Eggs, Eggs, Everywhere! Lesson Plan

What We Are Learning

egg animals

hatchling, egg, nest, sea

sing-along

matching

Egg, by Kevin Henkes, is a simple and sweet graphic novel for pre-K. While you’re reading, have children join in on the repetitive text. You can also ask children what they think will hatch from the eggs (especially the mysterious green one!) to work on prediction skills. text pairing

Art: Egg Carton Color Match

Materials: egg carton, paint, child-friendly tweezer, small pom-poms

This egg-cellent game works on fine motor skills and number recognition.
Cut an egg carton in half so there are six cups. Then paint each cup a different color to match a pom-pom color.
Set up a station with the egg carton, a lot of pompoms in six colors, and a tweezer. Have children use the tweezers to put each pom-pom in the cup that matches its color.
You can also work on number recognition! Just write a number from 1 to 6 in each cup, and have children put that number of pom-poms in the cup. color recognition/fine motor skills

Materials: construction paper, paint, pencil, paintbrushes, glue, markers

Get cracking with this craft!
To prepare, draw a large oval on white construction paper for each child. Cut ovals from colorful paper to make “eggshells.” (These should be a little bigger than the drawn ovals.) Cut small triangles from orange paper and fold in half to make “beaks.”
Have children paint the white oval yellow. Add black dots for eyes. Glue on a beak.
Now children can decorate their eggshells. (Teach the word speckled to describe eggs with spots!) When the paint is dry, put the shell on top of the chick and glue down just the edges. Make a small hole where the beak is.
Tell children that chicks use a sharp bump on their beak called an egg tooth to crack the eggshell. Have children (carefully!) rip open the eggshell to reveal the baby chick. fine motor skills