After this crazy winter is finally over with the start of spring, what more could you ask for!

When we think of the start of spring with warm weather and colorful Easter we all want to be outside. However for the classroom that is not always the best option, with some of these helpful activities can help bring in spring and fun Easter colors inside. Easter doesn't have to be all about hiding candy in different eggs, an interesting way to incorporate candy and eggs could be one of these activities:

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These three types of techniques can be useful for different ages and different grade levels.  The first one is the most advanced way to have children practice their addition skills. With the second one they can make it more difficult if the students have to, instead of putting dots to represent the number they can, put tally marks to represent the number. Lastly the last one can be used for younger children to practice their alphabet and be able to match upper case and lower case letters.

A cute way to hold all of the eggs would be to create a something like the following:

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This bucket would be a good idea because it keeps students in the Easter mood and keeps up with the bunny mood, since it’s an inexpensive art activity to do during an art lesson in class.  Some different art lessons for children could include making bunny ears for children, or creating bunnies out of plates. 

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These activities have very little materials and has very quick and simple for students to be able to do in class and keeps them very entertained!

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A good way to recycle old Play-Doh bottles would be to use it in the classroom in order to get children to have something to take home to their parents. Not only that but it can also serve to help students understand the different parts of a flower! 

How about a creative way to decorate a bulletin board or a door poster? Try this

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This method could take some time to complete, but it looks totally worth every minute!

Most of these ideas are inexpensive and can be done within a couple of days for students to get the hang of, or to finish but it brings all the fun colors of Spring into the classroom.