I put together this quick and easy activity with my fourth grader.  He is going to play it a few times this week with his sister who is in Kindergarten.  You pick a number of jelly beans, starting between 5 and 10 is a good choice. You hide some of the jelly beans under a plastic Easter egg and they have to guess how many are hiding.  

When kids are ready you can make a record sheet like the one shown in the picture.  The number in the box is the missing number of jelly beans that are hidden under the egg. 

This would be a great game for siblings to play together! 

Tally Marks, Numerals and Dice dots

While I had the plastic eggs out I also wanted to share another low prep activity that kids could do several times this week.  You need a carton and 12 plastic eggs.  If you have multiple eggs the same color, you can match the eggs up, if all your eggs are different colors, you should mix them together so no top and bottom are the same color. 

I chose to use the numbers 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 which are great numbers for kids in Kindergarten to practice matching up.  

In the bottom of the carton, I used tally marks. I had to cut a scrap piece of paper up to place in the bottom because the bottom was bumpy and was not working out well for the tally marks

On each egg, I wrote the number on the top and represented the number using dots on the bottom.  I organized the dots like you would see on dice. 

To start the activity, take all the eggs apart.  The game is to match the number and the dot pattern together and then put it in the egg carton in the correct spot. 

Fill Them With Change

Many of you loved the coin counting game we shared last week, this would be a great way to involve all your kids in an activity.  Write different coin amounts on eggs and have them fill them with that much money.  Then they can hide the eggs for each other and see who can find the most.  

Equivalent Fraction Game

Kids or adults can think of equivalent fractions and write them on each side of the split in the egg.  Then take them apart and have them match them back up. 

You can do lots of things with plastic eggs!  Here are some more ideas! 

Lots of folks are decorating their mailbox or the windows in the front their houses with Easter eggs this year too!  You can read more about it and print some great Easter egg coloring pages at the Burlington VT City Mom's Blog.